I am having problems making a persistent installation of Ubuntu on a usb thumb drive. [more inside]
posted by tip120 on Jul 22, 2008 - 3 answers

My fantastically unstable IBM T42 (which is on it's 3rd, soon to be 4th, life) died a little while ago, no longer booting into Ubuntu. However, it loves to boot into Windows. How do I nuke both? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Jul 11, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm after a bootable antivirus CD to scan a Windows XP computer. It must be fast, update-able and easy to use. [more inside]
posted by joshnunn on Feb 27, 2008 - 8 answers

I was attempting to resize the partitions on my laptop when accidentally my laptop shut down and now I can't boot back into windows. [more inside]
posted by sk381 on Apr 4, 2007 - 10 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

I'm looking for a (preferably) linux based livecd with read and write support for sun UFS. [more inside]
posted by Matt Oneiros on Mar 27, 2006 - 7 answers

Given that: 1. I'm a Mac type; 2. I have and want to try out an Ubuntu linux live CD on my home's extra Dell desktop; 3. I don't want to try and figure out the syntax for the startup settings file... [more inside]
posted by docgonzo on Nov 24, 2005 - 9 answers

Are there any Live CDs for ripping/encoding DVDs (movies)? [more inside]
posted by kchristidis on Nov 7, 2005 - 4 answers