[Salagubang]

Yes, you can go through with my last instruction, it will just harvest restore points information from the computer, As it is not based on windows, it is possible also that it will recognized the other drives in the "mnt" folder, well see.

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Ok, well, I'll try what you suggested. I will have to burn it to a CD. Not sure what to do with rst.sh though.

[mfrank1]

Ok, well, I'll try what you suggested. I will have to burn it to a CD. Not sure what to do with rst.sh though.

[Salagubang]

Ok, well, I'll try what you suggested. I will have to burn it to a CD. Not sure what to do with rst.sh though.

Save it on a USB stick.

[mfrank1]

I have loaded xPUD, but you said to highlight sdb1 in the mnt folder because it is likely the USB drive. What should I select if I booted using a bootable CD?

[Salagubang]

Hi mfrank1,

As drives are assigned different on machines. You may reinsert the USB stick and manually navigate the "mnt" folder much like how we do it in windows explorer and see what's inside.

The harddrives are assigned "sda" with number suffixes. To know which one is your USB sticks (usually assigned sdb1), you may verify drive assignments simply by looking at its contents.

[mfrank1]

OK, but my question may have been unclear. Do I still select the USB drive in mnt, even if I'm booting xPUD from a CD and NOT from the USB stick?

[Salagubang]

Yes, you need to select to the drive that contains the rst.sh (or any program you would like to run).

[mfrank1]

Ok, thanks for your patience. Here is the enum.log file.

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[Salagubang]

Can you check for me if xPUD was able to recognize the other missing drives?

[mfrank1]

It recognized the second internal hard drive, but when I plugged in the external, it said error: drive not mounted.

[mfrank1]

OK ... I unplugged and replugged the external drive and it is now recognized in xPUD

[Salagubang]

Hi mfrank1,

OK ... I unplugged and replugged the external drive and it is now recognized in xPUD

Great news

There are other various things you can do using xPUD. It has its own firefox for internet and a couple of other useful function.

I am working on a fix and will post later as I need expert approval before I can proceed. Please be patient.

[mfrank1]

OK, thank you. I so appreciate your help. In your next post, please advise if I should begin backing up my files using xPUD or wait until I get your next fix.

[Salagubang]

Yes, as much as I am confident that this machine can be fixed, there's always a possibility that things can go wrong.

Backup first is always a good habit, so go ahead and keep a good copy of important files tuck safely.

Another question, when did you install GoBack?

[mfrank1]

I've had GoBack on the machine for many, many years. Probably more than 5. Never had a problem (before this). Can I use xPUD to copy files just as I would regular Windows (i.e. Right Click-->Copy, go the target and Paste) and alsos to create new folders, etc.? I'm asking because xPUD says at the top a rather ominous "Warning: You Are In Super User Mode." I don't want to do anything with this strange new program that might harm my precious files.