FAT32, NFS and Knoppix

[Robert Meyer]

Some of the system rescue CDs that are out there have support for read/write on
NTFS file systems.  I suspect that even compressed volumes and logical volumes
are supported...  If you can get that running, then you have a chance...

Cheers!

Bob
--- Scott Lawton <green_man at bluefrog.biz> wrote:
> I have a friend who will be getting a new computer soon. Her Win 98 box 
> is going to hell - apparently big time MoBo problems.
> The new machine will run Windows Xtreme Prejudice [XP] like all the 
> other computers in her home and graphic design business.
> She wants a Dell; I told her about CyberSource, but she still wants a 
> Dell - go figure.
> 
> She wants the files in My Docs and certain subdirectories of Prog Files 
> copied  to the HD of the new box, if possible .
> The 98 HD is FAT32, but I think that XP uses NTFS, and NTFS doesn't seem 
> to interface well with much else [my impression].
> 
> My question is this - Could I mount the old  drive in the machine as 
> slave, and boot with Knoppix to copy the aforementioned files to  an XP 
> partition on the master, then have them recognized on the next XP boot ?
> 
> Once the needed files are copied, then the slave will be able to be 
> reformatted to XP partitions.
> 
> -- 
> hardware: n, the part of a computer that can be kicked.
> 
> software: n, the part of a computer that causes hardware to be kicked.
> 
> Scott
> Mozilla 1.0 mail on Windows 98 SE
> 
> 
> 



		
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