[GRLUG] Mount a windoz XP drive

[Bob Kline]

Tried that.  Says "unknown file system type."

   -- Bob


On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Don Wood <donlumber at comcast.net> wrote:

> Is it fat32 maybe?
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> *From:* grlug-bounces at grlug.org [mailto:grlug-bounces at grlug.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Bob Kline
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 14, 2011 4:02 PM
> *To:* Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area.
> *Subject:* [GRLUG] Mount a windoz XP drive
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> Scenario:  I have an IDE drive from
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> a machine running windoz XP that I'd
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> like to mount on Kubuntu.
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> The drive might be bad, but assuming
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> it's not, what would be an appropriate
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> mount command?
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> I've tried mount -t ntfs /dev/sdf  /X  and
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> mount -t ntfs /dev/sdf /X -o ro - the latter
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> because one source claim you can only
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> read from a windoz XP drive.
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> Neither works.  Messages include
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> "doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS."
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> Suggestions?
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>   -- Bob
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