Simple, use Acronis True Image backup. You simply boot from an Acronis Boot
CD into Linux and backup the entire hard disk image to a USB drive.
Chris
"lily325" <lily325.34k1y4@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> Last friday,my sister was using the computer,she had just opened a game
> and the computer crashed,there was no way to shut it down or restart
> it...we waited for a while and since it didnt work we had to push the
> start button,after it restarted it showed the message that gives you the
> safemode options and the normal option,I chose normal,it started
> fine,until it showed the welcome center,the one where all the options
> are as well as the antivirus then it crashed again
>
> I pushed the button one more time and then I started it in safemode,it
> went perfect,I ran antivirus and it found nothing,so I went back to
> normal mode,but it crashed...pushed the button again and then I got the
> "startup files damaged" screen and supposedly it fixed them,but it
> crashed again...
>
> I decided to go into safemode and restore it to the day
> before,everything went fine,but it crashed again after restarting..
>
> so far,itīs been through the "startup damaged files fixing" numerous
> times and I have restored it to previous points twice...
>
> yesterday,after one of many tries,it restarted fine and my sister even
> managed to burn a files backup cd...then it crashed!
>
> weird thing is we didnt install anything,no software,no hardware,the
> last software had been installed about 10 days ago and wasnt even
> running at the moment of the crash...
>
> I guess I will just have to return it to the original
> configuration...thatīs the advice I got from hp customer helpers...but
> thing is,there is still a lot of stuff I need to backup,I tried to do it
> in safe mode,but when I open the cd burner software,roxio,it tells me
> the drives are unavailable...someone told me that happens in
> safemode...so...
>
> how do I backup in safe mode?? is it possible??
>
> I did ask the hp guy and he told me he couldnt give me information
> about backup because basically they are not responsible for file
> backup....
>
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> lily325
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