Digit Saved My Day
This should go in the Feedback section may be, but i couldn't decide where else to post so i posted this here.
The Linux Mint Live CD in the January issue saved my day!
I had gone to check a computer which has showing a file missing error and windows xp was not starting. I fixed that machine and told the girl who was using that machine to start moving her files from the C: drive as it was almost full.
Next day i got a call, telling me that 'ntldr' is missing error has started in that machine. i had to ask her whether she had moved the files. guess what she said, she moved all files in C: except the Documents and Settings, Windows, and Program Files to D:
I didn't want to reinstall WinXP as the machine was bought in 2003 and had shown ACPI problems when i had tried the last time. I just inserted the Mint Live CD, and prayed that it allows me to move the files back to C: drive.
To my delight, i found that Mint directly loads the local file-systems in R/W mode even in GUI mode. earlier using Ubuntu Live CD i had to go to console and do su every time to copy and delete files. I had to copy 'ntldr' and the other system files back to C: drive and the machine was booting Win XP again!
Thanx Digit for including Mint Live CD in the January issue!