On 12/7/05, David Evennou de@data-masters.com wrote:
Hello Members,
While extracting a zip file using Win XP Pro, something happend to Windows and it just keeps rebooting. I can't get to safe mode because it reboots after gettiing through some of the sys drivers/files. This is a dual boot machine with CentOS 4. I may try to use the install disk to "repair" windows. If that does not work, how can I recover files from the Windows partition while booted in CentOS? Can I tell CentOS about another drive and simply mount it?
generally, yes. If that's an NTFS partition, you'll need to install the ntfs drivers you can find at linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net. Then you just mount:
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows
(for example--your device is probably different, and the directory can be whatever you want).
Knoppix, as suggested in another post, is another excellent idea.