Ubuntu Scores again!
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From: Steve_Karl on 12 Mar 2010 15:17 "Glennbo" <vdrumsYourHeadFromYourAss(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:Xns9D39910C55E40BrownShoesDontMakeIt(a)188.40.43.213... > The killer robot "Ben Goldman" <BenGoldmanREMOVE(a)centurytel.net> grabbed > the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> When you have a machine without a Linux partition installed, a live >> disc is fine > > Yes, and that's exactly what Steve used one for. I think I'd rather have the crabs than the grub. :-) > > -- > Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email > ________ __ > / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ > / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ > / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / > \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo > Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits > Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
From: Ricky Hunt on 26 Mar 2010 05:10 Same for me. After I'd bought an expensive "save failed disk" program. Booted up Ubuntu on disc and it read it fine. "Steve_Karl" <nospam(a)noway.com> wrote in message news:hnbmfb$3nl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Failed HDD in Sony Vaio. > Vista couldn't read it ... XP forund and fixed over 100,000 errors > with chkdsk /f ... but still couldn't browse it to get data. > > Ubuntu Feitsy live CD didn't care a bit ... I recovered all data. > > WOOT ! > > SK >
From: Steve_Karl on 26 Mar 2010 06:56
I've probably had 2 or 3 more good rescues with Ubuntu since this thread was started. SK "Ricky Hunt" <rhunt22(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2a6dnVVzw9LV5zHWnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d(a)mchsi.com... > Same for me. After I'd bought an expensive "save failed disk" program. Booted up Ubuntu on disc and it read it fine. > > "Steve_Karl" <nospam(a)noway.com> wrote in message news:hnbmfb$3nl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Failed HDD in Sony Vaio. >> Vista couldn't read it ... XP forund and fixed over 100,000 errors >> with chkdsk /f ... but still couldn't browse it to get data. >> >> Ubuntu Feitsy live CD didn't care a bit ... I recovered all data. >> >> WOOT ! >> >> SK >> > > |