Sean_G Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 well my computer got messed up from a sp1 update and now it doesnt boot. i used a system rescue cd and i got rid of the bsod but now i got another problem. my startup repair doesnt detect anything wrong but it still doesnt start up. so i tried to go to a pre sp1 restore point and it goes well until "finalizing file restore..." and it just hangs there. it has not made progress in the last 20 hours. anyone know whats goin on? thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Is it an option to format and do a clean install? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_G Posted August 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 well not really. my sister really wants to save her pics of her baby. i heard there is a way to get them on to an external hd with a live linux cd, i assume like system rescue cd, but im not sure on how to do that. the startup repair doesnt do squat, says it fixes something but ends up going to a black error screen... not sure what to do... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 I think you may have to get those pictures off then format. Using Linux can be very easy. You will need to download a cd image from Here. Then you will need to burn it to a cd using the option, "burn as an image". You also need an external drive formatted as FAT. You may be able to use a external drive formatted as NTFS, but I am not sure what the Ubuntu support for that is.Once you have all of your stuff(external drive and linux), plug in your USB drive, then boot from the linux CD. Once Linux is running, you should be able to drag your files(just like with windows) from the computer to the external drive. You may run into a few hiccups, if you do, we can help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_G Posted August 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 dang, i only have the system rescue cd. guess im gonna have to go to my friends house and burn that one. im not gonna be able to do it for a few days so ill report back when i finish. thanks for your help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 The cool part is this Linux Cd contains the web browser Firefox. Depending on your internet connection, You may be able to web surf while working on your data recovery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_G Posted August 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 haha thats awesome. i have a 100 mbps connection on my computer. been having to use my phones internet for my research so its pretty slow and limited. hopefully all will work well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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