How to get files from windows 7 to linux?

Question

I got a virus on windows 7 which I removed and now it blue screens each time I log in. So I got linux and installed it all. I am connected to my home network but I can't access my c drive files. Can I please have some help on how to access my c drive using linux.

Answer 1

Hello,





If you have one of the more common distro's.

You can install ntfsprogs and the clamav packages.



ntfsprogs which will allow you to read/write NTFS with no issue's.



Clamav is a free, cross-platform antivirus software tool-kit capable of detecting many types of malicious software, including viruses. One of its main uses is on mail servers as a server-side email virus scanner. The application was developed for Unix and has third party versions available for AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, OpenVMS, OSF and Solaris. Millions of people manage ClamAV installations everyday, and the millions of users protected by those installations reap the benefits of its protection engines as their first line of defense against malware threats. ClamAV is deployed inside numerous global ISPs, national telcos, hosting providers, and is utilized by numerous AV gateway vendors like Barracuda and OS vendors like Apple. Without specifically counting all the installations, it’s a pretty easy guess that ClamAV probably has the largest email AV presence



Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.

Wine is still under active development. Not every program works yet, however there are already several million people using Wine to run their software.



In closing, most people are not aware of these linux distro package capabilities.

I even use a Knoppix or Kanotix cd/dvd to boot to a "Live" session where I can burn or copy clients files to cd or dvd. In most cases I do a temporary copy to my external 1Terabyte Western Digital MyBook.



Most are Myth-guided... Where linux distro's are concerned.

Answer 2

Did you make Linux create a new partition and leave the Windows partition intact? If so you you can use the file bowser to access the files under the Windows partition. You will need to ensure that the Windows partition is mounted, and where it mounts. There is no write access to them under most distributions, as there are liability issues with providing this, the NT file system is very prone to damage from writes by other OS. Microsoft change things without warning. You don't say how you removed the infection, but NEVER manually remove them, most posted manual repairs are totally destructive to the system. A full scan with the proper tool should not do this damage, for future reference download the free scanner from http://malwarebytes.org as this will fix them without damage. you will not be able to access programs under Windows from Linux.

Answer 3

Try a trinity rescue cd which will let you mount the entire partition to a network share to download of another computer.