Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Feb 26 23:26:49 CST 2013
Hi John: Assuming that the partition in question is Linux, I believe you can boot up the computer in question via a Ubuntu DVD or USB drive. (Ubuntu reads all windows and Linux drive formats) http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/try-ubuntu-before-you-install Also, if the computer has a web server, uses PHP, it most likely has a version of PHPAdmin which is excellent for managing MySQL DBs. If you can view the drive information you should be able to find the phpadmin.html and run it via the current web browser. That web browser will be Firefox if you are viewing using an Ubuntu boot device. I understand that there is a way to set up a Samba client of your windows station which will allow you to access your Linux shares but have never installed it in this configuration before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw0r4ZXAcM4 There also a few software packages that will let you view and even manage a Linux partition from a windows partition. The better packages, that will allow the running of Linux applications and allow data manipulation do cost some money. (I have not looked at the genre of software for years so can not remember the names...but Google is your friend.) If all else fails there is a disk that either comes with a new drive or can be downloaded from Seagate that will let you view your NAS backup drives. I hope this helps and does not confuse as most of this is off the top... ;-) Jim PS Seagate NAS drives are Linux...I have a couple that I manage for clients. Note: they have a pretty good security system that is not easily hacked. Can we assume the client knows the passwords? The Seagate's also come out of the box with a default password... Google? -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:29 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] GPT Well that lets me see the partitions but not the data. I'm guessing it's a Linux format or something... -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:16 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] GPT Thanks Gary! After reading through this it would seem that my problem is that I'm using a USB device so it most likely appears as a removable drive to Windows. I'll mount it directly and see what happens. John B -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 1:56 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] GPT It would seem to. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463525.aspx GK On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 1:19 PM, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote: > Can Windows 7 read GPT protected partitions? > > > > I have a Seagate NAS 110 device that has quit working (4th one now). > > > > I connect the HD to my external drive unit and it shows a bunch of GPT > protected partitions. I'd like to copy the data from these partitions > to my hard drive. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com