How to mount Ubuntu partition on windows

Asked by Azker Mohamed

Hey People,

I've recently had some issues with my pc, as I couldn't remember what I've messed up with the PC. But, my ubuntu is not booting.

All I've done is, installed ubuntu within windows as dual-boot... now the windows is loading but not the ubuntu. I wanted to uninstall & install ubuntu.. but, my problem is that I've files in my ubuntu. I know there must be some ways that I can open "root.disk" file from windows.. can anyone help me how to do that.. coz, I badly want all my files which are in ubuntu. : (

Ubuntu Ver: 10.10 (with no updates)

Thanks in advance.

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Chris (fabricator4) said :
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There's actually two way to get to the files in the virtual disk: Through Windows with a program like explore2fs, or boot the Ubuntu Live CD and mount first the NTFS drive, and then the virtual drive (much easier than it sounds)

There's a (very) little information on the first method here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#How_can_I_access_the_Wubi_files_from_Windows.3F

I would presume there's better instructions in the the explore2fs documentation. BTW, ext4 partitions are backwards compatible with ext2 access methods, so don't be concerned about that - especially since all you are mainly doing is recovering the data off the virtual disk.

Instructions for the second method (boot off LiveCD) are right under the instructions linked above.

Chris

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Best enubuntu (mr.tennents) said :
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Hi, I suggest to you to use this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33387/how-to-browse-your-linux-partition-from-windows/

I've tried it and it works well.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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Why do you not have a backup if your data is important to you!?

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Azker Mohamed (asker-styile) said :
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@ Enrico "eNry" - thanks for the link I'll give it a try and let you know if it works.. coz, I've tried ext2explore but it din work at all.. even when it scans, it din detect the "root.disk" file either... : (

@ actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) - we're human beings, mistakes usually happen.. I never save datas on system unless I keep all files on other partitions... this has happened eventually..

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Azker Mohamed (asker-styile) said :
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Woah!! super cool... second reply by Enrico "eNry" worked... thank you thank you thank you so much.. ; )

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Azker Mohamed (asker-styile) said :
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Thanks Enrico "eNry" Carafa, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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There is a saying in IT:

You only have your data if it is in two places or more.

I am tired of people with "important" data with zero backup. Imagine if the drive motor failed and the drive wasn't detected in BIOS...
You would be paying THOUSANDS of dollars (or whatever currency you use) for professional and non guaranteed data recovery. Contrast this with a few HUNDRED for a cheap USB/firewire drive which will allow you to easily restore your data.

Get a backup

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delance (olivier-delance) said :
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If you have boot problem, you can try to reinstall bootloader: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Copy_LiveCD_Files
And Andrew is right: make periodically backup of valuable data. You can use Grsync or DejaDup. I do it twice a month.