[mdlug] knoppix does not see the hard disk on a laptop

[Jeff Hanson]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:40 PM, R. Kannan <rkannan at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to retrieve some files from a windows Lenovo laptop which could not be logged into. After booting into knoppix I see that the NTFS file systems are not mounted. I cannot see any devices named /dev/sda* or /dev/hda*.  I now the partitions exists as windows boot from C: drive.
>
> Any ideas?
>

In a terminal:  dmesg | less
and look for any messages relating to hard drive interfaces, etc.