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.
On 08/22/2012 09:18 PM, Joe Wulf wrote: One windoze set of tools that work remarkably well I've personally used them numerous times for myself and others to recover files... is from a site "runtime.org". Their stuff just works. Granted it is for windoze OS. Best of luck to you! ---

Re: Just A Question....

2012-08-22 Thread Joe Wulf
One windoze set of tools that work remarkably well I've personally used them numerous times for myself and others to recover files... is from a site "runtime.org".  Their stuff just works.  Granted it is for windoze OS. Best of luck to you! > > From: Eddie