When windows Crashes and wont boot, a Linux live cd can help save your precious music files, video, or any other file stuck on a windows partition.
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It Could Happen to Anyone.
Picture it, your using your XP computer late night and something goes wrong. You don't know what it is, but windows will not boot. OK don't panic, but oh crap all your music is in there, your club photos, or your PDF homework for graphics class in the morning. Trapped inside the hard drive and its due tomorrow. What to do? You could pop that rescue Cd. Oh wait you didn't make one. Call your friend? I think they are sleeping when most crashes happen.
You could reinstall or repair your windows XP and that could take hours when all you want to do is put that file on an external hard drive and deal with windows crashing later.
Linux live CD to the Rescue!
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How To Save Your Music, Pictures and Other files with a linux Live Cd
You can mount any NTSF XP partition so long as you have your administrative password to windows XP and a Linux Live CD. Linux will boot up in less then 5 minutes with most current systems if not faster. Saving your music is as easy as drag and drop once you have axis to the hard drive.
- Boot to CD in the BIOS (usually F12)
- After UBUNTU has loaded - Click the hard drive icon
- UBUNTU will ask your XP Administrative Password to read and write to the XP Parition.
- Find your music folder and save it to an external hard drive or CD burner or anything
- this does not work on encrypted hard drives
All without installing Linux, running from the CD/DVD-ROM drive
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"Linux is unaffected by Windows Spyware, Virus, and Trojans"
Most Popular FREE Linux OS Downloads (use fast download)
- UBUNTU 8.04 (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download)
- Mandriva 2008 (http://www.mandriva.com/en/download)
- Fedora 9 (http://fedoraproject.org/)
You can request a free CD by mail (6 weeks). You can download and burn an ISO CD Image using Nero or MediaNow burning software. You can even copy and share Linux CDs because there is no install code like windows. Its Free and Open Source.
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My personal Squidoo Lenses
- Ubuntu 8.04 Linux Review -The Human Review
I call this the human report because I let you know what Linux does in plain English. I try to avoid any and all code talk so that the average XP user can have a better understanding about Linux (and what it represents). The open source community is gaining popularity.
- UBUNTU 8.04 BUSYBOX FIX
Getting stuck in Busy box after trying to install UBUNTU 8.04 using WUBI sucks. How to fix it right below!
- Laughing at the future of New Technology
Oh you gotta laugh at the future of technology.
- Microsoft Ends support of XP - The Human Review
The end of Support for XP SP2 followed with the new SP3, Microsoft extended the life of XP. Microsoft is looking to phase out XP to make way for Vista. You may not want to go Vista. You may want to stay with XP. Wanna know what you can do to save your XP then read below.(posted July 10,2008)
