Recovering Files from your PC (using Linux)
Running a distribution of Linux on your laptop or desktop is a lot of fun, but that’s not all Linux can do. Using the “live mode” of a distribution can assist you with recovering data from a PC that won’t boot. In this video, Jay shows the process of booting a distribution in live mode to assist in the process of recovering files. As long as your hard disk hasn’t totally failed, this process will enable you to copy its data to an external USB drive.
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#*Individual Sections*
00:00 – Intro
01:06 – What you’ll need
01:44 – Get your very own Linux server with Linode (sponsor)
02:39 – Downloading Xubuntu
05:12 – Downloading usbimager
06:06 – Creating bootable Linux media
08:21 – Booting the failed PC into Linux
11:25 – Accessing the Windows hard disk from within Linux
13:08 – Copying files from the Windows drive to another storage device
16:22 – Connecting to wireless (to copy files to an online storage service)
17:28 – Unmounting the USB backup disk
## Video-specific links
Download usbimager ➜ https://gitlab.com/bztsrc/usbimager
Download Xubuntu ➜ https://xubuntu.org/download/
Download Debian (for older 32-bit PCs) ➜ https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/11.2.0-live+nonfree/i386/iso-hybrid/
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– How to create a bootable flash drive for installing Linux ➜ https://linux.video/flash-usb
– Understanding Linux permissions ➜ https://linux.video/perms
– OpenSSH Guide ➜ https://linux.video/ssh
– LVM Deep-dive ➜ https://linux.video/lvm
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Thank you Jay for all your years of dedication to learning the greatest operating system since the '90s. You've helped me learn so many new things, I cannot count them. And you are an excellent reference. Just a kind word of deep appreciation from me. Thank you!
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Hi. thanks for the awesome instructions. I am halfway through and was wondering if the Linux OS will recognize External HDDs (that need to be rescued or to be used to save recovered files) which are plugged in through USB and USB-C. Dell XPS 15 machine
Is it possible to access files used on an old PC with Windows 7 from the 1990s without the computer or operating system using Linux Mint Cinnamon and perhaps some sort of hard drive reader I could buy? I also have data on a bunch of 3.5 inch floppy disks and external hard drives as well as the internal drives I'd like to try to access. Thanks in advance!
Thank you very much. This video helped me a lot.
I accidentally mounted linux to my hard-drive instead of my bookable USB. How can I recover win10 or any of my files? I keep booting into Linux with no way of booting into my normal win 10 OS!
Can i do this to recover files hidden by virus in Windows?
hello first off i tried this and was able to grab some of my files that were much needed i sure wish i knew of this like 6 months ago thank you so much for posting this . i only have herd about linex but knew nothing about it . id like to chat with you i have some questions about linex if you have time perhaps in messenger on facebook or if i can call you on the phone please let me know thank you very much Bill
Man I hope this can help me recover at least some of my files from a hard drive with bad sectors. I'll update once I get to it.
U are awesome… Everytime I learn something new from u..
Thank you Teacher
Did the job, thanks bro!
4:18 My 2008 HP dc5850 is 64-bits (Phenom X3 8600; DDR2; PCIe 2.0 and 4x SATA-2), however my 2003 HP d530 is 32-bits (Pentium 4 HT; DDR; AGP & PCI; 2x IDE & 2x SATA-1).
Both were off-lease PCs, I used the HP d530 from 2009 to 2014 and the HP dc5850 from 2014 to May 2019.
Heyy my windows partition is locked how can I acces my partition
Thanks Jay.
how can I do the same with a MacOs system?
Can you do a video covering, recovering deleted files?
I have recently install arch linux and facing issues with multi monitor when I connect hdmi the display manager pops up but no were second monitor shows plz make the video to solve it
Wish this would work to recover my files from my BSD NAS. I had a lot of files when that NAS died. It was setup with a single partition over several drives using a process the name of which escapes me atm. I have been trying to get the files off them for years.
What about file recovery? Did you just copy existing files and shoot a 20 minute video for that?
Thanks great information, this helps a lot. Take care.
Everything worked fine until I booted into xubuntu and couldn't find my drive that I wanted to back up the files from