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Acess old drive password protected

  • 27-06-2014 10:13AM
    #1
    riclad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭


    I have to an old sata hardrive from a laptop ,
    IT had linux deepin installed on it.
    i know the password.
    Can i put it in to my pc,running linux, and copy the mp3s off it.
    I suspect i,t ll say these files cant be acessed .
    IS there a utility i can use to acess those files .
    or a live cd i can use to copy them.
    I,M running an older version of linux deepen on the pc.

    THE DRIVE is not encrypted ,
    i just have a standard linux password , username , on the laptop.
    the laptop is not working .


Comments

  • #2
    opus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,131 ✭✭✭opus


    Should work fine, assuming you've root access on your PC then you can do what you want with the drive after you've mounted it up.


  • #3
    PrzemoF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,929 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    If the drive is not encrypted you don't even need the password. With no encryption physical access = root access.


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