Access to NTFS volume from KNOPPIX live cd

Question

Im trying to recover some data from my friends laptop, since it wont boot from the harddisk anymore. From the knoppix cd i can find harddrive but when i try to access it im asked for a password. However dont know the password I have tried the password from his windows login but that doesnt work. Is there another way to access the drive so i dont have to use a password? If possible i would like to avoid removing the harddrive from the laptop. The installed OS is win7

Answer 1

I'm assuming that you are being asked for root's password to mount a NTFS drive. If that is the case, using a Live CD open a root shell from applications menu and type passwd , you will be asked to enter and confirm root's new password. You can the enter that password when asked while trying to mount that windows drive.

Answer 2

Try putting "sudo" before the command. The mount command requires superuser rights, but on Live CD they are available to anyone. And mount it with -t ntfs3g, it's the best NTFS driver for Linux.