markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
 ·Charter Pipeline
| Ubuntu Live CD do this for me? Backup HD on bad HD?
A friend told me Ubuntu allows you to boot without actually installing it? I looked on the site but just see mentioned of LiveCD requiring 4gigs of hard drive space..so I'm confused if it does not actually install to hard drive.
This is what i want..
Boot from CD, be able to access by C: from it, burn contents from C: to a dvd. Read it in windows accordingly.
Can this be done?
Backstory is friend hard drive crashed, only way i can access it is from command prompt cause his windows won't load. Can't find a way to copy contents from hard drive since no USB or burning software native to DOS. |
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No_Strings
Premium,Mod
join:2001-11-22
The OC | Yes, you can do exactly what you described - mount the Windows partition (it won't show up as "c:" - and burn it to a CD.
The 4G space requirement is for a full install. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
2 edits | Ok i got it running I think, liveCD option takes a bit to "run". hehe
thanks mate |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO | reply to markopoleo
Cancel that, this is the dumbest thing ever. I can't get it to install on 3 different computers so far. I get different errors on all the computers to.
Flashback to my earlier days trying mandrake out. lol |
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jimkyle
Btrieve Guy
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join:2002-10-20
Oklahoma City, OK
 ·AT&T Southwest
| You might try a Knoppix live CD. I've used them to recover trashed Windows data, and they seem to load much faster than do the Xubuntu live CDs (although I'm converting my machines to dual boot, and using Xubuntu rather than Knoppix; I like the distro better, but the live CD is much slower for some reason).
Like Ubuntu, Knoppix automatically brings up the Windows partitions and creates desktop icons for them. You can easily lose the original file dates when copying off to CD or to an external drive; I did. Later I found that there's an option to the copy command that will preserve all original date info, but by then it was too late to do me any good...
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synnack
join:2007-08-13
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said by markopoleo  :Cancel that, this is the dumbest thing ever. I can't get it to install on 3 different computers so far. I get different errors on all the computers to. Flashback to my earlier days trying mandrake out. lol Ubuntu is one of the easiest installation out there. You didnt list the errors. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
·Charter Pipeline
| Re: Ubuntu Live CD do this for me? Backup HD on bad HD?
Knoppic live CD worked without any problems at all. did the trick nicely. thanks jimkyle
synnack..I did list the errors, but edited post because no use trying to figure out so many errors.
Most involved kernel panic IO errors, one just crashed with random garble on screen, etc. I mentioned to brother and he said he had same problems with Ubuntu. Its not user error, its OS error.
anyway problem solved. |
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antiserious
The Future ain't what it used to be
Premium
join:2001-12-12
Scranton, PA
| said by markopoleo : Its not user error, its OS error. Of course it is - that's the only possible explanation.
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yock
TFTC
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join:2000-11-21
Fairfield, OH
1 edit | reply to markopoleo
said by markopoleo :Knoppic live CD worked without any problems at all. did the trick nicely. thanks jimkyle synnack..I did list the errors, but edited post because no use trying to figure out so many errors. Most involved kernel panic IO errors, one just crashed with random garble on screen, etc. I mentioned to brother and he said he had same problems with Ubuntu. Its not user error, its OS error. anyway problem solved. The liklihood that the OS is at fault is remote. More than likely you have some failing hardware or you're overclocked beyond tolerances. Both situations can produce kernel panics. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO | Yes its remote, remote that 3 different computers with modern hardware not working with a OS in the year 2007 is remote../sarcasm |
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synnack
join:2007-08-13
| said by markopoleo :Yes its remote, remote that 3 different computers with modern hardware not working with a OS in the year 2007 is remote../sarcasm Knoppix is a better live CD than Ubuntu because it was made to be used as a live CD. It is odd that you would have such problems on three pc. I still use Windows cause I have licenses for them, otherwise I would just use Linux completely. |
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yock
TFTC
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join:2000-11-21
Fairfield, OH
| reply to markopoleo
said by markopoleo :Yes its remote, remote that 3 different computers with modern hardware not working with a OS in the year 2007 is remote../sarcasm I'd be interested to know what those three computers have in common, and so would Ubuntu. I'd also be interested in knowing if the CD you burned was in good shape. Did you check the md5 of the image before burning it?
I've installed Ubuntu countless times on countless PCs with very few issues. That you experience such difficulty in such a small environment is a statistical outlier and must be indicative of some extraordinary circumstance. |
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firephoto
KDE
Premium
join:2003-03-18
·Verizon west (ex G..
| To be fair (or whatever) Ubuntu does seem to have some odd behavior when comparing the livecd environment to the installed one. Seems mostly related to the kernels being a bit different or certain modules missing on the livecd perhaps or just the general method of booting with the livecd that differs enough to cause some driver issues. I think Ubuntu has good kernel support for hardware the devs have and basic support for the odd hardware the people whine enough about but there's still some poorly supported areas due to lack of testing or personal (ie freeeeedom) reasons perhaps.
I had to quit using my intel G965 video and go back to an nvidia card because there seemed to be only a desire to make basic support work and laptop support work with nothing much being done for desktops with permanent multiple displays. This was partly an upstream problem also but the "wait 6 months" and see if it works is a bit silly when that 6 months is 25% or more of the expected life of the hardware. One shouldn't have to wait in six month intervals for a new release to get support for new hardware especially when it's the video hardware.
Now not knowing what this issue here is it is hard to say what the cause or solutions is but something common with the hardware would be a good guess.
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