Just an update.
I downloaded the boot rescue disk from the link and burned it on a DVD, just in case.
I turned off the PC, removed the Wndows XP hard drive, then turned on the computer.
No...
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Just an update.
I downloaded the boot rescue disk from the link and burned it on a DVD, just in case.
I turned off the PC, removed the Wndows XP hard drive, then turned on the computer.
No...
Laiquendi, NikTh, & kc1di,
Thank you for your replies, much appreciated.
I will read through those links very carefully before proceeding, just in case, and it can't hurt to burn a copy of the...
Hi all, I wanted to ask advice before proceeding, as Grub has wrecked an old hard drive of mine.
I have a 2 hard drive system, the 1st is ubuntu 12.04 (on a SATA 1TB), and the 2nd is Windows XP...
dentaku65 .....
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Your solution worked perfectly. I thought I'd lost the contents of the drive for good.
Again, thank you. :)
First off, thanks for the info on LXDE, vanquisedangel. I've never heard or tried it, but it sounds real good, so I'll look into it.
Now my choice .... Gnome 2. The obvious reason is, currently,...
Ok, I solved this one.
First off, I was wrong about the old ide 8.04 Ubuntu hard disk in "root"; root is part of the ubuntu directories, and I never noticed it. My mistake.
On the solution ......
Oh, sorry, I didn't mount "root" myself; I just saw it there. I may be mistaken, and "root" just be a part of the regular directories when ubuntu is installed.
Anyway, I'm a noob with linux. I...
Hi All,
I'm not sure if this is in the correct section, and I couldn't find a similar situation while searching ....
Situation: Old IDE Hard Disk with Ubuntu 8.04 and data inside slowly...
I'm using Opera 10.10 on Ubuntu 8.04, and this version of Opera freezes whenever I minimize(through double clicking) it to the Information(?) panel/bay ... the same bay that shows the status of the...
Thanks, nuir, that seems to be working! :cheers:
Thanks, I'll try that one out. I've also been getting the right click problems in firefox, and initially, I thought it was the mouse.
My temporary solution has been to install Firefox 2 from the...
Yopnono,
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Everything worked like a charm. :-D