How to mount a Linux formatted external drive in Windows Services for Linux on Windows 11.

I plugged my old Ubuntu HDD into an external housing and I needed to mount it in Windows Services for Linux on Windows 11. This is not too hard at all. Firstly run this Powershell one-liner to find the drive you are looking to mount. The WDC WD10 drive is the one I wished to … Read more

How to add a directory in a mounted filesystem as a directory accessible by your user.

How to mount a partition on Linux and make your old home directory accessible to your user To add a directory in a mounted drive as a folder accessible by a normal user, use this command to change the ownership of all files and directories to that of your current user. [root@darkstar Videos]# chown -R … Read more

Performing forensics on files with Linux.

There are many ways to find files embedded inside other files, one way is using binwalk to find embedded files inside another file. This is how to use binwalk to list all embedded files inside a larger one. This takes a while with a multi-gigabyte file, but it does work. ┌──[[email protected]]─[/mnt] └──╼ ╼ $ binwalk … Read more

How to mount an Xbox formatted drive on Ubuntu.

Mounting an HDD formatted with the Xbox filesystem can be a pain, but it can be done. Run this command in the terminal to get the filesystem offset of the current filesystem. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo head -c 4k /dev/sdg | grep -aobuP ‘\x00\x00\x00NTFS’ | sed ‘s/\:.*//’ 2048┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo head -c … Read more

How to find movie downloads on the largest repository of pirated material ever.

There is a massive repository of pirated material out there, and it is not Pirate Bay. It is Google Drive. There is practically anything you can dream of on there. Use this search term to find pirated movies. site:drive.google.com "yify" -"Whoops!"site:drive.google.com "yify" -"Whoops!" This returns a massive listing of all the pirated material that Google … Read more

Google search terms to find interesting stuff on Google Drive.

To find a lot of interesting stuff on Google Drive, Google Dorks can be of assistance. Various search terms can find interesting files and information that people have stored on their Google Drive. This is the search term: site:drive.google.com [your search term] -“Whoops!”. How to find new open directories: http://palined.com/search/ or http://www.filechef.com/, search for what … Read more

256 Gigabyte USB drive available on Amazon.com. Is this a good deal or what?

This is a 256 Gigabyte USB flash drive. This shows how far we have come since the early days of portable storage of personal files. This will cost you US$545.67 on Amazon.com and would be able to store a huge movie collection and/or a good supply of music in MP3 or FLAC. Installing a copy of … Read more

New 2TB external drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136471 Just got a 2TB external hard drive to backup my machine, it made a huge difference being able to copy everything off my 500GB hard drive and make some more space for other files. This is the amount of space I have now, and it is very useful as I might want to install … Read more