Reading linux file system from Windows

Right, fstab says:

#DEFAULT BASE FSTAB, UNCONFIGURED
proc /proc proc noauto 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
# Added by Knoppix
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
#Added by Knoppix
/dev/sda2 /media/sda2 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
#Added by Knoppix
/dev/sda3 /media/sda3 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
#Added by Knoppix
/dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
#Added by Knoppix
/dev/hda /media/hda auto ro,noauto,users,exec 0 0
 
So sdb is your vista disc that you can see so you want to be running e2fsck on either /dev/sda1 or 2 or 3, fdisk -l and we can figure out which one (should have asked for this as well as fstab but eh)
 
I'll take you word for it!! lol (I've not a damn clue what I'm doing).

OK ran "Fdisk -l" and get back:

Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System
/dev/sda1 * 1 17 136521 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 18 66 393592+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 83 30401 243529366+ 83 Linux
 
O this looks confusing!!

Right:

e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
ext3 recovery flag is clear, but journal has data.
Recovery flag not set in backup superblock, so running journal anyway.
1.39-Jan182008: recovering journal
Block bitmal for group 512 is not in group. (block 0)
Relocate<y>?


Now officially over my head!
 
right, well that's doing something, fingers are well and truely crossed so I guess I just gotta wait now?

Anything I should do after it's finished or will it automatically appear on the, er, whatever the Linux Explorer is called?

*edit*

It keeps saying
Inode [big number] has INDEX_FL flag set on filesystem without htree support.
"clear HTree index? Yes"

hope that's not Linux for delete!!
 
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It means your filesystem was corrupt and it's trying to repair it, I'm not too familair with knoppix so i don't know if it'll appear automatically, if not terminal and then mount -a and it'll try mount everything in fstab for you
 
Well it's 55.3% done at the mo so will let you know.

Haven't said it yet, but whatever the outcome REALLY REALLY appreciate the help, seriously owe you a drink!!!!
 
Right, well all done.

Didn't automatically appear in the list, so went to terminal and ran "mount -a"
was told "Only root can do that"
and the 'little bit' of Linux I do know, I then did "sudo mount -a" and still nothing
 
Fingers crossed it all works out okay, I had something similar happen before because of a dying HDD and I lost some data but I managed to save the important stuff, here's hoping it goes well for you!

[edit] gimme a sec i'm just busy at work right now
 
nope, nothing :(

Thing is, when it was "doing what it does" earlier, I could see a load of file names appear, so it's picked something up somewhere.
 
Wait!!

Just rebooted Knoppix and sure enough it's all there!!!! :)

Right, let's see how much I can manage to copy over.

Again my utmost thanks, bit of a cliché but really couldn't have done it without your help!!

Thanks again!!!!!
 
another way is you can install a small virtual linux machine (say 500meg HD and 32 MB ram debian netinstall) and mount the linux disk inside that and then share it out to the host pc using samba
 
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