[lug] OT but desperate (win 98 won't boot)

[Laurent LeThuaut]

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- --- Ben Luey wrote:
> This is totally off topic, but I'm desparte -- I destored a
friend's
> windows '98 computer:
> 

When your frustration level gets to the point that you're ready to
give up on re-installing 98 and still want to access your precious
data, try this alternate solution:

1- Grab a bootable Linux CD or burn an iso Gentoo stage 1
(gentoo.org)
2- Boot from CD
3- insmod your eth0 module (follow the gentoo stage 1 instructions)
4- mount FAT /dev/hda1 (assuming what you want to save is on 1st
IDE)
5- ftp important files to a reliable machine -- a Linux server ;)

SEE ALSO:

* Linux is a great Windows recovery tool (archived discussion on
newsforge):
http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/08/02/2127231.shtml?tid=23

* bootable Linux CDs see:
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Distributions/Live_CD/


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