LiveCD with SATA and NTFS write support - all I need

[ThatWasFat]

I'm working really hard to get my dad's data off this drive before it dies. My windows machine can't do it. I just try to copy the files and the whole system starts to crash. His harddrive is in that bad of shape.

HOWEVER, I seem to have some control over the drive in Linux. I tried PCLinuxOS but it can't mount my SATA drive as read-write, only read-only.

Anyone know a live CD that can recognize SATA and do NTFS read-write?

Thanks

 

[bersl2]

Knoppix appears to do SATA just fine. Just remember to use the 2.6 kernel, not the 2.4 one.

 

[RBBRMADE]

Try the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.

I made one yesterday, works great. Looks easier than Linux if you've never slept with the penguin.

 

[lansalot]

If you're recovering stuff from a failing drive, don't be writing stuff to it - a hang at the wrong time could make matters far worse.

 

[lambchops511]

you should use kernel 2.6, but kernel 2.4 should work too, but not as well

in kernel 2.4 the device is /dev/hda1
in kernel 2.6 the device is /dev/sda1

you can not mount ntfs volumes in rw mode . only ro mode . unless you use the windows ntoskernel driver wrapper ( using wine to emulate the windows ntfs kernel part )

just do something like this in ur shell:

cd /mnt
mkdir /mysatadrive
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/mysatadrive

and your drive should mapped at /mnt/mysatadrive

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: RBBRMADE
Try the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.

I made one yesterday, works great. Looks easier than Linux if you've never slept with the penguin.

Thanks for the link,I will try it out.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: RBBRMADE
Try the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.

I made one yesterday, works great. Looks easier than Linux if you've never slept with the penguin.

Thanks for the link,I will try it out.

I second this, it's a truly excellent piece of software, and you can even burn CDs/DVDs within the environment.