mount a hard drive?Forum: Other Help Topics Topic: mount a hard drive? started by: sharpenyourteeth Posted by sharpenyourteeth on Nov. 30 2004,01:14
i'm running windows xp and am booting off the dsl live cd. is it possible to mount the hard drive in dsl so i can delete a file that i can't delete while windows is running. i'm new to linux so i'm not familiar with the commands. thanks! Posted by cbagger01 on Nov. 30 2004,03:10
No.DSL has read-only access to an NTFS (Windows XP) partition. You could try booting into "safe mode" or into the "Recovery Console" (if you have the Windows XP install cd) and delete the file from there. Posted by Numenor on Dec. 03 2004,13:09
sometimes if you delete the file from the command prompt run->"cmd" you can delete a file that you can do through explorer..
Posted by Lazyhound on Dec. 05 2004,00:13
It's possible that he's on a FAT32 partition, though. EDIT: V Or he upgraded and chose not to format his drive. No need to be brusque about it. Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 05 2004,00:40
It's also possible that he is dual-booting OpenVMS and needs help mounting DKA$200 too, but since 99.5% of the novice users out there have "normal" Windows XP pre-installs to the default NTFS partition I'll keep my answer brief and stick with my original reply.
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