Posted by ` on 08/28/07 08:50

Didn't work . the recorder just gave an error code on the front panel. must
be looking for a specific HDD or file format on the HDD. Will try the format
with Knoppix and try again.

If all else fails I thing I will just buy a DVD drive cobble it in to the
recorder and copy off all the stuff that's on the HDD. ( only doing this cos
it's full of the kids stuff and my life will be hell if I don't manage to
recover it!! )
"`" <ianw154@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi .
>
> Managed to do it. Easiest way was to download the ISO recorder. Now it's
> just two click and it copies and extracts the ISO file onto the CD.
>
> Got Knoppix running great, only problem that I have to sort out now is
> when I try to look at the partitions on the HDD it asks for a password -
> haven't got a clue on that so I'll have to have a dig around on the
> Knoppix site to see if I can get any help there.
>
> As a Side note. I seem the remember that you can format the HDD in the
> recorder from within the menu's. I check and sure enough the option is
> there to format the HDD > I am going to drop a 160 gig HDD in the recorder
> today and format it and see what size it comes out at - I suspect that it
> will either crash or format to 80 gig. Worth a try though.
>
>
> "Captain Midnight" <Notany@twip.invalid> wrote in message
> news:46d3c18a$0$32532$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> "`" <ianw154@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:18WdnSzs5PyPuk7bnZ2dnUVZ8sSrnZ2d@bt.com...
>>> I have downloaded the file KNOPPIX_V5.1.1CD-2007-01-04-EN.iso, burnt it
>> onto
>>> the CD and rebooted the PC ... it just boots in to windows an normal.> I
>>> have checked my PC setup and after the floppy the CD drive is the next
>>> bootable drive ?
>>>
>>> Any suggestions.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Captain Midnight" <Notany@twip.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:46d18641$0$16439$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>> > "`" <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.
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>> Geeze, my 3.3 version is old. Been meaning to get a newer version.
>> Downloading it now. Slo-o-o-owly.
>>
>> Hopefully you know the ISO is an image and has to be burnt so the data is
>> extracted. Not just putting the file on the disc. Can let you know what
>> the
>> disc should looks like as soon as I burn and test it. Seldom burn ISO so
>> will be doing a little relearning.
>>
>>
>
>

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