On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 21:57 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 08/22/2012 09:46 PM, Troy wrote:
EGO II
OK so first off...this drive was "created" and used on a Windows XP/7
computer...which I have neither of so I can only assume they're NTFS
files. When I say they're locked, all the data is "missing" or "hidden"
by something called "WD SmartWare"...there's nothing visible on the
drive but some folders with user manuals in various languages, and three
".exe" files...the SmartWare one....another called "Virtual CD
Manager.exe"..and finally one ominously called "Unlocker.exe" I've tried
to access any and all of them to no avail....
First off, I haven't the first clue what that crap is. What I would do
is install virtualbox and then create a virtual windows machine to try
to work with this drive. You are usually better off installing vbox from
the rpms at virtualbox.org than yum.
This describes what he's dealing with:
http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=440
He is working with a backup copy of a drive. Modulo any security
passwords and such that may be involved he may have to pull the data
back using the same computer and OS installs that wrote the backups.
More probably if he can get the "WD Smartware" program to run under
Wine he might be able to get somewhere.
If not a VirtualBox Win 7 install can be used to pull the data off,
perhaps. (Don't bother to register the Win 7. It'll run for a month
or two before demanding you do something. Then it will keep running
in an obnoxious annoy the user mode after the time out.)
{^_^}
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08-23-2012, 02:54 AM
jdow
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On 2012/08/22 19:12, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 08/22/2012 10:08 PM, Troy wrote:
Fedora reads NTFS file systems just fine. I would also try as Larry
suggests and run these .exe under Wine.
On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:57:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
wrote:
On 08/22/2012 09:46 PM, Troy wrote:
This could be a simple permissions issue. Have you tried logging
in as
root and using your file manager to change ownership of the files?
On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:01:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor
Jr.
wrote:
I'm trying to "open" some files that have been mysteriously
"locked"
by
a WD Hard Drive. It was created and formatted by Windows, but
I'm
trying
to use Fedora to open them, can anyone give me some
pointers on
this?
I've tried the partitioning this drive and nothing on this system
works
for it. I need help badly because the files on this drive are
crucial....HELP!
OK so first off...this drive was "created" and used on a Windows XP/7
computer...which I have neither of so I can only assume they're
NTFS
files. When I say they're locked, all the data is "missing" or "hidden"
by something called "WD SmartWare"...there's nothing visible on the
drive but some folders with user manuals in various languages, and
three
".exe" files...the SmartWare one....another called "Virtual CD
Manager.exe"..and finally one ominously called "Unlocker.exe" I've
tried
to access any and all of them to no avail....
EGO II
Thanks!.....WINE is my next choice...if that doesn't work then I've been told
about something called "off crack"?...which is supposed to be some kind of
password hacking tool....don't know for sure...
It's probably not a password problem. But you'll know more of you run
the program. You are dealing with something that may be the functional
equivalent of a compressed tar file, perhaps with an index file along
with it.
{^_^}
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08-23-2012, 03:24 AM
"Eddie G. O'Connor Jr."
Just A Question....
On 08/22/2012 10:54 PM, jdow wrote:
On 2012/08/22 19:12, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 08/22/2012 10:08 PM, Troy wrote:
Fedora reads NTFS file systems just fine. I would also try as Larry
suggests and run these .exe under Wine.
On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:57:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
wrote:
On 08/22/2012 09:46 PM, Troy wrote:
This could be a simple permissions issue. Have you tried logging
in as
root and using your file manager to change ownership of the files?
On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:01:52 PM Eddie G. O'Connor
Jr.
wrote:
I'm trying to "open" some files that have been mysteriously
"locked"
by
a WD Hard Drive. It was created and formatted by Windows, but
I'm
trying
to use Fedora to open them, can anyone give me some
pointers on
this?
I've tried the partitioning this drive and nothing on this system
works
for it. I need help badly because the files on this drive are
crucial....HELP!
OK so first off...this drive was "created" and used on a Windows XP/7
computer...which I have neither of so I can only assume they're
NTFS
files. When I say they're locked, all the data is "missing" or
"hidden"
by something called "WD SmartWare"...there's nothing visible on the
drive but some folders with user manuals in various languages, and
three
".exe" files...the SmartWare one....another called "Virtual CD
Manager.exe"..and finally one ominously called "Unlocker.exe" I've
tried
to access any and all of them to no avail....
EGO II
Thanks!.....WINE is my next choice...if that doesn't work then I've
been told
about something called "off crack"?...which is supposed to be some
kind of
password hacking tool....don't know for sure...
It's probably not a password problem. But you'll know more of you run
the program. You are dealing with something that may be the functional
equivalent of a compressed tar file, perhaps with an index file along
with it.
{^_^}
I think you might be onto something, I just installed Wine, and it did
indeed allow me to FINALLY "see" inside the drive, but I'm still not
able to Cut...Copy..or Paste any of these files from the drive to my
computer running Fedora....hmm...I'll have to stop here for now and move
on again in another couple of hours.....thanks to all....will keep you
all posted as yo how this goes...
EGO II
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08-23-2012, 05:00 AM
Heinz Diehl
Just A Question....
On 23.08.2012, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> When I say they're locked, all the data is "missing" or "hidden" by
> something called "WD SmartWare"...there's nothing visible on the drive but
> some folders with user manuals in various languages, and three ".exe"
> files...the SmartWare one....another called "Virtual CD Manager.exe"..and
> finally one ominously called "Unlocker.exe" I've tried to access any and all
> of them to no avail....
According to what WD writes about their "smartware" here:
http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=440
all you have to do is to install Windows and smartware to "unlock" the
data. I'm quite shure smartware uses an own, proprietary fileformat,
so there is little chance that you'll get access to the file contents
without having smartware installed.
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