DL and burn a copy of Ubuntu LiveCD - you'll be able to boot off the CD and be able to access the HD and the USB system so you can get stuff out of it

Good luck.

The above post is the most common and effective solution.

When that fails I resort to removing the drive from the machine and using a IDE/SATA to USB adaptor.
Like this: http://www.amazon.com/USB-2-0-SATA-...../dp/B001OORN06

This allows you to power up the drive and mount it like an external harddrive/usb key.
The can be found in most computer stores for about $10-$15. Paying more then that doesn't win you anything.

THanks, but as it turns out, that won't help. See my reply to Shujin for why. :(

Think I might have found a page that helps.. shows up in my last post... your opinion?

This has given me the most progress, though running some dianostic stuff, it seems that the root of the problem is that my Master File Table crapped itself.


There are ways of rebuilding it, but none of them are pretty, and I need to figure out how to get them to work off of a Ubuntu Live CD (USB Drive)

... I don't suppose you could tell me how to give a program I installed to Ubuntu (NTSF-Scrounger) full write permission so I can actually run it? The info window says I'm not the owner, so I can't change the permissions. Thus, whenever I try to open the program, Ubuntu tries to unzip it instead. :P

sorry, the progam I'm trying to run is actually called "scrounge-ntfs"
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Depending on the Ubuntu Version, should be a simple setting to activate full NTFS Read-Write ability....

I was able to find a page that might be helpful thought: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind.....dows-computer/

And please, by all means.. if I can help, let me know. I'm not an expert, but I've had to tinker here and there so far.

yeah, found that too... the terminal didn't accept the first command I gave, though, so I don't know...

...bugger all. Sorry.

Actually, figured that out now... I just typed the command in wrong. :x i'll work on it a bit more today... thanks for all your help so far! :3

Don;t thank me yet; gotta have it WORK, now.