"But then Linux is used in more hostile environments, this helpful (but naive) recovery services shall not be the default option." For his part, Marco says he proposed a fix that halts the boot ...

Hi everyone - <BR>I am trying to setup a Win2k / Linux (I am using RH6.2 for now, but want to switch to SuSE 7.2) machine on a single 40GB drive. The issue is that ...

When your PC stops booting, a boot drive is the electronic version of a defibrillator. If you can boot your PC, you can detect bad memory, chase bad sectors, change passwords, and recover data … all ...

Android (Rooted): Whether you're troubleshooting a problematic PC or you just prefer working in your own OS with your own tools, keeping a Linux boot CD or USB key is a great way to take a customized ...

Where did you install the boot manager (could be lilo or grub)? On the MBR or on the linux root partition? If it isn't on the master boot record then you can't boot linux without 1) a third party ...

Adding a second (or third or more!) hard drive to your computer is a great way to, well, give your computer more disk space. Ok, the concept is pretty logical but the process to make it work needs ...

Is it possible to write to an NTFS partition after booting a PC with a Linux boot disk? I have a PC with a corrupt ntldr file on the C: drive that won't boot into Windows. I started the machine with ...

When your computer fails to boot, it's really hard to see it as a learning opportunity rather than "an annoyance that's stopping me from getting my work done", especially if you weren't planning on ...

If you have used a computer for any reasonable length of time, you've learned about the difference between RAM storage and hard drive storage. Besides the fact that RAM is faster than hard drive ...