Sorry brother. I'm running ubuntu's linux distro. I installed linux on another partition from windows (wubi installer) because I can't use cd (my cd-rom is bad) nor install from external harddisk(not supported by my compaq 610 intel celeron). Is there something I can do so that the partition holding...

Okay. This is pretty simple. I installed Linux from Windows OS. (Obviously,bootloader on Windows' partition.) Therefore, for me, "no windows, no linux". My DVD-ROM has a bad lens. I can't install Linux from it. I downloaded Gparted this morning and I am able to toggle boot flagt to the par...

I have an image file of gparted. Please do I have to make a CD bootable before I can use gparted on it? Or I can just burn the iso file on the empty CD and it becomes bootable?

You are way TOO CARING. You guys are astonishingly amazing. Thank you all. I'm new to puppy. That's why it was a lil bit hard to screw those things into my head. Well, since my laptop is down, I'll have to go to a cyber cafe and download the files this weekend (i'm kinda a busy guy weekdays). I'll l...

Please somebody should clear this out. It may seen stupid but just be nice on this: Is it wise to GUESS that testdisk and photorec will start from bios startup or they actually do? Thanks

Thanks for the link on testdisk, but can I boot testdisk from startup (because mbr seems to be no more)

What was originally on sda1? Windows?

Yeah. Windows. Windows 7. Are you suggesting that testdisk can be run from bios if i install it on a bootable usb flash!

Can I run testdisk from startup?

This seems to be a wrong post. I hope the moderators will do justice appropriately and notify us accordingly. I mistakenly did some dire stupid things on my hard disk. I'm sure that it can still be redeemed (with the little I know about partitions). I was trying to save a friends memory Card on my u...