[HLUG] info for a newbie!

[Ann]

You could try installing Plop so you can boot from a live usb, if you 
look on youtube there are several clips on how to do this. This tool 
works if you do not have bootable usb ports on your machine, you have to 
burn it onto a cd or dvd.
Ann

On 09/12/15 12:37, Pete wrote:
> Hi John,
> First things first; can you boot the machine from a live disk ?
> If you can, download and burn the rescue CD from
>
> http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage
>
> What happens next depends on your unique circumstances, but this is 
> the tool you need.
> MtG
> Pete H@
>
> On 08/12/15 19:57, john clutterbuck wrote:
>> Hi Guys and Gals, Deep in cyber doodoo yet again, I must stop fidlin. 
>> I have removed windows from my sons computer and installed ubuntu 
>> 15.4, Great
>> Next job to do the same with my newly acquired Dell 745 Optiplex, 
>> Phuut, tried to load twice, got well on the way and failed. OK reset 
>> the BIOS, zilch, did a few hours Googlin! double zilch. I now 
>> question if the partitions are OK, when i nuked Windows Vista with 
>> Hiren"s boot did i upset the thingy me do daas?
>> Any thoughts on how to solving my troubles would be much appreciated 
>> as at my age i am now loosing brain cells faster than i am learning.
>>
>> Merry Christmas to one and all, Smiles John C.
>>
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