Hi, Well, it's not possible to keep your machine(pc) working(fit) always....someday,sometime comes when you said "no way!!!" ;) So why don't you try TuxGuru ? More info : http://tuxguru.sourceforge.net/info.htm http://tuxguru.sourceforge.net Cheers, Devesh. ------------------------------ * TuxGuru's Rescue Tablet!!!* * (thetuxguru@gmail.com)* 1. Introduction 2. What's TuxGuru's Rescue Tablet? 3. How to download? 4. How to burn iso image? 5. How to use this bootable Cd? 6. Some Tips and Tricks :) ------------------------------ *1. Introduction* This project aims to make such Open Source modules or utilities (for Linux) by which any user can shoot any problem with or without having good technical knowledge/skills. *"I have been using Linux for a long time.I have faced so many technical problem and shoot those out. Again i faced more problems and resolved them. And again, I faced more problems. But at this stage, I found most of them are same problems and same repeated solutions for those. So this idea came in my mind, Shouldn't I make a troubleshooter. A troubleshooter which would be smart enough to resolve the problems based on some interaction between the user and the troubleshooter."* The Troubleshooter will work based on the answers given, and will present likely solutions & will ask further clarifying questions. *Naming :* TuxGuru = Tux + Guru o Tux symbolizes Linux (open source software) o Guru - a Hindi Word, which means 'Teacher' ( a person who understands the problems and suggests appropriate solutions) *2. What's TuxGuru's Rescue Tablet?* It is a part of the TuxGuru project.Tuxguru's Rescue tablet resolves many problems including Passwords,Grub,Backup,Recovery,Partition,Installations,etc. It is a mutli-bootable(dos/unix) disk having a large no. of trobleshooting scripts, softwares and packages.It is based on Fedora standard booting method and rescue environment, so can be used as 'Live' Cd. Moreover,it contains Hiren's BootCD 9.1 <http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd>and The All In One Boot Floppy <http://home.arcor.de/mschierlm/bootdisk/> which make this Rescue Tablet more 'powerful'. *3. How to download?* You can get TuxGuru's Rescue Tablet beta release from here.<http://tuxguru.sourceforge.net> *4. How to burn iso image?* Just download the iso image from the above mentioned link and use your favorite cd/dvd burner to burn this image. If you use Linux, can use : K3b <http://k3b.plainblack.com/> or Insert your cd/dvd in CD/DVD-ROM and type in terminal : * cdrecord -v -pad speed=1 dev=0,0,0 tuxguru-beta.iso * *5. How to use this bootable Cd?* After burning your CD/DVD, just insert into your CD/DVD-ROM and reboot your pc.You will see a menu as your pc will boot up,from there you can easily explore this Rescue Tablet.For more info,use its manual<#119a08ad8450c2c1_119a087253512d75_119a07e49d56070c_>(coming soon!!!). *6. Some Tips and Tricks :)* i) - If you want to recover your windows(admin) password. -- Boot your pc with this disk and choose Hiren's BootCd from menu.Go to sub-menu and choose password/registry changer and follow the instructions given on screen.It will reset your windows password. ii) - How to resolve any grub boot-loader problem or re-installation of Grub Boot Loader -- Boot your machine with this disk and choose *'Run TuxGuru's Rescue Disk'*and follow the instructions.It will leave you on terminal (#-prompt).Type *'tuxguru'* and choose *'Install BootLoader'* from the menu.Just wait for 4-5 Sec. and restart your machine with new Grub :). iii ) - How to change Linux Root Password? -- On the #-prompt, just type *'passwd'* ,it will ask you a new Root password,just enter and confirm your new Root password. *Contact me : * Send Feedback & bugs to - thetuxguru@gmail.com ------------------------------