Or leave the drive in place and boot the machine with a Linux-based live/rescue CD with a recent ntfs3g preinstalled, such as SystemRescueCD. Very useful to have a copy of that around.
- Ali
This is definatly the best advice, I have rescued lots of machines in my workplace using this method with very high success.
One thing to note is that the NTFS filesystem will protect itself (if you have shut down incorrectly) and refuse to mount under linux.You can override this easy enough then use the MC file manager to delete the files.
System Rescue CDUnet Bootin This is a great tool for making Live USB linux disks.
