How do you access local hard drive fom the live disc?

mattig89ch · 2019-03-01 21:39

Hello all,

I have an older computer, which is just riddled with viruses. But it has some files, I'd like to save. So I wanted to use the live disc, to mount the local drive, and copy the files to a flash drive.

I am, however, a complete linux noob. So I wanted to know, is there a way to mount the local drive, from the UI? If so, how? I didn't see this in the FAQ, and google isn't showing anything useful.

madibi · 2019-03-01 23:46

Usually the quickest way is to go on the icon of your hd , for example with konqueror, and 98% of the times your main hd in named "sda" and you double click on it
I hope this is useful
You dont find this in FAQ because it it the same in every OS with gui

mattig89ch · 2019-03-01 23:48

I actually thought this would be the case. But when I booted up a vm, I couldn't find it. I made sure the vm's virtual drive had data on it too, a video, 2 pictures, and 2 text files (one of which was in a folder). I couldn't find where to access the data in the UI.

Dai_trying · 2019-03-02 01:00

When you are in the file manager (konqueror) from the menu select Go and then select Storage media you will find all available partitions/devices there.

mattig89ch · 2019-03-02 17:13

found it in the VM! On the desktop, go to my computer > storage media (dunno why I didn't see this one earlier) > and click on your hard drive.

Now to test this out on a real machine, and see if it works as well there.

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How do you access local hard drive fom the live disc?

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