On 12/7/05, David Evennou <de at 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.