Re: [tlug] HELP! A possible Linux Rescue CD for my Japanese files!

[Cooper Micheal <mecooperjp@example.com>]

Extremely newbie and very-much struggling Linux network
administrator Micheal E. Cooper here.

As a long-time lurker, I finally have something to add to
the list, since in general, I don't know diddly from
Buckwheat (Bo Diddley, that is):

I have, in the past, used a WindowsPE (pre-install
environment) CD to save Windows files from similar HDD
crashes. Windows XP (this means latest version of NTFS,
since Windows updated the file system upon releasing XP,
in order to 'improve security,' which probably means
keeping Linux users out) boots from the CD in full-scale,
glorious GUI mode. Looks just like a regular XP machine,
only slower. I used a CD that I got from an Australian,
and it was a loan, and he swore up and down that he got it
legally. That's all I know.

Anyway, it worked when the Windows installation boot-up CD
didn't. This particular WinPE was for the English version
of Windows, so it would not be useful here, but if you
know someone who has a Japanese-capable WindowsPE CD, you
might be in business.

Please forgive the suggestion of a Windows solution.

Micheal


--- David Bennett <davidbennett1979@example.com> $B$+$i$N%a(B
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> Hello everyone,
> 
>  I have only recently started to use Linux onced
> again after a 12 year
> break from the scene. It is ironic now that it seems
> I am depending on
> it to save a lot of important data. I have tried
> numerous other places
> to look for the answer, so now I turn to you for
> help!
> 
> The problem:
> 
> My Windows NTFS partition died. Their seem to be
> some sector errors or
> something bad happening with the drive. Suffice it
> to say it doesn't
> work. If any version of Windows tries to access the
> hard drive, the
> hard drive light goes on and it (windows) freezes.
> 
> The (potential) solution:
> 
> Linux LIVE Cd's. I figured that I might be able to
> mount the parititon
> as a read only and save the data on to a FAT32 or
> some other
> partition. This is where it gets tricky: I tried
> Knoppix and another
> LIVE CD (the name escapes me) but they can't read
> the parition. When I
> click on it from Knoqueror in KDE or try and list
> the directory
> through the shell, I just get a blank parition.
> 
> HOWEVER (and this is big) with Slackware's SLAX Live
> CD I can read the
> drive, and copy most of the files off of it with
> lots of "Stalled"
> messages and a lot of patience. I am guessing that
> perhaps Slax has a
> more advanced NTFS driver or something (I actually
> have no idea why
> only SLAX can read the paritton). The BIG problem is
> that Slax (and/or
> Konqueror) completely ignore any filename or
> directory that is in
> Japanese. No "?" or no "X"'s it simply does not see
> the files and it
> is as if they are not there.
> 
> Unfortunately, the Japanese named filenames and
> directories are some
> of the most important on the drive. All of the
> English stuff has been
> saved through SLAX, but I do not know what to do
> about the rest of it.
> 
> (1) Is there a way to make a Linux LivE CD like
> Berry or Knoppix
> Japanese read the NTFS drive like Slackware?
> 
> (2) Is there a way to make Slackware read Japanese
> filenames?
> 
> (3) Does anyone have a better suggestion?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> David Bennett
> davidbennett1979@example.com
> 
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