--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Robert C Wittig <wittig.robert@...> wrote:
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> Joan Leach wrote:
> > Hello All,
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> > This is for a friend's Toshiba laptop WinXP + PcLinuxOS LXDE 2009
> > install, I know the tools for the Window's side, but I'm trying to
> > figure out the Un-Shadow, word list, and if Tom's is the way to go.
> > I think I have a Backdoor Live CD, but I haven't used it yet, and
> > would feel better trying it out on a test PC instead of his laptop.
> >
> > Or should I just use Puppy and copy off what he hasn't backed up, and
> > redo his Linux install again?
> >
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> Whenever I do any work on another person's machine, transferring a copy
> of their /home directory (or the Windows equivalent) to another machine
> (or CD's, DVD's, HD or other storage device, it the first thing I do...
> unless the owner of the machine tells me explicitly, to discard their data.
>
> Puppy Linux is good. I just recently burned a Puppy CD for a client
> whose Windows XP install had gone south... Registry irrecoverably
> trashed... and I was extremely happy with Puppy, overall.
>
> It runs well, right off the CD, it found the HD partitions without any
> problem at all, and it found my LAN w/o any trouble, permitting me to
> transfer the clients files to another machine.
>
> It runs so well off the CD, that the client has not bothered to even
> install Puppy onto the HD.
>
> I burned it just to use for a repair CD, but from my brief experience, I
> think it might actually work out well on my laptop. I already have 3
> distros installed on the laptop, so I would probably just run it from
> the CD.
>
Based on your experience, Robert, is Puppy better than Knoppix for such tasks?
Mark
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