Cannot access HDD files through Linux Mint Live USB
I have valuable info on my Ubuntu partition, but it crashed, and I tried to get to it through Live USB with Mint 14, but it says it's read only. Can I make it writable too? So I can put it on my flash drive?
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I have valuable info on my Ubuntu partition, but it crashed, and I tried to get to it through Live USB with Mint 14, but it says it's read only. Can I make it writable too? So I can put it on my flash drive?
usb
asked Mar 22 '13 at 1:42
Brandon laizure
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bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 2 hours ago
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Community, you just bumped a 2013 question... This is a really sad state of affairs, if you feel doing that is appropriate. Under Linux, most such "unanswered" questions are single-use throw-away distro, kernel or application bug related questions, so you bumping them is nothing but traffic inflation and click baiting. Should consider better AI rules for bumping.
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Jun 16 '18 at 14:20
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I have valuable info on my Ubuntu partition, but it crashed, and I tried to get to it through Live USB with Mint 14, but it says it's read only. Can I make it writable too? So I can put it on my flash drive?
usb
asked Mar 22 '13 at 1:42
Brandon laizure
63
I have valuable info on my Ubuntu partition, but it crashed, and I tried to get to it through Live USB with Mint 14, but it says it's read only. Can I make it writable too? So I can put it on my flash drive?
usb
usb
asked Mar 22 '13 at 1:42
Brandon laizure
63
asked Mar 22 '13 at 1:42
Brandon laizure
63
asked Mar 22 '13 at 1:42
Brandon laizure
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asked Mar 22 '13 at 1:42
Brandon laizure
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asked Mar 22 '13 at 1:42
Brandon laizure
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bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 2 hours ago
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Community, you just bumped a 2013 question... This is a really sad state of affairs, if you feel doing that is appropriate. Under Linux, most such "unanswered" questions are single-use throw-away distro, kernel or application bug related questions, so you bumping them is nothing but traffic inflation and click baiting. Should consider better AI rules for bumping.
– ajeh
Jun 16 '18 at 14:20
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Community, you just bumped a 2013 question... This is a really sad state of affairs, if you feel doing that is appropriate. Under Linux, most such "unanswered" questions are single-use throw-away distro, kernel or application bug related questions, so you bumping them is nothing but traffic inflation and click baiting. Should consider better AI rules for bumping.
– ajeh
Jun 16 '18 at 14:20
Community, you just bumped a 2013 question... This is a really sad state of affairs, if you feel doing that is appropriate. Under Linux, most such "unanswered" questions are single-use throw-away distro, kernel or application bug related questions, so you bumping them is nothing but traffic inflation and click baiting. Should consider better AI rules for bumping.
– ajeh
Jun 16 '18 at 14:20
Community, you just bumped a 2013 question... This is a really sad state of affairs, if you feel doing that is appropriate. Under Linux, most such "unanswered" questions are single-use throw-away distro, kernel or application bug related questions, so you bumping them is nothing but traffic inflation and click baiting. Should consider better AI rules for bumping.
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When you created your Linux Mint Live USB, did you include persistence to allow for changes (like transfering files or setting changes) to be made?
If not, I recommend using LiLi USB Creator or whatever you originally used to create a Linux Mint Live USB with persistence. I believe you need a 2GB or higher sized USB drive/SD Card to create a Live USB with persistence which may be needed if you have a lot of data to rescue, but the limit is a 4GB space reservation for persistence unless you want to have a more challenging time on a workaround.
If you can't access any other drives on your Linux Mint 14 Live USB it is likely because of a bug in the OS saying that it can't mount anything. I looked around on forums because I could not access any drives due to a mounting problem that I solved by typing the following lines into the terminal: press Enter after typing in each line.
sudo mkdir /media/$USER
sudo chown $USER.$USER /media/$USER
edited Apr 5 '13 at 3:00
jasonwryan
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answered Apr 5 '13 at 1:49
Alan
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It may also be that the Ubuntu partition is mounted readonly. If that is the case, # mount -o rw,remount /wherever/ubuntu/is/mounted will take care of that :)
– Travis
May 1 '14 at 1:28
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Good day! Data recovery is better to go the other way. I use Parted Magic or Ultimate Boot CD. These boot disks provide access to the HDD. And also have a variety of special tools data recovery, such testdisk
answered Dec 2 '16 at 19:53
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When you created your Linux Mint Live USB, did you include persistence to allow for changes (like transfering files or setting changes) to be made?
If not, I recommend using LiLi USB Creator or whatever you originally used to create a Linux Mint Live USB with persistence. I believe you need a 2GB or higher sized USB drive/SD Card to create a Live USB with persistence which may be needed if you have a lot of data to rescue, but the limit is a 4GB space reservation for persistence unless you want to have a more challenging time on a workaround.
If you can't access any other drives on your Linux Mint 14 Live USB it is likely because of a bug in the OS saying that it can't mount anything. I looked around on forums because I could not access any drives due to a mounting problem that I solved by typing the following lines into the terminal: press Enter after typing in each line.
sudo mkdir /media/$USER
sudo chown $USER.$USER /media/$USER
edited Apr 5 '13 at 3:00
jasonwryan
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answered Apr 5 '13 at 1:49
Alan
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It may also be that the Ubuntu partition is mounted readonly. If that is the case, # mount -o rw,remount /wherever/ubuntu/is/mounted will take care of that :)
– Travis
May 1 '14 at 1:28
add a comment |
When you created your Linux Mint Live USB, did you include persistence to allow for changes (like transfering files or setting changes) to be made?
If not, I recommend using LiLi USB Creator or whatever you originally used to create a Linux Mint Live USB with persistence. I believe you need a 2GB or higher sized USB drive/SD Card to create a Live USB with persistence which may be needed if you have a lot of data to rescue, but the limit is a 4GB space reservation for persistence unless you want to have a more challenging time on a workaround.
If you can't access any other drives on your Linux Mint 14 Live USB it is likely because of a bug in the OS saying that it can't mount anything. I looked around on forums because I could not access any drives due to a mounting problem that I solved by typing the following lines into the terminal: press Enter after typing in each line.
sudo mkdir /media/$USER
sudo chown $USER.$USER /media/$USER
edited Apr 5 '13 at 3:00
jasonwryan
49.3k14134184
answered Apr 5 '13 at 1:49
Alan
11
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It may also be that the Ubuntu partition is mounted readonly. If that is the case, # mount -o rw,remount /wherever/ubuntu/is/mounted will take care of that :)
– Travis
May 1 '14 at 1:28
add a comment |
When you created your Linux Mint Live USB, did you include persistence to allow for changes (like transfering files or setting changes) to be made?
If not, I recommend using LiLi USB Creator or whatever you originally used to create a Linux Mint Live USB with persistence. I believe you need a 2GB or higher sized USB drive/SD Card to create a Live USB with persistence which may be needed if you have a lot of data to rescue, but the limit is a 4GB space reservation for persistence unless you want to have a more challenging time on a workaround.
If you can't access any other drives on your Linux Mint 14 Live USB it is likely because of a bug in the OS saying that it can't mount anything. I looked around on forums because I could not access any drives due to a mounting problem that I solved by typing the following lines into the terminal: press Enter after typing in each line.
sudo mkdir /media/$USER
sudo chown $USER.$USER /media/$USER
edited Apr 5 '13 at 3:00
jasonwryan
49.3k14134184
answered Apr 5 '13 at 1:49
Alan
11
When you created your Linux Mint Live USB, did you include persistence to allow for changes (like transfering files or setting changes) to be made?
If not, I recommend using LiLi USB Creator or whatever you originally used to create a Linux Mint Live USB with persistence. I believe you need a 2GB or higher sized USB drive/SD Card to create a Live USB with persistence which may be needed if you have a lot of data to rescue, but the limit is a 4GB space reservation for persistence unless you want to have a more challenging time on a workaround.
If you can't access any other drives on your Linux Mint 14 Live USB it is likely because of a bug in the OS saying that it can't mount anything. I looked around on forums because I could not access any drives due to a mounting problem that I solved by typing the following lines into the terminal: press Enter after typing in each line.
sudo mkdir /media/$USER
sudo chown $USER.$USER /media/$USER
edited Apr 5 '13 at 3:00
jasonwryan
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answered Apr 5 '13 at 1:49
Alan
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It may also be that the Ubuntu partition is mounted readonly. If that is the case, # mount -o rw,remount /wherever/ubuntu/is/mounted will take care of that :)
– Travis
May 1 '14 at 1:28
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It may also be that the Ubuntu partition is mounted readonly. If that is the case, # mount -o rw,remount /wherever/ubuntu/is/mounted will take care of that :)
– Travis
May 1 '14 at 1:28
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It may also be that the Ubuntu partition is mounted readonly. If that is the case, # mount -o rw,remount /wherever/ubuntu/is/mounted will take care of that :)
– Travis
May 1 '14 at 1:28
It may also be that the Ubuntu partition is mounted readonly. If that is the case, # mount -o rw,remount /wherever/ubuntu/is/mounted will take care of that :)
– Travis
May 1 '14 at 1:28
add a comment |
Good day! Data recovery is better to go the other way. I use Parted Magic or Ultimate Boot CD. These boot disks provide access to the HDD. And also have a variety of special tools data recovery, such testdisk
answered Dec 2 '16 at 19:53
Justicet
1111
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Good day! Data recovery is better to go the other way. I use Parted Magic or Ultimate Boot CD. These boot disks provide access to the HDD. And also have a variety of special tools data recovery, such testdisk
answered Dec 2 '16 at 19:53
Justicet
1111
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Good day! Data recovery is better to go the other way. I use Parted Magic or Ultimate Boot CD. These boot disks provide access to the HDD. And also have a variety of special tools data recovery, such testdisk
answered Dec 2 '16 at 19:53
Justicet
1111
Good day! Data recovery is better to go the other way. I use Parted Magic or Ultimate Boot CD. These boot disks provide access to the HDD. And also have a variety of special tools data recovery, such testdisk
answered Dec 2 '16 at 19:53
Justicet
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Community, you just bumped a 2013 question... This is a really sad state of affairs, if you feel doing that is appropriate. Under Linux, most such "unanswered" questions are single-use throw-away distro, kernel or application bug related questions, so you bumping them is nothing but traffic inflation and click baiting. Should consider better AI rules for bumping.
– ajeh
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