Just A Question....

[jdow]

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!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gateway T6321 Laptop
>>>>> Intel Pentium Dual CPU T-2390
>>>>> Fedora 17
>>>>> Kernel 3.5.2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks In Advance!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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....
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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