sunbound
May 1st, 2009, 06:43 PM
I recently put my linux PC back into my rach after it being pulled out for a few months. After booting, it let me know that their was an upgrade available. I opted for the automated upgrade, (didnt even think about backing it up. After it started to download, i walked away for a few hours, came back and found a frozen desktop... but it was like the resolution was way off, and i couldnt do anything.
I manually re-booted the PC, and now it wont even load.
It will post, but shortly after, all i see is a blinking curser at the top left of the moniter. Ive let it sit for a few hours to see if it would load, and nothing.
I would glady do a fresh install, but i would like to keep most of the files I have on the messed up install.
I have the new 9.04, not sure what the old version was, but it was current a few months ago.
I would love to be able to just copy everything on the hard drive to my external NTFS drive, but im new to this, and dont know how to get that far. I've tried a few things, but they havnt worked so far.
If i could either copy everything to my external HDD, or somehow just repair the install I have so its usable, then copy the stuff over myself...
any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jon
I manually re-booted the PC, and now it wont even load.
It will post, but shortly after, all i see is a blinking curser at the top left of the moniter. Ive let it sit for a few hours to see if it would load, and nothing.
I would glady do a fresh install, but i would like to keep most of the files I have on the messed up install.
I have the new 9.04, not sure what the old version was, but it was current a few months ago.
I would love to be able to just copy everything on the hard drive to my external NTFS drive, but im new to this, and dont know how to get that far. I've tried a few things, but they havnt worked so far.
If i could either copy everything to my external HDD, or somehow just repair the install I have so its usable, then copy the stuff over myself...
any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jon