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Originally Posted by tshering

If anything else works (apart from the screen), you can plug in your device via usb and (after some time) try to find and press "connect to pc" blindly. Maybe someone with a working Aura HD can indicate the exact position.

Other than that, you can open the case and take the internal sd out. Everything you need is on the fat partition.

thanks tshering! im gonna do it tomorrow when we see. if i just cant manage to press that damn button, i'll go with ken method posted below! i already googled pics of aura hd and more or less i know where to press

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

To mount the SD card in Windows:

If you can remove the internal uSD card (see above) you can mount it in windows, using "Bootice". Windows will not recognize the uSD card, as it is used in your device, because the partition table has a Linux type partition as the first partition. BootICE can be used to change the partition table so the FAT32 (KOBOeReader) partition is first in the partition table, and Windows will then see it and give it a drive letter. If you save the partition table both before and after changing the partition table, (Bootice lets you save and restore the partition table) you can "restore" the partition table to how you need it for your Kobo or to how you need it so Windows can use it.

First you will need BOOTICE, (there are different versions for 32 and 64 bit OS)

Then you can remove your Kobo devices internal uSD card, from your device and plug it into the reader on your PC.

Open Bootice and check that the "Destination Disk" is your uSD card.

Select the "Parts Manage" button and "Backup Partition Table", to save the existing partition arrangement so it can be restored easily after you are done. [I save mine in the same folder I keep my backup image files.] Give it a name like "Original_ Kobo.dpt"

Then select the "KOBOeReader" partition and click on the "Set Accessible" button. It should move to the top of the list. Now backup the partition table again and give it a name like; "AuraHD_FAT1st.dpt"

Close and exit Bootice. Open Windows Explrer and you should now have the FAT32 partition mounted and you can modify its contents.

When you are done, you open Bootice and restore the original partition table, that you saved earlier. Your uSD card should now work in your Kobo device again, with the changes you made in effect.

Now all you need to do to "Mount" the uSD card with the FAT32 accessible (for updates, ect.), is to "Restore" the FAT1st version of the partition table. Then make your changes and then restore using the backup of the original partition table.

Luck;
Ken

Ken, thank you for your very very exhaustive answer! I work in IT and i'm tech-savvy, so i understand all that you said, and i want to thank you because without your answer i'll never know on that uSD was a linux( ext4?) partition as primary! But now, since she live in a univeristy apartment without internet connection (sigh) i'll bring the right tools (plus a copy of usb-bootable ubuntu maybe, just in case)

just a thing; i noticed in Bootice under part manage that i dont have "set accessible" button, but i see "activate" and "hide" buttons. maybe i should click on "activate"?

Originally Posted by frostschutz

Once you have access to the files, have a look in the .kobo folder.

If she will buy another Kobo just copy everything on the koboereader partition & it will be in the same state as the old device including all books, reading progress, etc.

thanks frostschutz, it will work also on lets say aura HD -> aura H2O ? since they are almost "the same" model...

this is a good news because she was in tears when realized that all her reading time was lost and now i have a chance to set it up all like before.