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From: Steve_Karl on 11 Mar 2010 16:15 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: Ouroboros Rex on 11 Mar 2010 17:13 On 3/11/2010 3:25 PM, Glennbo wrote: > The killer robot "Steve_Karl"<nospam(a)noway.com> grabbed the controls of > the spaceship cakewalk.coffeehouse and pressed these buttons... > >> 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 ! > > LDOS rocks with screwed M$DOS drives. > That's pretty cool. I've been making fun of cripnix till now based on lack of drivers.
From: Here In Oregon on 11 Mar 2010 19:41 Congrats!
From: Steve_Karl on 12 Mar 2010 02:06 "Ben Goldman" <BenGoldmanREMOVE(a)centurytel.net> wrote in message news:xn0gris8z1cl8rk000SUYMF(a)news.nw.centurytel.net... > Steve_Karl wrote: > >> 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 > > It's LINUX, LINUX, LINUX that has anything to do with it. I fixed my > Windows using (SUSE) LINUX LINUX LINUX last month. > > BTW, congrats. :) Yea. Still waitin' for the SUSE live CD. :-P > > -- > Cheers, > Ben
From: Steve_Karl on 12 Mar 2010 11:09
"Ben Goldman" <BenGoldmanREMOVE(a)centurytel.net> wrote in message news:xn0griyay1ks1mf002SUYMF(a)news.nw.centurytel.net... > Steve_Karl wrote: > >> >> "Ben Goldman" <BenGoldmanREMOVE(a)centurytel.net> wrote in message >> news:xn0gris8z1cl8rk000SUYMF(a)news.nw.centurytel.net... >> > Steve_Karl wrote: >> > >> > > 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 >> > >> > It's LINUX, LINUX, LINUX that has anything to do with it. I fixed >> > my Windows using (SUSE) LINUX LINUX LINUX last month. >> > >> > BTW, congrats. :) >> >> Yea. Still waitin' for the SUSE live CD. :-P >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- Cheers, >> > Ben > > There is one. Who cares? Live CDs suck. Just install Linux and boot > to it whenever. > > BTW - KDE isn't as reliable as it used to be. I now use Gnome and LOVE > IT. (Kudos to Sue.) > > Rock on fellow Linux user. > > -- > Cheers, > Ben Installing Linux isn't an option for these clients machines. |