I recently spilled coffee on my laptop (that had both windows and ubuntu) and it won't work anymore. In an attempt to save the hard drive, I bought a hard drive enclosure and was able to access it, but the problem now is that I can only view the files on windows os. is there a way I can access my files saved on ubuntu? I'm currently trying to access these files from a macOS.
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1Are you using Ubuntu? Windows doesn't know how to deal with Unix file systems – Nmath Oct 11 '20 at 20:01
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1Yes, boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB, and also attach another USB backup disk drive, and drag files/folders over. – heynnema Oct 11 '20 at 20:14
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Try following answers from these questions https://askubuntu.com/questions/379356/how-to-access-ubuntu-files-in-windows-7-while-having-dual-boot https://askubuntu.com/questions/9933/how-to-read-ext4-partitions-in-windows – Inmate4587 Oct 15 '20 at 05:08
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2Does this answer your question? How to read ext4 partitions in Windows? – Inmate4587 Oct 15 '20 at 05:09
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Thank you. I tried to use Disk Internals Linux Reader on another laptop that uses Windows OS and I was able to access the library files on linux but couldn't find any of my own files. – aef Oct 18 '20 at 15:41
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Plug the hard drive into a machine that either knows or uses the EXT4 file system.
Pretty sure macOS and other linux ditros can do this.
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I believe that yeah, since I'm able to find the files that were on windows. – aef Oct 18 '20 at 15:36
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I imagine the drive is separated into partitions then or something. Try having a look in GParted to make sure the partition you want is mounted and visible. – Vasilisa Oct 18 '20 at 15:44
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Got GParted and I can access the partition but none of files were there. I could find all other files like the python library files but non of my saved stuff were there. How can that be possible! Also thank you for you help, I appreciate it! – aef Oct 22 '20 at 06:45
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@arwa In case you might've hidden the files or directories, (assuming the partition is mounted) go into the partition via GUI and right click on the empty space. You might see a box called "Show hidden folders". Maybe that might help? Not sure. – Vasilisa Oct 22 '20 at 08:01