Tag Archives: hd

Change File System without erasing data?

Posted on May 28, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

I used to have at bootup the error like reboot and select proper boot device or insert media in boot device. Then I flagged the HD with Gnome (linux partition software live cd) as boot and I had the message NTLDR missing. I booted with the Recovery Console and entered FIXBOOT. It said MBS corrupted. Filesystem FAT!! I had NTFS. Now in gnome it says fat16 and “Unable to read the content of this filesystem”. It can’t tell me how much I used and everything. What can I do to keep my data? I don’t care about windows booting up. I also have knoppix as a live cd to retrieve it but it mounts with weird symbols as filenames and no folders or anything right. PLZ HELP!

→ 1 Comment

Posted in Linux Live CDs

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Linux Questions?

Posted on May 23, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

hey, i got a CD from a friend of Linux “Live Cd” (Ubuntu) and I haven’t played with it on my computer. But my question is that if i like it, I have two HD’s on my compy, a Stock XP 80GB system disk that came with it, then a Western Digital that i bought that doesn’t have an OS. could i partition off like maybe 50GB of the WD drive, and install Linux on it. Then just change the BIOS when i turn the compy on, depending on which OS i want to use?
I am not planning Ubuntu to install it, i am using it to play with it. I will download the actual version to install it

→ 3 Comments

Posted in Linux Live CDs

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Which Linux live CD distro, read details….?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

I want to be able to boot it from a DVD, I have a Compaq Presario v5000 series laptop, AMD Turion 64 ML-38 (1.8 ghz), 512 ram, 40 gigs free on the HD, 128 megs shared video ram, cant think of much more. But I just want to know what is the best distrobution of a Live CD Linux that is compatible with my system.

→ 3 Comments

Posted in Linux Live CDs

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Which is the best Live Cd Linux distrubution for my PentiumMMX 32MB RAM 3GB HD laptop?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

I want to experiment Linux with my old laptop (memory upgraded to 128MB). What is the best linux distro for it besides DSL?

→ 5 Comments

Posted in Linux Live CDs

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

How do I exactly install Fedora Linux onto another partition?

Posted on July 31, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

I’ve been trying to get Fedora Linux onto my Vista laptop where I can dual boot and I can’t seem to get it. I made a partition already that is 50GB and booted up into Linux with a Live CD. I went to the desktop and opened the install to HD option and got up to the part where you chose how to install it onto there, etc. I would like to dual boot and use that 50GB as a Linux OS. How do I do this?

*If you e-mail me at hibbywhy@yahoo.com I’ll send you pictures of what I am doing and what I need help with.*

→ 1 Comment

Posted in Linux Live CDs

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,