"Potential Windows Vista User"
<PotentialWindowsVistaUser@discussions.microsoft.c om> wrote in message
news:64F383EA-6D22-4973-888B-4CCA6DBD99CA@microsoft.com...
> The best way to get your data backed up is to download a Knoppix cd .iso
> and
> burn it to a disk using burn4free at www.burn4free.com then put the disk
> in
> and turn on the computer or reboot and after loading knoppix right click
> on
> your hard drive on the deskop and click open. Then plug in your external
> Hard
> drive and notice the new icon on the deskop. right click on this icon and
> click mount, then right click again and hit change read write mode, and
> then
> open that icon and copy and paste.
>
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Knoppix doesn't need a driver to read NTFS partions?
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