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Everyone, thanks for your help so far and i'll get back with you in a few once i move and attach my portable hd.

so now should i copy the files to a portable hd. if i do this will a win xp xomp be able to see them?

i canz haz file access!!!!!! i can't open them though b/c the live cd doesn't have codecs & stuffs

hey every1 good news - i found the files with sudo nautilus and was able to change the permisssion so everyone can read and write - lets see if they can be opened - back in 1 sec

blueridge- ask anything you want to know

im sorry - i tried that chmod 666 and the operation isn't permitted

blueridge - what would be the side efffects of changing my root to that of the damaged hd. can you explain that process some more... it might be the way to go. I am not familiar with chroot. Would...

it is under /media/disk
the files that need changing are on that disk under "home/grant/Desktop/Grant's Files/G's Mov's" & also "same..Desktop/Grant's Files/torrents"

what would be a command line to change the properties of the files

yes the issue @ hand is to save the files, but it doesn't do me any good to have them saved if i can't access them.

lets try ur way

it ried what you said but that only gave me the virtual comp root and not the root priv on my hd

is there a way to open them then?

is there a way to get admin privileges on a live cd?

i get a msg that says you aren't the owner you can't change these permissions

i was under file>properties>permissions

a couple of weeks ago i went under properties and made it so that only i ( my account) could read and write them.

actually - is there a way to open my closed files on the live cd so i can copy them to a portable hd?

if i was to put in the live cd and in that copy my filesto a portable drive, could i find a way to access them on another comp?

Basically, on the live cd is there a way to access file that have...

is ne1 here?

jeff i tried that but it still is trying to look off of the net & not the disk

that was my only goal until i new of a way to fix it - fixing the comp is by far preferable

i am looking @ the same file and i have no # sign in front of "deb cdrom"
how do i save and exit?
what does ^X mean? what do i press?

i typed in the first line of code you told and i got a big page of text - what do i do next?

un-comment the first line - what? how do you do that?