repairtool.vze@ gmail.com said:
MooseFET said:
You can repair a XP computer for free in many cases
using a distrolike Puppy Linux that will run completely from the CD
and can read and write the NTFS disks.
Each time Linux saves Windoze's fragile butt
a penguin gets an anchovie.
The best case is to use "gparted" to image the drive
when you first get it working and keep that version.
From then on, you have a backup that you can use if all else fails.
gparted==GNU Partition Editor
A Quick Look... by Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier
http://www.linux.com/feature/53924
With a gratis and libre bootable Linux CD/thumbdrive,
Windoze users can avoid (payware) Partition Magic
and (payware) Norton Ghost.
You can avoid repairing the XP by upgrading to a modern OS that
doesn't mess its self up at the drop of a hat.
With deference to Vladimir, how can people resist crowing
when they have an OS that doesn't constantly crap itself?
Up until SuSE-11 I would have suggested SuSE
but they went to KDE 4 which is harder to use than KDE-3
so these days I'd say try a different one.
Linus Torvalds quit using Fedora
because they did the same stupid thing.
The KDE Team faced a chicken-and-egg thing.
They were in a bind: Until they made a formal release of v4,
app developers would continue to ignore v4.
KDE chose to release the Will-Eat-Your-Children KDE 4.0
followed by the Will-Still-Eat-Your-Children KDE 4.1.
Some incredibly stupid distro teams disregarded the warnings
that despite the numbering scheme **these are BETA versions**
and those bozos chose to replace KDE 3.5 with KDE 4.0/4.1.
KDE has released the finally-ready-for-prime-time KDE 4.2.
So, since January 27, 2009,
sudo apt-get update
will put the badness of the false start behind you.
Windoze users: KDE has even been ported to Windoze.
Tired of Windows Explorer?
http://www.google.com/search?q=define:Konqueror
http://www.google.com/search?q=define:Dolphin
Want a wider selection of apps?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_KDE_applications