Comments on: Use Ubuntu Live CD to Backup Files from Your Dead Windows Computer

By: Antonhy

Antonhy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:35:04 +0000

I wasted several hours trying this with 8xx and the latest versions and I did not get the option to “install without updating my disk” . any one have ideas?

By: Apis4

Apis4 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:36:58 +0000

Alrighty, now I found this, and it saved my girls lappy. Awesome stuff. She got all her thingymebobsits.

But, strooth, we are not computer people, she uses her for picture and music and movies, I use mine for p*rn, video games and virtual grids like second life stuff and what not. Still we both understood this and made it work. Neither of understands any of these discussion comments though, so I have a Q. We didnt keep her XP CD, its lost somewhere, maybe a couple of years gone, should be evident that you keep it, but as I said, not PC ppl. Can we, since we dont have an XP CD, use Unbuntu to access all the XP System files and Hardware files and directory things, to fix the Blue Death screen business which precipitated the need for us to go down this path? Or can we confidently just run Ubuntu on the lappy now, ignoring all the old dogey XP stuff? or can we access XP and delete it ALL now, and still keep allthe other files and stuff.. so that she still has her games anf net and what not, just running it ona Linux OS having killed, as horrifically and viley as possible to teach it a lesson, the Microsoft XP bastard demon of hell?

By: Han

Han — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:13:01 +0000

Ubuntu doesn’t show my windows harddrive in the Places/Computers directory…help!

By: Rennie

Rennie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:26:30 +0000

YOU ARE AMAZING!!! I dont know much about computers, but your directions were perfect. I was quoted $1800 to have all my documents/pictures restored after my Dell XPS 1330 crashed last month….I’ve restored everything for free!!! THANK YOU!!!

By: mohan

mohan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:04:45 +0000

Thanks man. This really really helped.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:14:33 +0000

Fantastic step-by-step guide. I spent several hours on the web searching for a solution to my XP problem (a ‘mup.sys hang’ that seems very common and seems very tough to resolve).

This live CD got everything up and running in minutes. I’ll recommend it to everyone!

By: Man

Man — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:21:55 +0000

Great Article!!
I was wondering if I can install Ubuntu on a USB Flash drive and use it to boot my laptop?

I don’t have access to any other CD/DVD writer. My laptop does give me an option to boot from USB drive.

Any pointers on this will be of great help.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:27:09 +0000

Pretty straight forward. Although detail would be nice. Awesome overall. Thanks, helped me a lot (:

By: Brewster

Brewster — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:12:02 +0000

Linux Mint is Ubuntu based but a lot more friendly for Windows converts.
l have tried several distos for 12 months but always end up back with Mint.

By: Ike Dyson

Ike Dyson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:18:55 +0000

Imagine I did all of this (backed up all my files) last week, using Ubuntu, and discovered this article after the fact. I have quit Windows. To hell with them. Ubuntu is fine by me. Okay, I have software peculiar to XP for video editing, but I’ll get by. I still have XP on an older PC anyway.

But my BIOS went, and only two weeks after I installed more RAM! Bastard machine. But XP will no longer load, yet Ubuntu works like a dream. Originally, I was only to use Ubuntu for backup, and then re-install XP, but with the BIOS gone, and with it being a soldered on BIOS, I have given up on loading XP. I’ll just have to load all the software I can get for Ubuntu.

But I cannot beat Ubuntu at chess unless it’s set on “easy”!