Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 23.08.2012, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > When I say they're locked, all the data is "missing" or "hidden" by > something called "WD SmartWare"...there's nothing visible on the drive but > some folders with user manuals in various languages, and three ".exe" > files...the SmartWare oneano

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 08/22/2012 10:54 PM, jdow wrote: On 2012/08/22 19:12, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: On 08/22/2012 10:08 PM, Troy wrote: Fedora reads NTFS file systems just fine. I would also try as Larry suggests and run these .exe under Wine. On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:57:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor Jr

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread jdow
On 2012/08/22 19:12, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: On 08/22/2012 10:08 PM, Troy wrote: Fedora reads NTFS file systems just fine. I would also try as Larry suggests and run these .exe under Wine. On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:57:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: On 08/22/2012 09:46 PM, Tro

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread jdow
On 2012/08/22 19:05, Fedora User wrote: On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 21:57 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: On 08/22/2012 09:46 PM, Troy wrote: EGO II OK so first off...this drive was "created" and used on a Windows XP/7 computer...which I have neither of so I can only assume they're NTFS files. W

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 08/22/2012 10:08 PM, Troy wrote: Fedora reads NTFS file systems just fine. I would also try as Larry suggests and run these .exe under Wine. On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:57:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: On 08/22/2012 09:46 PM, Troy wrote: This could be a simple permissions issue.

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Troy
Fedora reads NTFS file systems just fine. I would also try as Larry suggests and run these .exe under Wine. On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:57:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > On 08/22/2012 09:46 PM, Troy wrote: > > This could be a simple permissions issue. Have you tried logging in as

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Fedora User
On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 21:57 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > On 08/22/2012 09:46 PM, Troy wrote: > >> EGO II > OK so first off...this drive was "created" and used on a Windows XP/7 > computer...which I have neither of so I can only assume they're NTFS > files. When I say they're locked, all

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Larry
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/22/2012 08:57 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >>> >>> >>> EGO II > OK so first off...this drive was "created" and used on a Windows XP/7 > computer...which I have neither of so I can only assume they're NTFS > files. When I say they're locked

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 08/22/2012 09:46 PM, Troy wrote: This could be a simple permissions issue. Have you tried logging in as root and using your file manager to change ownership of the files? On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:01:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: I'm trying to "open" some files that have been m

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Troy
This could be a simple permissions issue. Have you tried logging in as root and using your file manager to change ownership of the files? On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:01:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > I'm trying to "open" some files that have been mysteriously "locked" by > a WD Ha

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Fedora User
On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 21:01 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > I'm trying to "open" some files that have been mysteriously "locked" by > a WD Hard Drive. It was created and formatted by Windows, but I'm trying > to use Fedora to open them, can anyone give me some pointers on this? NTFS or VF

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
of luck to you! *From:* Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. *To:* Users@Lists.FedoraProject.org *Sent:* Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:01 PM *Subject:* Just A Question I'm trying to "open" som

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Joe Wulf
> From: Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. >To: Users@Lists.FedoraProject.org >Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:01 PM >Subject: Just A Question > >I'm trying to "open" some files that have been mysteriously "locked" by a WD >Hard Drive. It was cre

Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
I'm trying to "open" some files that have been mysteriously "locked" by a WD Hard Drive. It was created and formatted by Windows, but I'm trying to use Fedora to open them, can anyone give me some pointers on this? I've tried the partitioning this drive and nothing on this system works for it.