Re: Message-ID: <4DED42CF.9000008@verizon.net>

On 06/07/2011 01:53 PM, Roy Strachan wrote:
Hi Doug

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Ok originally I had a dual boot system and was doing some video on Xp in
Premeir and some on Cinelerra in Ubuntu. With Openshot I no longer need
Premeir so I no longer have XP on the machine. Now the question is how
can I copy the files to another drive? Then I can repartition the 2tb
drive ext 4 and put the files back on the drive??? Does this make
sense? Doug
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I've never done anything like this with a FAT filesystem but I think
this will work.

Do fdisk -l again just to make your drive is still listed as fdc. If
not adjust the partition designation in fstab (see below).

In /etc/fstab add a line -

/dev/sdc1 /mnt vfat ro

Notice that you are mounting sdc1 NOT sdc. You need to mount the
partition you want to access. The ro in the mount line is Read Only.
Take no chances. :o)

Reboot the computer and hopefully it will recognize the drive (Look for
it in /mnt). If it does, copy what you want to another drive and follow
your own instructions to format the drive and copy the files back to it.

Hopefully that will work
Roy



I'll try that Roy . I went into my workshop and installed xp in my old computer out there. It can't read the drive either it says it us unformatted. Since it is a vfat drive I had hoped xp might open and run it. I'll try your suggestion next. Thanks Doug


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