Emergency Kit - save your files from a dead OS

Hi Jan,

This is really strange. They should automount which they do with my stick. Have a look at this - maybe you can make it work. Keep me updated because other people might run into the same problem.

Jan,

Regarding this NTFS-CONFIG, I made this little picture tutorial for you. This is after you click on 'Menu' (bottom left). Make sure you have an internet connection. The WiFi you can enable on the bottom right of the screen.

Now things work

I installed NTFS-CONFIG, launched it, selected autoconfigure (read only) and was then able to browse my Windows drives. However I was not able to mount the USB stick to be used for the COPY/PASTE operations.

Then I googled a bit and found Linux Mint Forums • View topic - Unable to mount location . After having done as suggested by altair4:

1) Open Terminal
2) sudo mkdir /media/mint
3) sudo chown mint:mint /media/mint

things work (also between boots and with RW capability)

By the way, this Mint Mate 14 is very nice. Works much faster than my Windows 7 installation.

Rgds Jan

Hi Jan, I am so glad you could make it work. I think the problem was from the download location you chose.

I noticed that you do not get exactly the same version from different download sites. They work differently - in fact the .iso from one site did not work at all. The James Madison University download site is the one I used and that works. I have made a note of that in the tutorial.

And thank you for reporting back. You are one smart operator.

James Madison University is also where I downloaded mine from and it worked perfectly.

Thanks Rich for letting me know.

Thanks Jan for warning us.