[PLUG] Reading HPFS/NTFS drive

[Richard C. Steffens]

Carlos Konstanski wrote:
> Might I suggest booting with knoppix, just because it is all set up to
> be able to mount NTFS patitions (kernel support, etc).  I have used
> knoppix to rescue data from winblows boxes more than once, and it is
> always a breeze to mount and read.
>
> Or make sure you have NTFS support in your running kernel.  The module
> is called ntfs, according to my kernel docs.
>   
# modprobe -l ntfs
/lib/modules/2.6.16.53-0.16-default/kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko

> If there really is a winblows load on sda1, you should see a lot more
> than System Volume Information.  Maybe you are seeing accurate
> information if someone tried to delete everything from within winblows.
>   
Entirely possible.
> Or just reformat the drive with a suitable linux filesystem (like ext3)
> and run badblocks on it, if all you care about is verifying the
> usability of the drive.
>   
I'll probably do that this week.

Thanks for the ideas.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens