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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:52 pm
by Incogneeto
i think i know a mistake i made
Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:56 pm
by Incogneeto
when i was installing linux i changed the default location of root
Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:01 pm
by LionelZaylan
- I assume you are greeted by a grub> prompt or something like that on rebooting.
From your live USB, please insert your external disk with linux and run :
and copy-paste its output in the forum.
That means to open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), type those commands, enter password ( the live USB password is "demo" ) and wait until it completes and you're presented with "demo@demo" in color.
More details on how to open terminal:
1) Press Ctrl+Alt+T when you reach your desktop (or open the terminal from the Menu). A black screen with your username appears. ( something like windows CMD )
2) Then, type
in that. Then, press Enter on your keyboard.
3) Now, enter your password if asked. Your password won't appear even like ******* (due to security reasons)
4) Now, wait for it to complete and you will be presented with the next prompt with your username (On live USB, it is demo) on completion.
We'll say run
, run
and this is what we mean.
Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:04 pm
by LionelZaylan
oh no is that bad, its bad isnt it... im never gonna see that windows installation again am i
No, its never like that , unless you intentionally formatted C drive
I just said that method (the one I posted initially) won't work. Other methods will work anyway.
Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:05 pm
by LionelZaylan
when i was installing linux i changed the default location of root
What did you change the root location to ?
Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:07 pm
by Incogneeto
i dont have linux on a disc
i made root my c drive
Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:10 pm
by Incogneeto
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 1.6G 1 loop /live/linux
sda 8:0 0 119.2G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 50M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 118.7G 0 part /media/demo/FAE4EE8AE4EE4889
└─sda3 8:3 0 534M 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 3.7T 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 200M 0 part
├─sdb2 8:18 0 529.1G 0 part /media/demo/Expansion
├─sdb3 8:19 0 70.3G 0 part /media/demo/homeMX
├─sdb4 8:20 0 75G 0 part [SWAP]
└─sdb5 8:21 0 61G 0 part
sdc 8:32 1 29.8G 0 disk
├─sdc1 8:33 1 26.8G 0 part /live/boot-dev
└─sdc2 8:34 1 3G 0 part /media/demo/persistence
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:28 pm
by LionelZaylan
- I assume your hard disk with Windows is somewhere near 119GB in size.
Please run
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ls /media/demo/FAE4EE8AE4EE4889 | grep -i program
and make sure that your C drive is intact. ( If so, it will output "Program Files" , "ProgramData" etc.,)
If not, please copy-paste its output here.
Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:40 pm
by Incogneeto
correct and yep
Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:41 pm
by Incogneeto
do you want to remotly access my pc