From: Steve_Karl on
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
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

Congrats!
From: Steve_Karl on

"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

"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.