On 23 June 2010 14:56, Andrew Bryant <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend has an XP system that no longer boots, and is quite excited at > the thought of installing Ubuntu. >
An excellent opening gambit! > Ubuntu running from CD-ROM can mount the XP hard drive, and so far as we > can tell most of the filesystem is OK. > First thing I'd do is image it using something like clonezilla, onto a USB or network attached disk. > In order to transfer Outlock Express data (both the emails and the > address list) do we need to get the windows system repaired first, or > can we copy the relevant folders across and work some magic in Ubuntu? > Personally once the above step is done I'd wipe, install Ubuntu and then install virtualbox, and clonezilla the backup of XP into a virtual disk. You can then cherry pick the bits you need out of the VM, and keep it until you're happy you have everything. Cheers, Al. > (The info I've found online about changing from OE to > Thunderbird/Evolution assumes the XP system is still working.) > > Andrew. > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
