Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-29 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 28 May 2004 04:11 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > Which one controls the still? > > stephen kuhn - owner The wireless of course, that way I can move if I have to and still operate... -- /\

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Drew Martin
On Friday 28 May 2004 23:56, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Saturday 29 May 2004 00:32, Drew Martin wrote: > > > > > Any hows this for a bright idea,Dawn has only one file she > > realy care about,would in be possible to plug my cable modem into > > the laptop and email the file or FTP it to onlin

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 29 May 2004 00:32, Drew Martin wrote: > Any hows this for a bright idea,Dawn has only one file she > realy care about,would in be possible to plug my cable modem into > the laptop and email the file or FTP it to online account,such as > Lycos,which she can access from XP if and

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 29 May 2004 00:32, Drew Martin wrote: >     Any hows this for a bright idea,Dawn has only one file she realy care > about,would in be possible to plug my cable modem into the laptop and email > the file or FTP it to online account,such as Lycos,which she can access > from XP if and whe

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Drew Martin
On Friday 28 May 2004 21:16, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Friday 28 May 2004 21:36, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 05:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > On Friday 28 May 2004 21:12, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > LAN. > > > > Maybe I'm just lucky enough to have a LAN here; no

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 28 May 2004 21:12, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > LAN. > Maybe I'm just lucky enough to have a LAN here; no dial-up > necessary - just an extra cable plugged into the router/switch. You lucky bastard ;-) Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulri

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 04:56, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Use Knoppix to boot, connect to a network, copy the data to a > > machine on the network, then blow it out completely. > > Safer than trying to resize a partition, eh? > > Abslutely right, Stephen. That is, if you have access to a server > wit

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 28 May 2004 20:15, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 04:05, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Maybe I'm a little too simplistic here, but if there is enough > > space on her laptop, you could try to install - at least a > > minimal - Mandrake on it. I think it is possible to "shrink" > >

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 04:05, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Maybe I'm a little too simplistic here, but if there is enough space > on her laptop, you could try to install - at least a minimal - > Mandrake on it. I think it is possible to "shrink" even a NTFS > partition. And if your friend did what my d

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 28 May 2004 18:34, Drew Martin wrote: > Hi All, > I need some tech help. > A friend of mine has had her Windows XP Laptop trashed by a > number of viri and Trojans a so called friend sent her.They have > smashed her Firewall,and killed her AV scanner.The effect is she > can no lon

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 02:34, Drew Martin wrote: > Hi All, > I need some tech help. > A friend of mine has had her Windows XP Laptop trashed by a number of viri and > Trojans a so called friend sent her.They have smashed her Firewall,and killed > her AV scanner.The effect is she can no lon

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Richard Urwin
On Friday 28 May 2004 5:34 pm, Drew Martin wrote: > Hi All, > I need some tech help. > A friend of mine has had her Windows XP Laptop trashed by a number of > viri and Trojans a so called friend sent her.They have smashed her > Firewall,and killed her AV scanner.The effect is she can no lon

[newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Drew Martin
Hi All, I need some tech help. A friend of mine has had her Windows XP Laptop trashed by a number of viri and Trojans a so called friend sent her.They have smashed her Firewall,and killed her AV scanner.The effect is she can no longer boot up at all. Is there any way I can boot up h