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Angelo5251 · Joined: 13 Aug 2006

Greetings,
I'm writing requesting some on-site (ie my apartment) help with my Linux system. Here's the deal: Let me first state I know jack about computers, I run Linux on my system as a matter of keeping pesky viruses and spyware off my system. I originally had a partitioned harddrive; one part Windows the other Linux. A friend of mine helped me install Fedora and everything was peachy. Flash-forward one year and my system clunked out. After paying a disgusting amount to save my Linux system's data files it comes back to me running this cruddy WowLinux (The Korean GNOME system), the scroll wheel not working on my mouse and no available codexes to run video files. Basically, I've got myself a really heavy mp3 player. Internet was installed and it works but the web browser programs that came with the system don't work. Mozilla won't come up when I press the icon and Gaeleon (sp?) wont respond when I press enter (ex. I go into Google and type a search, I can press enter all I want but it won't go anywhere). What I would like is for someone to come over and tell my computer to boot from my old Fedora-running hard drive where everything used to more or less work. Failing that, installing a GNOME CD burning program so I can burn my stuff off and re-install Fedora. I'm willing to pay in both cash and beer at an hourly rate or a per-job basis, scale negotiable. So, there's my problem. If you're a Linux geek who loves a challenge I'd really appreciate hearing from you.

Peace,
Angelo5251

jazblanc77 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004

I would take your system back to the tools who did the recovery, and get them to sort it out. Get them to back everything up to DVD disc, make a partition and put your files on it (you should have already been doing this), or buy an external usb harddrive and get them to put everything on there.

dbee · Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Location: korea

Angelo5251 · Joined: 13 Aug 2006

Thanks for the assistance, I will look into that. Was able to download Nero so everything's been burned off. Just a further question: How do I reinstall Fedora? I've got the CD's but when I put the disc in the CD drive and reboot it keeps booting the this lousy WowLinux. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

dbee · Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Location: korea

What cd's do you have ?

You'll need the .iso files to install the OS. And they'll need to be burned as .iso's, not normal cd data.

After that, you'll need to instruct your BIOS to boot from CDROM as opposed to from the harddrive. As you turn on your computer, you should be given an option about entering setup. Usually you have to press 'delete' or something like that.

Then go into your BIOS, find the section where it asks you where you'd like to boot from. Set CDROM to the first one. Then save & exit, slot in the Fedora disk and boot up again. This time it'll boot from CD.

donjart · Joined: 16 Jul 2006

aren't you glad you went with linux to avoid all those pesky windows problems?

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SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

After the hardware crash he would still have the same problem if he were trying to install windows. He would still have to change the boot sequence in his bios.

Linux is different tech but the tech level is the same. I used Amiga and Solaris before getting my first widows box in 89 or 90. Windows really sucked back then compared to the X window system so I installed linux just to get something close to the Solaris workstations.

I'm more comfortable with Linux but that doesn't mean it's higher tech or lower tech. I would argue fixing windows requires more tech because there is no access to the source code.

-Jeff