nvatabus.sys corruption

[Joe]

U cant access it cuz ubuntu does not know to access it ;

heres wat u do :

find out the hard disks identifier (usually sda1 for SATA disks and hd*1 [* = a or c usually] for ATA disks)

you then go to the terminal and type:

sudo su << this gives u root access

mkdir /media/win << this creates a folder called win in /media/

then ;

mount /dev/sda1 /media/win/ -t ntfs -o nls=utf8,umask=0222 << this mounts the device with all the neccessary options to allow READ ONLY access *sda1 if ur hdd is sda1*

then go to your file browser (nautilus) and type /media/win in the address bar there is your hard disk

now for recover of the files ....

NTFS in linux should only be used in a read only capacity unless you know exactly what you are doing so in this spirit your second disk should be a FAT(32) partition you can then copy the files as you would normally

then go back to ur terminal and type umount /media/win (as root)

 

[Dav0s]

more vdimm?

 

[Ramedge]

Downloaded Slax live CD - booted to it started the X interface (quite nice actually) and all my drives are there and its reading my documents partition so going to try copying it over, thanks for that Joe but by the looks of it i may not need to do that.

Edit: apperntly i cant just drop and drag stuff from one disk to another in Slax. because i dont have permission. Hmmm - what do i do? (is this the bit where i read through what Joe posted? hehe)

 

[Joe]

Downloaded Slax live CD - booted to it started the X interface (quite nice actually) and all my drives are there and its reading my documents partition so going to try copying it over, thanks for that Joe but by the looks of it i may not need to do that.

Edit: apperntly i cant just drop and drag stuff from one disk to another in Slax. because i dont have permission. Hmmm - what do i do? (is this the bit where i read through what Joe posted? hehe)

u r tryin to copy TO ntfs rite ... i could tell you how to do this but that may total your copied data (not source data)..

format the (i persume empty) target disk to FAT 32 and there shall be no problem

slax is quite nice KDE rocks (the environment)

 

[Ramedge]

slax is quite nice KDE rocks (the environment)

Yeh better than gnome which i use for unbuntu - may have to change the x interface on that to KDE.

So whats best to use to format the NTFS drive to FAT 32 ? normally i would use partition magic but seeing as i have no OS iam not going to be doing that.

 

[Joe]

you can use NTFS dos (or similar) and issue the format X:\ command (X is drive letter of target disk) to format it

or in slax u can use fdisk (or the easier cfdisk if its in ur distro) guide here i suggest disconnectin your source disk with all ur data b4 doin this tho .. dont want nasty accidents

im not overly familiar wit slax there MAY be a GUI interface to format disks, check the system tools (being such a small distro i doubt it tho )

 

[Ramedge]

finding it hard to work out how to format the partition on the drive iam trying to change over to FAT32 to copy my stuff over.

is there any software i can boot to, to format the partition on my backup drive to FAT32?

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Windows in another pc would be easiest, or just format from msdos tbh.

 

[Ramedge]

how do i even get into msdos? This is pretty much the first time since 3.1 that i may actually need to use it good job i still remember the commands! so please go ahead and explain

all the suggestion have been so helpful, Cheers guys !

 

[Joe]

u will need a ntfsdos disk to create a floppy boot disk and then go ahead and format

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsDos.html

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Cant he just use a standard 98 boot floppy? I would have thought that fDisking it then formatting it would work, ntfs or not...

 

[Ramedge]

i did try putting those files on a usb drive and booting to it but it didnt like it for some reason. I guess ive got to nick a FDD now

 

[Joe]

he can but ntfs dos may b more compatible with a SATA disk the 98 disk prob wont detect it

 

[Phnom_Penh]

fair enough.

 

[Ramedge]

just out of interest can i format the drive to FAT32 via a Linux install??

*Btw really dont want to go back to Linux, really like the KDE enviroment so last night i downloaded Kunbuntu

 

[Joe]

yea for the main system file u can [depends on the installer prog but u should b able to] ... u still need a linux ext swap partition tho

 

[Ramedge]

yea for the main system file u can [depends on the installer prog but u should b able to'] ... u still need a linux ext swap partition tho

Well going to install Kunbuntu over my unbuntu partiton later so will format it then. After that will boot back to that live CD copy my stuff over, Low level format my dodgy HDD partition it and reinstall windows then copy my stuff back over and re-install my apps.

Hopfully nothing can go wrong.

 

[Dav0s]

Hopfully nothing can go wrong.

you clearly have not been working with computers that long

 

[Ramedge]

you clearly have not been working with computers that long

I said hopfully nothing can go wrong, knowing in the back of my mind something else will crop up.I just taking a postitive aproach

Will copy all my stuff over to my other drive later on today, havent had alot of time with revision for exams and me being just generally lazy

 

[Ramedge]

Linux live cds dont like copying any thing over 100gb froze at 8%