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Comment on How to install Linux into a existing spare partition? by jplatt39

jplatt39 — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:32:07 +0000

Hokay, I should warn you first that it won’t boot unless you have both a Linux partition and a swap partition. I believe the partition program is called cfdisk. That is what you should be running anyhow. When you look at the drive, you should get your windows partition and this other partition. Delete the other partition. Create 2 new ones, one Linux Swap (I believe that is 82) of about 200-400MB and the rest Linux (83). If you don’t touch what it says the other partition is, it won’t either. Then it should ask you about reformatting that one partition to ext3, and the swap partition to swap. You’ll have more than enough space for ubuntu.

http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/IBM7248-HOWTO/cfdisk.html

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Comment on How to install Linux into a existing spare partition? by a moose with an empty tummy

a moose with an empty tummy — Wed, 23 May 2012 04:31:44 +0000

For one, make sure the partition is in ext2 or similar format for linux. But, bottom line- Ubuntu is more noob friendly, such as who don’t know about partitions. It’s a good distro, but better as a live cd in my opinion. Try slackware-

http://www.slackware.org/

You can install it to a certain partition.

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Comment on how do you use linux? by Linux OS

Linux OS — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:31:57 +0000

As Dynex drivers aren’t free, you need to install the driver from the restricted driver set.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=595442&highlight=dynex

Once installed, you’ll see everything.

http://www.google.com

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Comment on how do you use linux? by onestep_42

onestep_42 — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:31:37 +0000

Add a cron to open inet on your ntfs.

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Comment on live cd of fedora linux i586 is not running on my pc while it is properly running on my office pc? by snakeeyes

snakeeyes — Mon, 21 May 2012 03:31:31 +0000

Your ram is too low for live cd, u need at least 512mb ram for live cd mode. You can always try the alternate install.

http://www.google.com

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Comment on live cd of fedora linux i586 is not running on my pc while it is properly running on my office pc? by snakeeyes

snakeeyes — Mon, 21 May 2012 03:31:31 +0000

Your ram is too low for live cd, u need at least 512mb ram for live cd mode. You can always try the alternate install.

http://www.google.com

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Comment on Hard drive recovery? by quickshot31u

quickshot31u — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:33:17 +0000

well if its not the that the hard drive came loose here is a recovery place that with a coupon code you can get recovery service 50% off. The original price is $299 so it half that with the code. here is the website

http://www.hhdatarecovery.com

here is the coupon code thats good until may first. need to type it in the comments block.

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Comment on Hard drive recovery? by M&M

M&M — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:33:02 +0000

I am not sure you lost the data, but as a pesonla experience. once my laptop fell out my hand and the same thing happend when I took it for a check they told me the HDD hade fell out of its cradle. And a live CD is an operatng system which doesnt need to be installed on your PC or laptop. when you enter the CD and boot your coumputer the CD (which is boot able) boots up the operating system. There are many of these operatng systems and some have extreemly power full tolls for recovering data.

http://www.google.com

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Comment on Hard drive recovery? by Brent G

Brent G — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:32:04 +0000

The “book fell” is what puts you in a bad spot. Actual physical damage to the hard drive makes data recovery difficult and expensive (no software will help if the drive is “busted”)

A first step, may be to take the laptop to a local (reputable) computer service store and have them take a look at the hard drive – see if it is actually damaged. You may have damaged some other part(s) of the laptop that is preventing it from actually reading the hard drive.

Or for likely a similar price to having a local shop look at the hard drive, you could buy and adapter and cables to allow you to connect the hard drive to another PC like a USB drive. That does require you removing the laptop hard drive.

If the drive itself really is damaged, the price they are quoting you doesn’t sound out of line with the market. You may be able to shop around and find a bit better price. Although my recommendation would be to go where the vendor suggests.

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Comment on Hard drive recovery? by flybd5

flybd5 — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:31:38 +0000

It may just be the internal drive came loose from the connector. Look on the bottom or sides, there should be a cover about the size of a 2.5″ laptop hard disk (length or width, depending on the location). There should be one or two screws holding it in place. Removing the screws should be able to let you pull the entire drive unit out and reseat it in the connector. Before you spend money on recovery take it to a BestBuy or CircuitCity and have them troubleshoot it. It sounds to me like it could be something simple like that, but no promises.

http://www.google.com

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