Hello, If you can get your hands on a Ubuntu Live CD, I believe it has the tools on it to burn CDs so you could boot from the Ubuntu Live CD and access your data on the C drive and burn it to CD.
You can download and burn an .iso of the Ubuntu Live CD from here: http://www.ubuntu.com Hope this helps, Ray Parrish pekoe4849 wrote: > > > I have another hard drive that I could use I suppose, but I'd have to > format it wouldn't I? There's not enough room on it for Windows and > the files that are already there. I hate to lose some of them, but not > as much as the ones that are on C. > > Man I'm getting frustrated. If I ever get this fixed I'm going to have > to seriously rethink how I have this whole thing set up. > > I know about those 'techs'. It hasn't been that long ago since I > bought this computer from one who 'built' it for me. I could have > built it myself for half as much (I've done it before), but did I? > Nooooooooo. > > Diane > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:A-1-Computer_Tech%40yahoogroups.com>, jpurcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Diane, > > > > > I wish I'd done that this time because I don't want to lose the > > > data that's going > > > to be lost if I have to reinstall Windows. :( > > > > > > I suspect that if someone doesn't come up with a solution to your > > problem you may need to get professional help. And if you go that > > route be very careful, there are a lot of people out there who > > masquerade as computer techs who are NOT. Before you let a tech do > > anything, make him tell you what he will do and whether he is certain > > that it will work. > > > > Another idea that just came to mind may not be any more expensive than > > a tech. Buy a new hard drive, install it [it's not difficult], install > > Windows and then install the old drive as a second drive and maybe you > > can get your data back if the problem was not a major hard drive > > failure. > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > -- http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web pages ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
