saving files in windows safe mode

[phillpower2]

I am attempting to save the photos on the hard drive,i can see them in documents and in google picasa.

[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Can you still see the pictures in documents and just cannot save them - how long ago did you last see the pictures in full format.

I wont ask about Picasa as I know nothing about it + it is obsolete and has been for years so we won`t get any help there.

The photos are still on the hard drive,but linux is not veiwing them

If they are still on the HDD and you know where to look Linux will find them and as long as the data has not been corrupted or converted to an unknown format recover them, trust me, have used Puppy to help folk recover their data, if it is there and recoverable Puppy will do the job which is not bad for something like our help costs you nothing.

[COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]NB: Are you aware as to the potential cost of using a data recovery service and the fact that you do not get any guarantee that any data at will be recovered while still having to pay for the service.
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You never acknowledged the above so fwiw you can get yourself a free assessment for data recovery here

NB: Can I just make sure that what your saw are the actual photos and not short cuts to the photo`s, have seen this done once before, lucky enough the mistake was noticed before the HDD had been discarded.[/color][/COLOR]

[kingmaker]

i loaded 3 parts to the hard drive mount sda1, ,2 and 3
Puppy is seeing the floppy drive,usb,optical drive and it just says drive,also i assume hard drive,sda1 sad2 sda3 about 180 files in total.
the only files i can veiw are all the drivers dell put on,usb,keyboard,sound stuff with exe in the tiltle,nothing to do with windows or any files saved on windows.
I went into set up when booting i could not see any info on any hard drive partition,i am sure i had seen partition mentioned somewhere but could any info.

This computer was in a spare room and was conected to the internet by cable so was more reliable than our wireless pc,and i used to play old games on it,then when it went wrong i did not bin it because i hoped i could get my photos off it.it was just buried under some stuff.
The photos are still on the hard drive,but linux is not veiwing them

Is there something in the puppy navigation i am missing to veiw everthing in windows

Or is the fact that windows will not given me a save option for the files when in safe mode any more mean they are corrupted or something

The photos have suddenly become important for a revamp of my website,also there is family stuff too

[kingmaker]

And yes I am fairly sure I am in my named document file and veiwng the actual photos and not a short cut

[phillpower2]

The photos are still on the hard drive,but linux is not veiwing them

You mentioned this previously and it was addressed;

If they are still on the HDD and you know where to look Linux will find them and as long as the data has not been corrupted or converted to an unknown format recover them

A question was asked regarding the following from your OP but missed answering it;

I am attempting to save the photos on the hard drive,i can see them in documents and in google picasa.

[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Can you still see the pictures in documents and just cannot save them - how long ago did you last see the pictures in full format.
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For now just answer this for us if you will.[/color]

[kingmaker]

Hi the pictures are in documents,and they cannot be saved yesterday when i right click them or click file,it was a couple of monthes ago that the save option seemed to still work,to be honest i am not sure how to determine if they are full format,or if they are corrupted.
Is linux not opening the files I am looking for due to the hard drive partition maybe?

[kingmaker]

Also is the only way to view the windows files in Linux is by clicking the drive icons bottom left sda1,sda2,sda3 as those are the only hard drive portions I have managed to mount and seem to mainly only contain driver type software for the hardware.

[phillpower2]

Not sure what is happening with Puppy so remove the CD from the drive, restart the computer in Safe Mode then follow the steps below.

Hi the pictures are in documents,and they cannot be saved yesterday when i right click them or click file,

If you are 100% certain that the pictures are still in documents you can try another approach in XP, boot into Safe Mode, connect the device you want to store the data on, create a short cut to the device on the desktop, open Windows Explorer, locate your photos then drag and drop them to the storage device short cut that you created on the desktop.

Fingers crossed for you.

[phillpower2]

Have you had any success kingmaker?

[kingmaker]

Hi due to the hard drive being about to go bang,i remembered i had a customer who worked in IT Tech,so i managed to contact him and he will have a go for me.
Seems like my best bet as I dont realy know what I am doing fully so may make things worse,but i did try to follow your good advice as best I could and thank you for your time.
Some one tried to drag the ‘user name document’ in control panel onto the memory stick drive icon while in window safe.It just seemed to be a short cut to the document and not the actaul 13gb of data.I actualy dont fully understand the last dragging files advce you asked me to try and dare not do it in case its my last time to run the drive.

[phillpower2]

No problem and thanks for letting us know.

Good luck.