A relative's Windows XP (NTFS) machine was accidentally reinstalled from a recovery partition. We need to recover as much as possible from this reformatted disk. [more inside]
posted by dmd on Dec 28, 2008 - 6 answers

Sony PCG-TR2A Recovery CD: My laptop was hosed by a SP2 install, and I want to restore to the factory defaults without paying for a recovery CD [more inside]
posted by shinynewnick on Aug 13, 2007 - 4 answers

How do I get Knoppix to read .doc files? [more inside]
posted by Danf on May 7, 2007 - 15 answers

Save my itunes playcounts and ratings! Damnable windows has crashed! [more inside]
posted by gergtreble on Jul 20, 2006 - 6 answers

How to rescue the data off a hard drive when the usual means don't work? Tried several previously-recommended recovery programs and am currently running a LiveCD, but none of it works. Lots more inside. [more inside]
posted by duende on Jun 10, 2006 - 5 answers

Knoppix won't let me delete or move files [MI] [more inside]
posted by Heminator on Jun 1, 2006 - 7 answers

My USB2 hard drive will only stay mounted if I keep accessing it. If I don't, within 5 hours or fewer, I can't access files on the drive or even do a directory listing. I can then unmount the HD, power cycle it, and it will mount again as if nothing had happened. If I keep accessing the disk, say by continuously playing an MP3 mix on it, the disk acts completely normal: uptime now (with MP3s playing) is something like 20 hours without the shadow of a problem. [more inside]
posted by rwhe on Apr 18, 2006 - 12 answers

I'm trying to burn the Knoppix 4.0 DVD ISO on my wife's second-hand Averatec Windows XP laptop. I have tried almost a dozen DVD burning programs without success. Most of them can't see there's a blank DVD in the drive. What's up? [more inside]
posted by rwhe on Jul 1, 2005 - 10 answers

So I saw the second episode by Kevin Rose on www.systm.org but they only seem to mention setting up your linux box with your "cable provider" without any mention of Dish or Direct TV....does anyone know whether Myth TV or specifically KnoppMyth will work with dish TV type providers?
posted by stevyb on Jun 15, 2005 - 6 answers

Um, oops.
So I changed my disk partition a bit, changing my big data drive to a 'logical' partition of the same file-type (without changing the start or endpoint of the partition), and now Windows isn't recognizing it... Is there a good way to undo this horrible thing? The data should definitely still be there - no actual formatting occurred, just a changing of the partition table. Is there a way to undo this?
posted by kaibutsu on Feb 13, 2005 - 3 answers

I picked up the latest version of knoppix, and since this being my first time using Linux, I love it. Something sparked in my mind, and I wanted to ask anybody if corporate hackers use knoppix to do work, then reboot to wipe any data? Is knoppix known to be evidence friendly? I am not asking if it is or not, I am asking if it is known to be.
posted by Keyser Soze on Jun 3, 2004 - 8 answers

Ok, I've blown up another hard drive...even knoppix can't help me get the data because the first few sectors are hosed and knoppix can't determine what the file structure is/was. Do anyone of you godlike system gurus have any suggestions that can help me pull data off this poor, corrupted drive?
posted by dejah420 on Jun 1, 2004 - 11 answers

Linux / XFree86 question: Where is the actual resolution that X selects by default defined? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by Jimbob on Jan 28, 2004 - 10 answers