Topic: How do I retrieve i-bay data from E-Smith H/Drive via XP

[Mizou]

Hi,

Could anyone advise me if it is possible to hook a second h/drive (my old E-smith Setup) to a Windows XP box and retrive the data from all my i-bays. (using an xp software or something else)

I have read some of the previous posts, where it is advised to hook the second drive to the e-smith server box, but it looks like my old drive is not mounting at boot time.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mizou

[Michael Smith]

You could try booting from a Knoppix CD ... that'll let you access your various hard drives & transfer data.  I don't think Knoppix will let you *write* to a NTFS-formatted drive, though.

[Jimbo]

Search through the forum for knoppix you can boot the dist from a CD and copy the data across the network.

HTH

[guestHH]

just give th guy the URL

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/

[Bob Todd]

you can also use the free linux drive mount util I found that allows you to open and copy linux partitions on 2000/XP. You'll find it at

http://sys.xiloo.com/projects/projects.htm

Look for ext2fsd project and follow the links. Once you install the driver you have to use the command line to mount the partitions with the "mount" util. I copied it to the root of my c drive then was able to open my main sme partition using

c:\mount 2 3 n:

where 2 is the hard drive number in windows (from disk management)
where 3 is the main sme partition on the drive
and n: I want the partition mounted as.

Easy really

[Mizou]

Thanks Michael, Jimbo, RequestedDeletion and Bob for your help. I managed to retrieve ALL my data using my xp box.

I initially downloaded a copy of Knoppix - +700mb  (note: bigpond customers use unmetered downloads - http://files.bigpond.com/library/ ) and after booting up and familiarising myself with Knoppix, I managed to retrieve most of my data except for those belonging to admin because I didn't have the appropriate permissions. Tried to chmod amongst other things, but it still didn't allow me to even copy or move the admin files. (this e-smith drive belonged to an old domain that doesn't exist anymore)
I then downloaded a copy of ext2fsd project (approx 370kb) and installed it on my xp box. Great tool. Here are the steps (also see Bob Todd's).
1. Once downloaded and extracted, copy ext2fsd.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers
2. Import the ext2fsd.reg into your system registry.
3. After rebooting your machine, run "net start ext2fsd" at a dos shell.
4. Use mount/unmount tools to mount or unmount a disk partition.
5. Once mounted, the drive can be accessed as what looks like a standard drive.

I also give the thumbs up to Knoppix as a very versatile tool. I'll carry a copy around with me.

Thanks Again

Mizou