Hi,


I have recently had to wipe my harddrive and re-install windows but I backed up all my folders etc before hand. However now when I put in my CD with the other folders on I cannot see my Japanese one.

At first I thought that I must have just missed it and went back to the CD but it does not show there. It is very unlikely that I forgot the file as it also doesn't show on my other CD entitled Japanese which was back up months before this.

It's as if it is not showing it because it has characters in the file name, can this happen and is there a way to fix it? I would very much like to have that folder it had everything in regarding my Japanese.

I have the Japanese languages installed on the region settings in control panel.

Thanks.

You've got two cd-roms? If yes, I'd boot Knoppix - http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

An easy way to check if your folder is still there...

Ok thank you for the reply, I am currently downloading it so I will see what happens.

The only other reason I could think of was if it hadn't been written to either CD-R in the first place due to uni-code incompatibilities although surely I would have had an error message or something. I did do it via windows drag and drop though so I doubt they would be as useful as to inform me of something like that haha.

You know how the burn the ISO file, right?

Instructions

After that, just boot from the CD...it won't affect your computer in any way, no worries. You should then be able to see the content of your CD in a file browser. I'm sure there's an easier way to do this but I'm not very familiar with Windows, therefore the Knoppix suggestion...good luck!

If he can't find the file using Windows Explorer, I doubt he'll be able to find it using Linux when he probably has zero experience using it.

Hmmm...with Knoppix, when you put in the CD, an icon on the desktop appears. You can double-click and a file browser opens. It's not that hard, really.

Tobberoth Wrote:If he can't find the file using Windows Explorer, I doubt he'll be able to find it using Linux when he probably has zero experience using it.

It's not like the CD bootable versions of Linux are that hard to use. I mean, I've got zero experience with any kind of Linux, and yet I was still able to use it to get an OSX partition off my laptop when I decided it was more trouble than it was worth, and to rename a few illegally named files that Windows could see but not open or delete.

Hi, yes I kow how to burn the .iso etc. I have it up and running but to my stupidity I forgot that it would need two CD-drives and currently my second one is playing up so I will have to wait and try it another PC when I get the chance.

Thanks for the suggestion though I hope it shows up when I get a chance to run it.

I like the tea timer application in Knoppix what a nice little touch.

stoked Wrote:Hmmm...with Knoppix, when you put in the CD, an icon on the desktop appears. You can double-click and a file browser opens. It's not that hard, really.

And if you put a CD in Windows it comes up in "My Computer". There's no difference. Linux does have tools to make more advanced scans etc, but those are hardly part of the regular file browsers.

Tobberoth Wrote:

stoked Wrote:Hmmm...with Knoppix, when you put in the CD, an icon on the desktop appears. You can double-click and a file browser opens. It's not that hard, really.

And if you put a CD in Windows it comes up in "My Computer". There's no difference.

Well my intention was to find out whether this is a Windows problem or not. If the folder shows up on Knoppix (Linux) but not on Windows, it obviously is one...so yes, there is a difference.

@Shingo: load Knoppix to your RAM (if you have enough) and you won't need 2 CD-drives!

I thought that the use of Knoppix was somehow realted to possible unicode filenames or corrupt files which would not show in windows OS but could perhaps be shown in Linux from :

Mcjon01 Wrote:

Tobberoth Wrote:If he can't find the file using Windows Explorer, I doubt he'll be able to find it using Linux when he probably has zero experience using it.

rename a few illegally named files that Windows could see but not open or delete.

UPDATE:

I am sorry to say that this did not work, I think therefore that somehow I must have missed it in the copying process OR more likely the in-built windows drag and drop CD burner does not handle unicode and thus skipped the file each time, leading me to think I had two secure backups when really the most important file was missed both times.

The only good thing that has come out of this is having been exposed to this nice OS which feels quite nice at the moment. I am not sure if I would be prepared to move onto this for my default OS but it is a nice breath of fresh air.