Can you boot it from a SysRescCD?

Post #307,195 by Another Scott 4/12/09 11:04:34 AM Reply	Can you boot it from a SysRescCD? CloneZilla-SysRescCD has worked well for me. It's got lots of options and recovery tools. http://clonezilla-sysresccd.hellug.gr/ Good luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #307,233 by static 4/12/09 7:30:18 PM Reply	The optical drive has other issues... I tried booting from the CD I installed from and it won't see it. It's been dying for months; I think the laser diode has lost output. Wade. "Ah -- I take it the doorbell doesn't work?"
Post #307,235 by Another Scott 4/12/09 7:50:25 PM Reply	Will it boot from USB? There's instructions for USB booting: http://clonezilla-sy...ellug.gr/usb.html I'm having no luck in trying to find the right terms for a Google search for the error. If you can't get things going fairly easily, it might help to post more about the error and your hardware so that we can winnow things down a bit more. Good luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #307,238 by static 4/12/09 8:03:58 PM Reply	I rather doubt it. CPU is an Athlon 1800. On-board USB is 1.1. I do have another optical drive, actually, but it's just a CD-RW drive, not a DVD-RW. I think I kinda need to start again with this PC, actually. It's had problems all it's life. There's a PCI slot that I marked as unreliable years ago, for instance, after months of fighting with a sound card. Wade. "Ah -- I take it the doorbell doesn't work?"
Post #307,246 by Another Scott 4/12/09 10:06:52 PM Reply	That's rough. I think what I'd try to do in that situation is remove the drive from that PC and use an IDE/SATA to USB converter to connect it to another PC. Then use fsck and ddrescue or similar tools to try to repair it and/or get the important information off it. Then you could take your time in deciding what to do about the temperamental hardware. Good luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #307,247 by static 4/12/09 10:15:28 PM Reply	Step 1. Buy another PC. :-/ Well, it still boots to Windows off the other hard drive, so I'll go back to that. Wade. "Ah -- I take it the doorbell doesn't work?"

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