> Michael Havens wrote: > > well..... there are 2 things that it may be.... a:
>Don't use it as a firewall! At least, I wouldn't. not the notebook as a firewall but the tower that I've had since 95 and that has had linux on it since 2001 On Wednesday 16 January 2008 9:27 pm, Alan Dayley wrote: > If Linux can read the contents, and you care about them, back up what > you care about and attempt a clean Linux install. That's what I would > do. If that doesn't work, buy a new hard drive. For that relatively > small cost you have an excellent notebook! > My father ran the restore utility once and erased everything so there is nothing worth saving left. I spent aout .5 hour looking for some files he said he wanted.... oops! I was going to copy them to a USB drive and then put them on the tower and email them. Yet alas! they are gone. I know I coulld look this up but how does one format a drive with a windows file system.... what I amm thinking is that the filesystem got corrupted and then windows couldn't read it. What do you think about that? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
