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I would like to lodge a formal complaint against a moderator.
Reason see below.
I am sorry but, I have been busy. I just cam back to the cafe to find that there was a PM for me from forestpiskie...

Simple question.
I am interested how many people use Ubuntu for work?
Do you use Ubuntu for "mission critical" work?
Do you use Ubuntu AT work?
What is you work? Does not need to be a detailed...

The linked forms can be edited with 602xmlfiller.xpi they can be printed but, the format is bad.
There is a book (two hundred page I think) on how to fill that form out.
just that one form!
The...

To put it simply no.

I do not have the time the money or inclination.
I am beat. Worn out after four years or trying.
Ubuntu is too much.

And printer ink too expensive.

This is going to be one of few posts criticizing Ubuntu.

Now that something naughty has been said... It should be quantified.

I do very much like Linux and Ubuntu and have had some very good...

As the OP.
I will say that I have been here before.

Post a question in somewhere like the cafe and people start giving how tos.
Post something in the actual forums and people start chatting...

I think you are correct.


But unfortunately it will have to wait.

All this has finally made me start a backup of my system.
I have backup running right now and it looks like it will be...

The Important things is that the files are safe since the was a physical copy of the files.
IF I had relied on windows restore system I would be very single by now.

I do appreciate the help you...

I think I did originally want to ask why? Why is there only information on cds and dvd drives.

I have been through this type of thing before. That is why I did write.
Please do not start posting...

Why is this you issue?


Are you trolling?

Ah you are starting to see the issue.

As for the rest.
The factory restore was done as a way of trying to get the whole thing unbricked.

So it was done whilst it was ... well I do not know...

How about.
It doesn't

I have no idea if Linux is still there.
The thing boots into windows with no grub. But as I try take a look it looks like the partitions are still there. Since the HD is showing 60 GB.
During this...

I dropped windows some years ago.
So am out of practice on this stuff. With Linux I know nothing about grub and mbr. It is a weak point.
I think Acer might hear about this.


As for the Winodws...

Thank you for that.

It is not just Acer. It is MS as the main culprit.

4 hours later am still trying to get windows to accept the restore file I have on an external HD.

What is the point of...

To be honest I did not expect things to go that bad.

The whole thing should have been straight forward.
Partition drive and....


But somewhere....things took a walk.


I did backup all the...

I will mark this as solved.

Still have no idea what caused it but if any one is looking for an answer please re read this thread.

Quackers took four hours of his time with this.

It is worth...

That is one Acer netbook.
Unbricked.

Thank you for your time.

Seriously.
Thank you.

Right now am running ubuntu from the USB drive.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install lilo
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The...

Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Lilo is installed in the MBR of...

Yes and yes.
But now there is no record since it is a live usb

No nothing
First there was a warning about finishing before rebooting.
Then after the second line there was nothing else.

Sorry. Nothing.

Take out the USB, reboot and that just goes to a black screen.
No cursor. Nothing.


Change BIOS to boot from HD.
Same.

Will boot from USB into ubuntu

Ah yes.
The USB got left in from trying to grab the Acer system backup.
The USB was blank but...
Looks like it should not have been there.

Sorry but...

this is the latest report.



Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary:...