Paul Sorenson wrote: > Sorry!! Sent you to the wrong page...try this one. If it comes up in > German, just click the language flag in the header. > > http://www.knoppix.org/ > > -p > > Another option, if you just need to access the data, is to download a > Knoppix ISO and burn it to a CD. When you boot from the CD it will run > a Linux variation off the CD and you can access any data on the HD. > > http://www.knoppix.net/ > > -p > > I'll second that. When Vista crapped it's pants a while back and the laptop wouldn't boot, my restoration options were to reformat and start over. This meant I'd lose lots of photos. I downloaded an Ubuntu Linux live CD, booted the laptop with it and managed to get the ethernet port working, which allowed me to transfer my photos to another PC. Once my files were safe I was ready to reinstall Vista. Or not. Been using Ubuntu ever since with very few problems. Regardless, the live CD (there are quite a few out there) saved my butt and allowed me to start over without losing everything. Knoppix was pretty good a few years ago. I can't imagine that it's worse now. Ubuntu is very similar. Both should auto-detect most of the hardware on your machine and allow you to recover whatever it is that you need.
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