There is always a live CD. I have used live CDs to copy things to/from problem systems for years. The Windows-based access is nice, but if it uses an unusual partition table (or something other than ext[23]) a live CD may be easiest/fastest.
Cheers,
Steven Black
On Jun 15, 2011 4:44 PM, "Richard Knepper" <rknepper@indiana.edu> wrote:
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> I use http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/ to access ext2 files on
> windows machines. It's pretty simple to install/manage.
>
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> On 06/15/2011 04:35 PM, Kelly McEvilly wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I had a Buffalo Linkstation NAS die on me. It is linux based.
>>
>> I believe it was the NAS device itself that died and that the hard drive
>> is still OK. I still spins up fine and show up as a ATA/ATAPI drive
>> when plugged in via a USB cable to a Windows box. I just can't figure
>> out for the life of me how to access the drive via Windows so I can copy
>> the files off of it.
>>
>> Any ideas on what I need to do or a shop where I could take the drive in
>> Bloomington to have the stuff pulled off would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kelly
>>
>>
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> windows machines. It's pretty simple to install/manage.
>
> - -Rich
>
> On 06/15/2011 04:35 PM, Kelly McEvilly wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I had a Buffalo Linkstation NAS die on me. It is linux based.
>>
>> I believe it was the NAS device itself that died and that the hard drive
>> is still OK. I still spins up fine and show up as a ATA/ATAPI drive
>> when plugged in via a USB cable to a Windows box. I just can't figure
>> out for the life of me how to access the drive via Windows so I can copy
>> the files off of it.
>>
>> Any ideas on what I need to do or a shop where I could take the drive in
>> Bloomington to have the stuff pulled off would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kelly
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> BLUG mailing list
>> BLUG@linuxfan.com
>> http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
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