How to access hard drive files from liveCD?

Question

I don't know what files or file types are there on the hard drive nor do I know the file system in which the hard disk is written on. I am not able to view it in the home folder after booting from the liveCD.

Solution

When running a live session, you cannot access a computer's hard drive via /home directory or Home folder.

You do need to identify and click on the partition's label or name in the side pane of Nautilus to mount it, that is if you are running Ubuntu with GNOME desktop.

For KDE's Dolphin:

Comments

[Admin]

Does Gparted not tell you what filesystems you have on your disk? (As I remember it should do)

[Admin]

You should nt look in Home Folder, but on the left pane of Nautilus, identify the correct partition and mount it. With that said, this question lacks detail, and it would help to add some.

[Jason Southwell]

Nice answer!!!!

[Nicolas de Fontenay]

@Peachy I changed something in my /etc/network/interfaces file which completely blocks Ubuntu from booting. I'm using Kubuntu LiveCD and tried to access the disk but while I can mount it, all I can view are the home folders. I tried sudo su - but it didn't give better results> Any idea how I could read this file and correct the wrong? Thank you,

[terdon]

I just brazenly stole your images for an answer I posted over on Super User. With proper attribution of course, but I'd be happy to remove them if you mind.

[Cerin]

The unmounted device might not show up in Nautilus...

[Ignorante]

None of these work for my Xfce (I don't see any device besides filesystem). Could you give a path or usual paths? Thanks :)

[Mr Lister]

@Ignorante Look what devices are listed under /dev and guess at which one you need. If all else fails, use the terminal and perform a mount command.

[sirajalam049]

It will show Unauthorized access when opening or mounting the other volumes. And if you open home by as Nautilus you can not see the unmounted volumes. So I don't think that answer will work. = -1

[Jonathan Hartley]

(-1) Nautilus does not show "Devices" for me.