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Will Linux Live Cd boot with a bad harddisk?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

My harddisk has a bad sector and I burned Gnome linuxliveOS cd. It hangs on the bootscreen and won’t boot at all? Puppy linux won’t boot at all. Is there any live cd that I can boot with a corrupt harddrive disk? Can I boot anything without a harddisk? thanks.
Computer is Dell C600 no installation cds and already tried recovery cd,
I already have the ultimate boot cd but I have not run disk check before. Which task under the disk options repairs the bad sector? My windows installation is on the D:/ partition ( it moved from C:/)

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linux live cd boot problem?

Posted on April 9, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

my linux live cd’s work completelly fine, but when i turn the computor off , turn it back on , then quickly take out the cd so windows, instead of linux , boots , it commes to this black screen that sais something like “windows has required a problem booting , what should it do?”

i press last working configuration and it boots windows…. but as it boots it starts this annoying whirring sound

i restarted the pc, hoping to god that i didnt kill my moms pc, like the day before

($150 down the drain)

and it booted normally

this really scared me because the whole thing was exactly what happend when the pc crached a few days before

i think it crashed a few days ago from the fact that i installed linux (ubuntu fiesty) via wubi on the hard drive… i thought the live cd didnt interact with the hard drive

please help…tell me if i should stop using live cd’s , why , and , if possible, and tell me an alternate way to boot linux wothout in any way interactingwiththe drive

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Getting my network drive to help?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

i recently wiped my pc and installed windows xp on a windows vista pc. well its not reading my network card but when i use the live cd boot of linux (ubuntu7.04) it works and i can connect, which is what im doing now
any help on getting it to work on xp?

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Ubuntu installer, pressing enter does nothing?

Posted on July 29, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I have a Ubuntu live cd and I have installed it successfully on 2 computers, yet it won’t install on this one. When I get to the cd boot menu I have “try without installing”, “install” etc. Clicking enter on any option causes the cd to whirr for a second and the harddrive to light up momentarily. Then…nothing. I can move up and down the menu again and enter still does nothing. I have puppy linux running on this (from a cd) fine. Any tips?
Thanks David, I would do that except this laptop refuses to boot from usb ;/ Many attempts have failed.

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linux Ubuntu live cd boot up problem!?

Posted on July 8, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

When I click “Try out without installing” in the boot up menu it loads for a few minutes and then shows a multicolored error screen. Like red, purple, green, or something like that, stripes. Like a weird flag.
Anyways, and when I click “Install Ubuntu” I get the same thing. I clicked on “Check CD for defects” and it had none(I just burnt it)…
Ubuntu should work with my computer because I have had ubuntu before.
My harddrive is SATA; my graphic card is GeForce 6, etc. I mean, when everything is smooth why is ubuntu so harsh? lol I need help!

My windows has got a virus which downloaded a boat load of trojans(I’m on safe mode right now).

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