Linux Live CDs

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Hi , I recently did that horrible thing everyone tends to do, I was using the net, I got a virus, and my computer was broken… No backups. I booted to a linux live cd and managed to backup all my necessary files. But the os was another matter.
I tried the acer recovery on windows (which is an acer aspire one net-book) Basically it tries to overwrite c with another partition, stored on the drive. But it refused. I got a bit worried here, thinking the virus got at the partition, or maybe it got corrupt from movement or something. Anyway long story short I found that there was a start up option to a restore program that did not require windows and I got my system back to manufactures settings.
To ease my mind of this happening again I contacted acer, to inquire about some cd’s to back up from in case of future corruptions to the hard drive.
Well I got a reply stating they can re-image the drive for free while under warranty, or to my shock they can send me the cd’s for around £50.
Now I’m not being cheap but £50 is just a disgrace, if AOL can send me 30 cd’s trying to get me onto their service, for free with no postage, then why is a company I already funded charging £50 (and since the only re-image during warranty, it seems like an extra, hidden charge.)
Well obviously I declined the offer, but that leaves the problem of how to backup the partition, any ideas?
Thank you all in advance

So here is the deal with my custom built pc. The last thing I was doing on my pc before I started having this problem was burning videos onto DVD-Rs and surfing the net. The pc boots up the BIOS but every time right before Windows loads up it shuts down. I already replaced the ps and the same thing happens. I’ve disconnected all IDE drives and all cards while leaving just the primary hard drive and same thing. I tested each memory stick one by one and same thing. I even put in a new SATA with no windows on it just to see if it doesn’t shut down…same thing. There is no way I can run any diagnostic testing because the PC shuts down. I can’t even load Ubuntu/linux off a live CD because it will shut down. My mobo is Abit ip-95, nothing special but I don’t need much. Could it be a bad mobo? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

I want to try a Linux based OS on my machine as dual boot system w/ Windows Vista. Found lots of info in net, tried Ubuntu Live CD (without install), however cannot decide which OS will be the best for me. I’m not experienced w/ Linux and just want to try open source soft. I researched all of these distributions http://www.linux.com/distributions/ Is out there something else I don’t know about? Also the question is which distribution will work the best on my machine which is HP Pavillion dv9420us, see http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/product_detail.do?storeName=computer_store&landing=computers&category=notebooks/dv9000z_series&subcat1=rts&catLevel=3&product_code=GA354UA%23ABA&tab=detailed_specs#defaultAnchor Thanks!
Can I try other OS without installing them (like Ubuntu)?

I have this cd and i want to run the live version of it and it just won’t work it first of all says that I don’t have the correct software–pick from a list or go on the net to find out what software is needed so i pressed net and it wouldn’t open. Then also the live thing is a zipped file I don’t know what I’m supposed to do I open it with winzip and it brings up a window to extract it but it’s not like the normal windows I tried to extract it on my flashdrive which is 512 and it says insert disk 2 so i stopped it so I don’t know what to do does anyone have any suggestions?

I am a newbie, I have installed Linux Ubuntu from live cd. I use a Landline based DSL server that requires a cd to set up. I have a router and set up my computers.