Hey Scott! I'd like to say this isn't an ad, but it sort of is, since I'm quite involved with developing the server version of this stuff. Before you load something else, give this a try:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/ I much prefer it over most others, including 'buntu. Even as an old Windows guy I don't care for Vista. Especially the price tag for the expanded versions. Don > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Scott Loveless > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:05 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT - recovering files with Linux > > > Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, > reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps > started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a > critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe > mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few > recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only > option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB > of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB > from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. > > So I burned an Ubuntu Live CD, booted the laptop with it and installed > Samba. It's running now, sending my files over the network to another > PC. God, I hate Vista. I'm just glad this happened here and not on the > mountain. > > Have I mentioned that I'm not fond of Vista? > > -- > Scott Loveless > www.twosixteen.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
