Hi Nick Back up your valuable data before starting. If it's too unstable to backup, download a live distro, boot from that and backup then. While partition managers are much better these days, repartitioning is always something a person can mess up
Regards Derek -----Original Message----- From: peterboro-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:peterboro-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Nick Elks Sent: 13 September 2013 10:09 To: peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: [Peterboro] Help needed re-installing linux Hello Guys (and gals?) I am (relatively) new to Peterborough, and am having problems with linux installed on my laptop. Would someone be kind enough to come and help me sort it out? Have been using linux last four or five years and have tried various installs of Ubuntu and Arch on my Sony Vaio PCG-8Z1M. Up until recently it all worked fine, but the latest Ubuntu upgrade has left my system unstable. Not entirely sure if it is the OS or the hardware that is playing up. I have remnants of various installs on different partitions. Ideally I would like to wipe out all installs and start again from scratch.I am reasonably happy tinkering with settings, terminal or command-line, but just feeling a bit out of my depth with this situation, particularly when it comes to formatting partitions. I have some valuable data in one partition which I would rather not lose. I understand that you guys meet up once a month, and that might be a good time to come and get some advice. However, I have missed this months meet and would like to get this sorted before next meeting. If anyone is willing to help me out then please do let me know. I live just off Sugar Way in Peterborough. Nick _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
