Which Live-CD OS best supports NTFS for HD recovery?
Hello all...!
First off: I am TOTALLY new to Linux... so please spare me wise ass remarks!!!! Ok, now here the problem: I have been using windows (shame on me) since ages. Recently my win2000 has not been booting up properly, bootdisks won't work, etc., so I've decided to boycott microsoft from now on. Because I cannot even log on to my PC (Safe Mode won't even load), I have no access to important documents, etc. as well as no access to the 20000+ mp3s on my hard disk, which I've meticulously collected over the past 10 years. I am very eager to save these files before completely formatting my pc and installing a Linux OS... Luckily I had a very intelligent teacher back in uni in 2003 who gave us Knoppix 3.2 on a cd to take home and experiment. Knoppix works fine on my PC that won't even start windows 2000, BUT it won't let me move my files to a removable NTFS Hard Disk (Read Only attributes)... Now to the question: Can anyone recommend me a Linux OS that, like Knoppix, is bootable from a CD and that supports NTFS, so that I can finally relocate my data (documents, mp3s, avis, etc.) on my removable Hard Disk and eventually proceed to eliminate the nerve-wracking, piece of shite better known as Microsoft''s Windows...? And second question: After I've finally saved my precious....(files)......and reformatted my hard disks, which Linux OS would make a transition from Windows to Linux least problematic? (I don't care if it's CD bootable or has to be installed)...as long as it supports NTFS... I've done some research and ended up with several interesting candidates including Ubuntu, Vector, Ark, Fedora and Debian (in that order)... Opinions are very welcome!!! Thanks ahead for any and all help!!! |
helpful?
hmmm, and i was told Linux users were extremely helpful....:mad:
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Linux still doesn't have stable write support for NTFS, so you're advised not to try it. There's something called Captive NTFS but I don't know what its limitations are, having never used it. I don't think you'd be able to use it with a live CD distro though, as it probably would need to be installed (unless there's a distro that comes with it) but again I'm not sure of this. Using FAT is preferable, because Linux can read/write FAT partitions/systems with no problems. |
If you put your drives in a Linux box running the 2.6.15 kernel you can copy the files from one NTFS drive to another. :)
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bounce your posts for 24 hours. Stick to it; also, to expect a response in the time frame of one hour is a tad unrealistic for any forum, unless you pay mega-bucks for support. Cheers, Tink |
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Hear, hear! :) |
sorry for lack of patience, but i'm very desperate!
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Edit: @ Tinkster: sorry for the double post, I saw the newbie forum after posting this topic... ;-) anyways, could u close this thread and reopen this one: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=409214 I got more helpful responses there and I think the other thread is more useful to others with similar issues! thx! |
I have re-opened the thread in Newbie and asked my fellow mods
in Software to close this one. Please abstain from further posts to this thread. As for the desperate: so will most likely anyone else who posts on the boards be, this is at best an explanation, not an excuse ;} Cheers, Tink |
closing, go here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=409214 |
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