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Ok.. so my laptop has completely crashed. It cannot load CDs to boot, no OS or anything. The only thing i can use is ubuntu safe mode terminal... I need ...
  1. 01-10-2007 #1
    Blitze105
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    Need some help

    Ok.. so my laptop has completely crashed.

    It cannot load CDs to boot, no OS or anything. The only thing i can use is ubuntu safe mode terminal...

    I need to delete and copy some files to a jump drive if at all possible. The files.. however are on the windows partition

    Is there anyway to do this from the safe mode? The drive windows is on /media/sda2
    ~blitze
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  2. 01-11-2007 #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blitze105

    Is there anyway to do this from the safe mode? The drive windows is on /media/sda2
    ~blitze
    First mount your windows partition:

    Code:
    mkdir /media/windows
    Code:
    mount /media/sda2 /media/windows -t ntfs -r
    (assuming ubuntu does indeed list your windows partition as /media/sda2 and not /dev/sda2)

    Next mount your flash drive:

    *First make a mount point:
    Code:
    mkdir /media/usb
    *See what device you're using (for me, that's sda1):
    Code:
    dmesg | grep -i "SCSI device"
    *mount it(most flash drives use vfat):
    Code:
    mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/usb/
    (replace sda1 with yours when needed)

    Now you can just copy the files:
    Code:
    cp  /media/windows/location_to_your_map/* /media/usb/
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    hello and thank you it has helped greatly.

    The only problem is when i go to copy... it says no directory exists. I do not know where "windows" is if you know what i mean. Is there any way i can somehow say... /media/windows and ask it what folders i can go into after that?

    EDIT: google has the answers!!! but... now for the noobies question you've ever been asked... spaces don't work so how do i go into "documents and settings"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blitze105
    hello and thank you it has helped greatly.

    The only problem is when i go to copy... it says no directory exists. I do not know where "windows" is if you know what i mean. Is there any way i can somehow say... /media/windows and ask it what folders i can go into after that?
    ~blitze
    Code:
    cd /media/windows
    Code:
    ls
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  5. 01-11-2007 #5
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    Sorry just edited my post .. shoulda googled something like that before i asked lol

    did some searching on the forum and found my answers... seems so simple now.. well i have learned a great deal from googling and you. Ty for all of your assistance!
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