072 07 - Using The Ubuntu Live CD to Recover Files From an Un-Bootable Computer

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Did you know the Ubuntu Desktop CD can be used to recover your files from a non-bootable computer? On this episode of The Meat, Robbie demonstrates how to save your files from an un-bootable Windows XP machine using the free Ubuntu CD. While the demonstration is on Windows XP, the procedure itself can be used for any operating system, be it Vista, Linux, BSD, etc. 9 minutes 57 seconds.

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  1. what a load of garbage! the whole Linux/ubuntu thing is really for people that enjoy fiddling about rather than having their computer work for them. speaking for myself I never got anywhere using a live cd or usb in trying to recover files from a jacked up drive. if you're using the live option you really need a lot of ram to be able to download the programs needed to hopefully be able to extract the files from the drive. since I only had 4 gigs on a utility lapper, the process of getting the programs would always stop mid stream. they make it seem as if Ubuntu is gonna magically recognize a drive that windows or apple wont, when in actuality the drive shows just like it does elsewhere but also is not accessible, just like elsewhere. I've learned a valuable lesson that I should have learned long ago, back up your shit! I was always so good at pulling drives and recovering my files that I felt I didn't need to back up. never, ever again!
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  3. I used a bootable Ubuntu USB drive instead of a CD and used drag and drop instead of copy and paste, which works well too. I have been playing with this "DEAD" windows 7 machine for 2 weeks trying to figure out how to recover the files. I have been searching the YouTube videos looking for a way to do this and found some that were incredibly involved and way too technical for me. Then, I finally came across your video and the lights went in my brain and all fell into place. Now I can reinstall windows on the other machine without having lost all the data. :-) Really made my week, THANKS!!!
  4. Much thanks for this info, I spent hours trying different ways to get the files an failed, this method worked, thumbs up man
  5. That's all your user settings--a lot of little files, so as long as you have not written anything to your hard drive, it could be done by removing the hard drive and plugging it into an imager. But if you've written to the hard drive, you'd have overwritten the sectors containing the data, most likely.
  6. I deleted /home/admin data in my fedora, can deleted files can also be recovered from this?
  7. my laptop just stopped booting and I'm going to try this I hope it works and the hdd isn't totally shot
  8. That woman is thick as fuck.
  9. @catagory5TV sorry, but I tried this with windows 7 and ubuntu 9.10, and it read the harddrive, but it appeared that there was no data inside c(colin)(sl)users(sl)jman(sl)Documents even though I had alot of data in there. (colin) is a colin (sl) is a slash Stupid youtube blocking these! ow, and nice show!
  10. If you want to learn how to do this, just post your question on our site. Good luck!!
  11. You CAN in fact "copy" the virus; you just will halt the infection. So, that said, say a file you backup has the virus... then, when you plug that external drive into a Windows system and copy the files back, you could infect that system. While moresouls' comment is correct in that your Ubuntu Live session will not get infected, you must ensure your Windows system has up to date protection before you go to put the backup on that Windows system, as the backup COULD contain the virus.