if you have a 2 gb usb thumbdrive and your pc can boot from usb, my recomendation is fedora live usb.
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Hmm. It seems various posters here advocate reinstalling your entire system. Uhg. Such overkill. That was usually the remedy that Windows users in the past resorted to for "solving" problems*. Linux users should not adopt such inane "remedies". But I digress.
As I said in my former post, try these things first:
If problems continue, then sure, reinstall Ubuntu (or another distro). Installing Ubuntu (or another distro) is not too difficult. _________ *Windows users now just go and buy a whole new computer when they've got an issue -- such a waste. |
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I think that the best suggestions so far are the ones that advocate going to the local LUG(s) for assistance. |
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Not so, especially if the person who installed the system may be the sort of person who would install a keystroke logger.
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I agree, with regards to the guy who originally installed this computer's OS, a clean install of (K)Ubuntu would be the quickest easiest and safest option alongside a visit or two to the local LUG. you will come out feeling like an expert!
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oh and try this: http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download.html
some good and easy reading material. |
Installing Linux isnt really that hard..If you stick with one of the distro's with training wheels.Like Ubuntu,OpenSuse,Mandrivia,PCLinux...If I can figure it out anyone can..According to my ex-girl friend..Im legally retarded..lol..
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While, in principle, I agree with all of you that hardening beats a reinstall, at this point in time the whole system is completely untrustworthy - it was installed by someone who may have reason to install an OS which is unsafe. The only way to restore confidence in the OS is for it to be reinstalled and the hardened.
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Sometimes its just easier and less of a headache to just erase the chalkboard and start from scratch...
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I agree with Stratotak, time wise you could have a working and most of all, clean system in less than an hour. let's not confuse (or even scare) a potential new linux user here and stick to basics.
moreover, we have been posting away here, I think we should wait and see what QueenMom has to say to all this. QueenMom, are you still with us? |
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windows on one half of the hard drive and ubuntu on another half but only one hard drive. and windows (because its not designed to) can't see uBuntu. And terminal is sorta the same thing as command line in windows. why doesnt windows work? (could it be ntldr is missing? uBuntu often screws up ntldr) |
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of course you need to take the proper steps before you start, defragmenting windows' system drive (C:\ mostly but not always) beforehand is a must if you are installing on the same physical drive and need to resize and repartition it. but we are deviating from the topic here.. |
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