Rescue files from Wubi?

[irishface]

Hi all,

Apologies for starting another thread. I'm looking for advice on rescuing files after wubi has failed/will not boot. Does anyone have any experience with this?

I have -

Samsung Netbook N150
Ubuntu netbook remix 10.4
Via Wubi (Windows 7 starter)

Ubuntu will not boot (I have tried all the kernels). Windows starts as normal. I tried ubuntu from a usb drive and it started no problem. (Original thread here - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1610864)


Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[cpmman]

Have you tried the options shown in the WubiGuide (booting problems and file accessing)? - (click in my signature.)

[Hippytaff]

Hi all,

Apologies for starting another thread. I'm looking for advice on rescuing files after wubi has failed/will not boot. Does anyone have any experience with this?

I have -

Samsung Netbook N150
Ubuntu netbook remix 10.4
Via Wubi (Windows 7 starter)

Ubuntu will not boot (I have tried all the kernels). Windows starts as normal. I tried ubuntu from a usb drive and it started no problem. (Original thread here - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1610864)


Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Any luck with the documentation?

[oldfred]

Some more info:

How-to: Recover files from Wubi install with LiveCD
http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5004
[Script] Mount Wubi Disk from Linux mount old wubi in new install
mount ntfs partition first:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1037874
mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -o loop /mnt/windows/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /mnt/ubuntu

[irishface]

Thanks for all the responses. I used the method quoted below and managed to rescue some of my files. Disaster averted! Still going to have a long, hard think before I make the move to ubuntu properly, though.

Cheers for all your help and for being gentle with me!

Some more info:

How-to: Recover files from Wubi install with LiveCD
http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5004

[Hippytaff]

glad you sorted it, but any os can break - that's why people keep banging on about backing stuff up

If you decide to give ubuntu another bash for any length of time a real partition is far more stable than Wubi