Posts by pegazuz

Quote: Originally Posted by Cybermind copy your pics to the acerdata partition, then do a erecovery alt-f10. I finally got around to doing this. also put them on an external just in case but everything on d:...

Quote: Originally Posted by kevineugenius Well, now that I know for certain Linux isn't the problem, this is likely in the wrong section. I wiped the whole HD down to zeroes using killdisk, and upon booting from the...

Quote: Originally Posted by LeeUnd Yes, I did install it. Although I installed Ubuntu. The only problem I have had is getting it to sync with my Palm but I understand that is a problem with v6.06 Not a big deal....

Quote: Originally Posted by Juparis Forgive me everyone, I'm about as n00bish as they get, especially when it comes to Linux. Ok, here I go: So which Linux distro is the best? Perhaps that is poorly worded. More...

Quote: Originally Posted by abf one day i just converted my dad's computer from Win2K to Ubuntu... he did notice the change but the complaints stopped in a week. its just that much more intuitive and user-friendly...

Quote: Originally Posted by kevineugenius Scenario: bought a shuttle PC from a guy of good reputation, so I'm sure it's workable. He installed Ubuntu linux (which I know .0001% about) and it boots to ubuntu just fine....

Quote: Originally Posted by abf do an lspci so we can get the details on your chips. some work, others don't. i will say there is a 80% change of it NOT WORKING I got same problem on my Acer 5102. I got a...

Quote: Originally Posted by LeeUnd Thanks, I'm going for it. ;-> Did you install Linux on your laptop? I am running Kubuntu on my Acer 5102 from an external hard drive. Generally I like it but there...

Quote: Originally Posted by Evaders99 I believe the Acer eRecovery program saves the first (C drive) partition. It is should not affect any data on the other paritions. (Though I've not seen the one with three...

I have some pix and documents on the data portion of the hard drive of my Acer 5102WLMi. What happens to these If I restore it to its original new condition. My drive is still in the three partitions as it came from Acer. I am...