[Trainer-talk] Sighted Assistance for Computer Set-uP

[J.J. Meddaugh]

That's a good point and tip to keep in mind.
Thanks for the idea.

Best regards,
J.J.

On 3/7/2014 12:35 PM, Blaine Clark wrote:
> If you're looking for something that will help you recover files from a
> crashed system or try to do some system repair, You could check out a
> Vinux Live Load CD. I recovered files from a Win-7 system crash caused
> by a ruined Recovery attempt by a friend. It was on a laptop and the
> power went off all over town. The battery didn't last of course and the
> system was toasted when the Recovery was stopped by the loss of all
> power. I accessed the hard drive and copied files to a USB drive, gave
> one attempt to figure out how to use Linux tools to see if the system
> could be repaired but gave up on that, over my head. To use any type of
> Linux Live Load, the computer has to be set to boot from either optical
> or USB drive before the hard drive. On the other hand, if the hard drive
> won't boot then the computer will default to the other drives. You need
> to get into the BIOS to make boot order settings and that's still an
> unaccessible chore but most older computers will boot from peripherals
> first by default.
>
> This was my friend's first encounter with Vinux and she was so impressed
> listening to me browse her dead hard drive that latter on, she had me
> put it on her laptop alongside her Win-7 in a dual-boot set up.
>
> No Microsoft garbage used here, sent by a very satisfied Linux-Mint
> <http://www.linuxmint.com/> user (a former disgruntled Microsoft user).
> You could check out Vinux, Linux for the visually impaired
> <http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/>, and on FaceBook.
> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/vinux>
> This email and any attachments are not virus scanned either, that's up
> to you poor Microsoft users to deal with.
> I'd rather be a wild and wacky Linux Penguin than a docile,
> domesticated, Microsoft sheep.
>
>
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