Recovering Windows Partition(NTFS or FAT)

Hi all,
If you have copied any file from Linux file system to windows file system without mounting it ,you can always recover the data using Test disc utility .

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

Thanks and cheers

Copying File from Linux to windows filesystem

Hi all ,
When you want to copy a file from linux ext2 or ext3 filesystem to windows ntfs or fat32 filesystem
Don't copy it directly like using command
cp filename /dev/sda
or
cp filename /dev/hda
It will convert the whole drive to raw data.
So better option is first mount the drive in which you want to copy a file from linux and then copy it mounted directory and then you can unmount the drive.
user@#mkdir temp (make a temporary drive to mount the drive)
If the drive you want to mount is FAT32 then use following command

user@#mount -t vfat /dev/sda /temp

If the drive you want to mount is NTFS then use following command

user@#mount -t ntfs /dev/sda /temp

Now you can see the contents of the drive /dev/sda or /dev/hda in temp folder
Now you can copy the file in temp folder
using
cp filename /temp

When you are done with copying files you can unmount the drive
using

user@#umount temp

And you are done ....