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I am trying to use knoppix to get some data off of a password protected windows os. When i try to mount it in knoppix it tells me that it ...
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data on a locked hard drive
I am trying to use knoppix to get some data off of a password protected windows os. When i try to mount it in knoppix it tells me that it cant mount because it cant recognize the file system and none was specified... Can anyone help me? Im still pretty new to linux and dont know many shell commands.
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Hi !
open Terminal/Konsole and execute this
post output here.Code:su fdisk -l
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i did that and after i did the "fdisk -l" code it tried to read the hdd but then stops and dosnt say anything, it just waits for your next code....
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did you execute su command?
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yeah, after i type su, then the terminal goes to
root@knoppix:/ramdisk/home/knoppix#
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its small L.Code:fdisk -l
fdisk -l should display partition structure or throw an error atleast.It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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yeah, i used a lowercase l but it dosnt show anything....
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Is it using BitLocker? In which way did you lock the hard drive?
Last edited by Juan Pablo; 07-01-2007 at 11:15 PM. Reason: wrong grammar
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I dont think its bit locker, its a 20 gb hdd from an old ibm that is pasword protected, no matter what computer you put it into it asks you for a password first, and in the ibm it wont let you go into bios or anything...but its an old widows 2000 machine so i dont think its bit locker...
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I'm tempted to say "put it back in the IBM and enter the
password", but you are prolly not gonna think it's funny.
You may be up against some proprietary magic in the
drive's firmware, another reason to avoid commercial
stuff and stick with open source, which adheres to
open standards. But yes, you may be up against
something that's embedded too deep to crack without
spending money.
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