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Guy Hart-Davis

"CNET Do-It-Yourself PC Upgrade Projects"


Click the account name for a user whose account you normally cannot access.
(Or, if you prefer, click your own account.) Konqueror displays its contents,
which you can then access as needed.
Click the Close button or press ALT-F4 to close the Konqueror window.
Explore the K Menu to get an idea of its contents. It contains a wide range of
programs and utilities??”and even some games.
Attach a USB Drive
When you??™re using Knoppix to repair Windows or to recover files from your PC, it??™s
often handy to have a drive to which you can copy files or that you can use to supply
files to the PC. The easiest solution is to use a USB key (sometimes also called a flash
drive or a thumb drive) or another USB-connected drive that enables you to copy files
easily to or from the PC.
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Figure 10-2
Here are the contents
of hda1, the first hard
disk partition on the
computer.
110 Part 1I: Intermediate
In Linux terminology, you mount a drive to add it to the PC??™s file system. To remove a drive from
the file system, you unmount it.
To use a USB key or USB drive with Knoppix, follow these steps:
Connect the USB key or drive to your PC. Knoppix recognizes the key or
drive, mounts it automatically in the file system, and then displays a dialog
box saying that a new medium has been detected.
Select the Open In New Window item in the list box.
Click the OK button. Knoppix displays a window showing the contents of
the key or drive, as in the example shown here:
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