I use parted magic on pc's if people ever have trouble

you can sometimes mount failing hard drives on that, get what you want off them, and then accept your hard is near enough dead

That sometimes works as a quick scan too

I've considered getting a linux pen drive, which just has ubuntu's os on it. Would be something handy to carry around (they are ?15 squids though)

Posted By: pants on October 12th 2011 at 12:00:58

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Techy Help (AGAIN) please (General Chat) - green n yella beaver, Oct 12, 10:18:54
- If it was me, I'd get a linux unbuntu cd (General Chat) - pants, Oct 12, 10:58:04
  - ^^^ sort of what i did as a check for my nephew's laptop - but used Knoppix (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 12, 11:04:54
    - Someone should patent a usb stick, that boots your pc from the stick (General Chat) - pants, Oct 12, 11:19:24
      - not a bad idea, found some step-by-step instructions for your Ubuntu solution too (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 12, 11:28:29
        
        I use parted magic on pc's if people ever have trouble (General Chat) - pants, Oct 12, 12:00:58
  - ^^ didn't log off (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 12, 10:58:31
    - Yeah (General Chat) - pants, Oct 12, 11:00:30
- Power Off...Remove Battery for 3 Minutes...Reboot (n/m) (General Chat) - Ricochet Rabbit, Oct 12, 10:53:14
- try and access System Restore from the boot up screens... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Oct 12, 10:30:48
  - mate you know me and this sort of thing (General Chat) - green n yella beaver, Oct 12, 10:41:29
- a similar thing was happening on my nephew's laptop (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 12, 10:26:03

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