Posted by Captain Midnight on 08/26/07 13:53

"`" <ianw154@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:pbednTT-Dfg230zbRVnytgA@bt.com...
> Hi
>
> I have checked the DVD drive and it is a Toshiba Samsung SD-W3002. It
looks
> like a standard drive to me.
>
> I have had the HDD out of the recorder, it's a maxtor 80 gig, and hooked
it
> up to my PC using a USB to IDE adaptor. The problem is that the PC say's
> mass storage device detected and ready to use but I can't see the drive in
> explorer. In device manager I can see the drive but in the properties -
> Volume tab there is no drive information - all blanks.
>
> Putting the HDD back into the recorder and it works fine.
>
> Ian

It's probably formatted with a file system used in Linux. You can get a
Knopix Linux distribution in an ISO. Burn the ISO to CD. Then you can boot
into Knopix from the CD without putting anything on your PC. Knopix has a
GUI interface so it's not to hard to use for things like browsing a drive.
It can be used to examine a Windows install that wont boot too. Good tool
and gives a peek at Linux.

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