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Backing up data?

Posted on February 17, 2013 | 2 Comments

i have this laptop(http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pavilion-15-4-Widescreen-Notebook-PC-DV6449US/sem/rpsm/oid/184836/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do)

hp dedicates like 8gb to a sepate partitioned area of the hard drive that is dedicated to back ups. (i have vista home premium) and my laptop came with “HP Total Care Assistant” (or somthing close to that) and it has a backup utility that will back up files to that separate partition.

i have windows live care one that can back up files to like a dvd or network location.

which method would u reccomend?
the partitioned area is 8 gigs and it uses the “Microsoft Backup Assistant”

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Linux Knoppixs Problem!!!!!?

Posted on November 17, 2012 | 3 Comments

I put the cd in my computer (the one that has the iso of knoppixs) and when I press enter to boot from cd the computer freezes after “starting cardmgr” is displayed also I am using a HP dv5250 notebook with windows xp media center edition please help.
i boot into the knoppix screen but when i press the enter button like it tells me then after several min i get the error

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Is it ok to leave a live CD running?

Posted on August 22, 2012 | 6 Comments

I don’t want to turn of an hp laptop with1gb memory hooked up to an ac adapter, since it has no hard drive and must run from a live CD, and i already have the configuration I want (in case you’re wondering, it’s Linux Mint Daryna). But I don’t know if overheating would be cause for alarm. I’m not talking about a few hours. I’m talking about a few days (maybe tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow night, and maybe the next day). But if it’s a bad idea to even leave it running overnight, then I kind of don’t want to to do that.

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What is a good version of linux for my old computer?

Posted on July 18, 2012 | 5 Comments

I have this really old HP Pavilion (7360). It has 72 or 75 mb of ram, 266mhz MMX processor, and a 5gig hard drive. I was thinking of a version of Ubuntu for it, but would it run too slow? I already tried DSL linux, with its 1x(something around that speed) CD drive the live CD didn’t run well. If there are other versions that would work good please tell me. P.S. I used to have 98 on it, but I was fooling around with DSL linux and deleted the windows partition.
Well I tried Xubuntu 6.06.1 and Slitaz and neither worked! Slitaz just stayed at a screen, and Xubuntu found errors and didn’t do any thing els.

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How do I transfer files from Win95 to Vista using a Linux Live CD?

Posted on June 29, 2012 | 3 Comments

What I’m trying to do is transfer files from my old PC to my new one. My old computer is a HP desktop. It doesn’t have a CD-Writer and I can’t remove the hard drive. It does however have a USB port but since my Win95 does not have USB support I looked for alternatives. I found an interesting blog that proposed using a Linux live CD, booting from it, and then copying the files to a USB Key. Problem with this is that I am not interested in paying or ordering the CD since my new computer can write CD’s so all I have to do is download it and burn it.
Here is the problem. I am on Dial-up and have a limited amount of hours per week. I have no clue how ISO files work nor how I can burn them to a disk. I use CyberLink DVD suit to write CDs.
Can any one recommend a small Linux OS that has USB support and can run as a Live CD on a Pentium II 400MHz, 128 Mb Ram, 6.4 Gb total memory split in 2.1Gb partitions? Also how do I create the Live CD? (new system runs on Vista)

Thank you in advance.

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