The latest Puppy Linux is here: http://puppylinux.org/downloads/official-releases/latest-production-version (not the NBEMS version, but will work). You just need a computer to access the Internet and a program that will burn an ISO.
73, Skip KH6TY Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > > yes, I thought of that Skip. I am looking for a copy of my working > Puppy, cleaned the shack last week and have misplaced it. I should > point out that I am close to having almost everything I need ,expect > OS, backed up on teh web and accessible when I need to start over. I > have my log backed up and I email it to myself as an attachment via > Gmail, then use products like DXLab, HRD, Fldigib that can easily be > reinstalled for free, and my Multipsk license is also backup via the > Internet. Today's zapped computer however contains 20 gigs of paid > for Itunes stuff. Luckily a nifty program call copytrans allows me to > retrieve back to Itunes from the Ipod. > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:47 PM, kh6ty <kh...@comcast.net > <mailto:kh...@comcast.net>> wrote: > > > > Andy, > > Try running a NBEMS Puppy Linux CD live. You can access all the > data and > windows partitions with Puppy from the Puppy Desktop. > > 73, Skip KH6TY > > > > Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > > > > > After years or running PC's without issues, I have had 4 go bad > in 12 > > months. Two this week, 4 days apart via thunderstorms . One went > > today just an hour after I had fully reinstalled ham equipment on a > > new PC that arrived yesterday. The new one survived, I had > unplugged > > it at the sound of thunder. I powered off the older one but > forgot to > > remove the power cord, it got zapped. I put in a spare power supply > > that i had, that lasted 5 minutes and gave up the ghost. Maybe > > something else was weakened by the original zap and caused the > second > > power supply to burn out. > > > > Anyway, my main issue is the frustrating fact that I have data > on hard > > drives that seems ridiculously complex to retrieve when using > > Windows based PCs. My local computer store tells me that one cannot > > simply take a hard drive from a old Pc and place it in a new PC > even > > if you have a Windows license disc for the new PC. Is this correct? > > In the past I have taken old drives and installed them in different > > PC's as slave drives. However this causes one to have to re-install > > many programs because they were originally installed to the > registry > > on a C-drive. > > > > So what do I do with 5 hard drives laying around the shack ? In > > particular one two-drive system with 160 gigs of useful data on it > > (both have Windows OS on them since both are from different > original > > PC systems!) . It would be nice to install in to a PC without > having > > to get a HD with an OS on it. > > -- > > Andy > > > > > > -- > *Skip KH6TY* > http://KH6TY.home.comcast.net <http://KH6TY.home.comcast.net> > > > > > -- > Andy > > -- *Skip KH6TY* http://KH6TY.home.comcast.net
