Mount a Windows 7 Hard Disk, in Ubuntu?

[justino garcia]

Can I recover files from a  Windows 7 Hard Disk in Ubuntu?
Just pictures on that disk...

Thanks,

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[Liam Proven]

On 10 February 2012 15:24, justino garcia <jgarci...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can I recover files from a  Windows 7 Hard Disk in Ubuntu?
> Just pictures on that disk...

Yes.

Next? :¬)

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[Ioannis Vranos]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:24 PM, justino garcia <jgarci...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can I recover files from a  Windows 7 Hard Disk in Ubuntu?
> Just pictures on that disk...

Yes you can; either by using the Live CD, or after installing Ubuntu
in a separate partition.

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[W. Scott Lockwood III]

> -----Original Message-----
> On 10 February 2012 15:24, justino garcia <jgarci...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Can I recover files from a  Windows 7 Hard Disk in Ubuntu?
> > Just pictures on that disk...
>
> Yes.
>
> Next? :¬)

The program you want is called 'photorec'.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery

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[Bill Stanley]

On 02/10/2012 10:24 AM, justino garcia wrote:
> Can I recover files from a Windows 7 Hard Disk in Ubuntu?
> Just pictures on that disk...

Simple answer, YES! You can access any files in the Windows partition,
even files that Microsoft doesn't want you to see such as hidden files.
There is even a special type on Windows hidden files best called
protected files which you can't see using the usual "View hidden files"
option in windows. There lies the problem, be careful when you access
such files unless you really know what you are doing.

Also a pet peeve of mine...
Why does Microsoft pretend that their OS is the only one out there.
When you install Windows on a computer that has an existing Linux
partition, they overwrite the boot sector and don't offer something like
GRUB to allow allow alternate OSes to boot. You have to use a Linux
install disk to replace GRUB. Why can't they just update GRUB to add
the new Windows OS. They also refuse to let their users view
partitions created by other operating systems. Another problem is how
they go out of the way to hide certain files. This creates a good way
to hide files related to malware. Yes, I know that if you allowed Joe
Sixpack tto see these files he would mett them up but can't you
accomodate the experienced Windows user (perhaps by making him "jump
through hoops" before accessing such files. Linux does this with the
sudo command.

( I guess its time for me to get off my soapbox! )

Bill Stanley

[Billie Walsh]

On 02/10/2012 11:08 AM, Bill Stanley wrote:
> Why does Microsoft pretend that their OS is the only one out there. When
> you install Windows on a computer that has an existing Linux partition,
> they overwrite the boot sector and don't offer something like GRUB to
> allow allow alternate OSes to boot. You have to use a Linux install
> disk to replace GRUB. Why can't they just update GRUB to add the new
> Windows OS. They also refuse to let their users view partitions
> created by other operating systems. Another problem is how they go out
> of the way to hide certain files. This creates a good way to hide files
> related to malware. Yes, I know that if you allowed Joe Sixpack tto see
> these files he would mett them up but can't you accomodate the
> experienced Windows user (perhaps by making him "jump through hoops"
> before accessing such files. Linux does this with the sudo command.

It's kind of funny but when I updated my Windows Vista partition on my
laptop to Windows 7 it didn't overwrite the boot sector. Up until I did
a clean install of Kubuntu 12.04 grub still showed Vista as the Windows
OS. Booted Windows 7 though.

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[Jkhatri]

On Friday 10 February 2012 08:54 PM, justino garcia wrote:

Can I recover files from a  Windows 7 Hard Disk in Ubuntu?
Just pictures on that disk...

if pictures are deleted , try to run testdisk or photorec , it can recover deleted files , if its not installed already the install it[1], its available in repository

sudo apt-get install testdisk


( testdisk comes with photorec specially made for photo recovery )
 

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[Avi Greenbury]

justino garcia wrote:

> Can I recover files from a Windows 7 Hard Disk in Ubuntu?
> Just pictures on that disk...

Your wording might be taken to imply that this is a failed, or
otherwise corrupt, disk, in which case it's still likely that they can
be recovered, but it might take a good deal of time and reading up on
the topic.

If the drive is healthy (i.e. Windows could read it fine) then yeah,
you'll be fine reding it on Ubuntu.

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