Windows to Linux

[sagelady]

Hi,
This morning we purchased a netbook loaded with Linux.
We are trying to load files created in Microsoft Office documents to Open Office using an external hardrive but it keeps showing as corrupted but we know the files/folders are ok when last checked (uni work).
Please can anyone help.
Thanks.

[ChuckFickens]

can you still open them on a windows machine?

if so, on the windows machine right click on the drive in my computer and select properties and see what the file system is.

if it is NTFS then you may have problems as Linux doesn't really support NTFS very well, it's a Microsoft file system and they won't release the details to enable others to support it.

if it is you may find your best bet is to get a usb memory stick thats formatted in fat32 and use that to transfer your files.

[ACtheTROLL]

can you prove the files are still ok?
usb is prone to corruption memstick or HDD
and can you transfer the other way?

look here
http://www.linux.com/articles/46599

how about txt and pdf

[ACtheTROLL]

lol

[ChuckFickens]

I'll type one handed in future :)

[fo3nix]

An ASUS, with Xandros?

Most of the popular GNU/Linux distros do support NTFS well now. But Xandros may not be one of them...

As well as suggested above tho, check what format your files are in? Does it end with .docx, as opposed to .doc?

OpenOffice 3 has better support for Microsoft's xml formats, so perhaps try and install that.