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I booted the system from ubuntu 12.0.4 desktop lts live usb ... Now i need to know how I could access/backup the data on my home drive?

When i boot i only see the file system for the bootable usb drive and folders such as desktop etc... I do not see any option to access the file system for the crashed os on the hard drive of my laptop...

Seth
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user481913
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Siply go under root in terminal type su (on live media it has no password)< mount your home partition and than you can perform any data manipulations with your user home directory

user146301
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  • In Ubuntu su will not work to become root, even on a live CD. sudo is used instead. But sudo is not required to mount the partition; the OP can just select it from the devices menu in Nautilus! (Nautilus is the file manager.) – Eliah Kagan Apr 02 '13 at 16:35
  • what command do you type to mount the hard drive on the laptop? – user481913 Apr 02 '13 at 16:36
  • @EliahKagan how do we access nautilus? – user481913 Apr 02 '13 at 16:40
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    @user481913 Click (or double-click) a folder icon. If you open any folder, you can mount whatever (attached) devices you like. Or you can press Alt+F2 and run the command nautilus. If you find you're unable to copy the files, you can run gksu nautilus. That runs Nautilus as root. Please be very careful with this. (I'm pretty sure this has already been asked and answered...I'm looking...) – Eliah Kagan Apr 02 '13 at 16:43
  • +1 Thanks Eliah ... I can access the old home dir now... I wasn't sure how to do this through Nautilus as it wouldn't show me an option to access the same ... However i noticed a option for Dash Home - Documents on the bottom panel and it did show me an option for accessing the crashed 500 gb hard drive... – user481913 Apr 02 '13 at 16:49