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On 18 Sep 2008, at 21:00, ert256 wrote: |
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> /media/sda5 is ntfs mounted in rea-only mode |
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> root@Knoppix:/media# df -h |
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> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on |
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> /dev/sda5 31G 29G 2.3G 93% /media/sda5 |
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> root@Knoppix:~# du -h --summarize /media/sda5/ |
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> 19G /media/sda5/ |
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> I cannot fire up windows, because it is dangerous, and that windows |
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> on |
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> this machine is broken. |
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> Question is : Where is missing 10G on NTFS partition ? Can I safely |
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> clean disk without risk of data loss? |
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This isn't a Vista-formatted disk, is it by any chance? |
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NTFS file-systems written (created?) by Vista add some new & special |
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features. You shouldn't write to the system disk of a Vista PC from |
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Windows XP, for instance, and I suspect that Linux's support has not |
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fully caught up yet. |
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It's not clear from your post whether you want to get this Windows |
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installtion back in commission or whether you're just worried that, in |
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the process of backing it up, you might overlook some of the data on |
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the drive. Best advice is to reinstall the o/s on a new hard-drive, |
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copy all the files from this one into a folder called "Old Stuff" and |
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hang on to the old drive for a month. During that time the user can |
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rake through "Old Stuff" for their emails & photos, and once they're |
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happy with the new system you don't have to care what was wrong with |
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the old one. |
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Stroller. |
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