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December 6th, 2010 13:00
Linux Boot CD
First time on Dell's Forum. Have an Optiplex 960 with a seriously infected Operating System. Trying to boot to a Linux boot CD to salvage data from it. However, any Linux boot CD I try to load is failing/hanging after its initial loading process. This includes the latest/greatest CD's from both Knoppix and Ubuntu. Any suggestions?
osprey4
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December 6th, 2010 17:00
Hi Youngjcommunity,
Try your OS disc, just so you're using a disc I'm sure will boot that system.
ieee488
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December 7th, 2010 06:00
You don't need the latest and greatest Linux. I would suggest PuppyLinux 4.3.1. It even boots from USB. Very lightweight less than 100MB but enough to recover your data.
http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm