Re: Accessing windows partition through debian etch

["jiri s." <svoji@centrum.dk>]

andy wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I've run into a problem: the win98 partition on my wife's machine 
> seems fried with a very unhelpful error message. I can access it in 
> safe mode which is not very helpful because I want to back up the info 
> from there onto a CD and safe mode doesn't recognise the cd-drive (!). 
> So, my next option is to reach across the Debian/windows divide and 
> bring the directories needed into the Debian partition. I used to be 
> able to do this kind of thing using Slackware and with root 
> permissions could access the windows partition quite readily. However, 
> Debian just isn't picking up anything at all to do with the windows 
> partition so I can't access it from within Deb.
>
> Is there a way I can do this, because if I run the windows setup (like 
> the error message on windows is telling me to do) it'll toast the 
> windows and the Debian partitions and lose everything.
>
> Any thoughts/help/advice? Please!
>
> Thanks
>
> /@
I will try with knoppix, i just helped my friend with
problem like yours.

/ Jiri

PS

Knoppix 5.1.1  can  also access and resize NTFS.