Hi Joe,
Sorry for the delay.
From your other post it sounds like there might be another test to run if that's ok.
However we will try and backup your data first.
You will need a second working bootable PC for thisGet
Puppy Linux...Get puppy-2.16-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso download it and burn it to cd
if you don't have a burning program that will burn .ISO files get
Burncdcc, it is a small FAST no frills iso burning program...
NOTE...do not put a blank cd in until burncdcc opens the tray for you
1. Start
BurnCDCC2. Browse to the ISO file you want to burn on cd/dvd ....in this case its puppy-2.16-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso
3. Select the
ISO file4. click on
Startmake sure in the bios the cd drive is the first boot device (
we covered this earlier in the post)
put the cd in the cd drive..boot your computer....puppy will boot and run totally in ram...if your hardware is is good working order you will know...
after you get it running and your at the desktop...you take the puppy linux cd out and then you can use the burner to copy all your data to cd/dvds
you can also use it to backup your data to a external usb harddrive..just have it hooked to the computer when you boot up with puppy...
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quick guide for saving data...music..files on a system that will not boot using puppy Linux using a flash drive(memory stick, external hard drive etc)..
After you get to puppy desktop..
click on the drives icon...looks like a flash drive...top row..it will list all the drives connected to your computer...
click on the
red icon for the drive you want to mount...
in this case its a flash drive ...puppy will mount the drive..
the drive icon turns green when its mounted...
minimize the drives mounter window,you will need it again in a few minutes..drag the right edge of it sideways to shrink it to its narrowest size...about half the width of the screen...then drag the window to the right edge of the screen...
Now click on the
icon that looks like a filing cabinet (kind of yellow) on the main drive...it should already be green..
You will see a list of all the folders on the main drive Usually your C: drive..shrink that window to
the narrowest you can..about half the width of the screen...drag that window to the left side of the screen...
at this point you should have 2 windows open on your desktop..the flash drive on the right side..
Go back to the folders on the C: drive...
Click on the documents and settings folder...then your user
name or all users..
find the folders that has your data..
Drag and drop the folder with the data you want to make copies of to the flash drive window...
Your options are to move ..copy ect...JUST COPY..if its to big you will have to open the folder and
drag and drop individual files until the flash drive is full...(I have a 120 GB external USB drive for
big data recovery jobs and a 4 GB flash drive for the smaller jobs)..after you get the files copied to
the flash drive...
Click on the drives mounter you minimized earlierUNMOUNT THE FLASH DRIVE by clicking on the
green icon..you will once in awhile get error messages when
unmouting the drive..ignore them..when the flash drive icon turns
red again its safe to remove the
flash drive..trot on over (stroll if you want to look cool) to another computer and plug in the flash
drive and copy all the data files ( I drag and drop) to the other computer..
make sure the other computer can read them...now delete the data on the flash drive...take it back to the misbehaving computer and plug it in
again..click on the drives icon again and repeat until you have all your data transferred to the working
system..
(Thanks to
happyrock for the instructions)
If you have problems then get back to me and I'll try and help you out. Make sure you get everything here as the next steps will totally wipe your PC so its imperative you don't forget anything.
Edited by rev_olie, 08 November 2009 - 09:17 AM.