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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,15:51 QUOTE
I am not a computer programmer.
Recently I had a hardware problem with my PC. When it was fixed I had a page file error. I was told to reinstall windows, but doing so would obviously erase the files i need. I was told DSL would let me access my files and put them on my pen drive for safety. I am booting from a CD. Everything is working properly. I have no idea how to access my files. HELP!?!?!?!

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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,16:36 QUOTE
Try the command "mount  /dev/hda1".
If this succeeded, you should be able to access the windows drive through /mnt/hda1 (assuming that windows is on "C:").

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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,21:52 QUOTE
no luck
thanks though
anyone else have ideas?
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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,21:57 QUOTE
right click on EmelFM to open it in superuser mode. Find the /mnt directory and double click it to reveal hda1 right click on hda1 and choose mount. The contents of hda1 should appear.

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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,22:32 QUOTE
i dont have hda1 in either previous case presented. i've got hd though, but it doesn't work when i try it. am i just turbo-ed? im just trying to get my files back.

thank you so much everyone
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