Showing posts with label computer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computer. Show all posts
Monday, August 30, 2010
TV Tuner
My TV Tuner works half the time, literally. Every other time I turn on the computer the TV Tuner gives me a blank screen. Why? WHY?!!?
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Troubleshooting
I have Ubuntu and Windows installed on my old computer, and just for funsies I decided I would do two things:
1. Back up all my old documents on to an external harddrive.
2. Update Ubuntu to the latest distribution (9.04)
Unfortunately, I decided to update Ubuntu first. The update went fine, but when I rebooted my computer I couldn't boot up Windows. A startup file was missing. Turns out I left Windows in hibernation mode - bad idea. I started up Ubuntu to try and fix the problem from there, but Ubuntu won't let you access hibernated drives - or so it says.
I used the Windows recovery disk to fix the master boot record, but guess what that did? Now I couldn't boot Windows OR Ubuntu. I had to take out my trusty Super Grub Disk to repair the MBR. I was finally able to get back into Ubuntu, and it turns out you can enable access to hibernated disks.
Quick sidenote; it's absolutely asinine that you have to use the terminal to do anything useful in Ubuntu. This is why Linux is not catching on - everything should be accessible from a GUI. Also, if I'm the only user, I should have full privileges, I shouldn't need to be "root". There are all these levels of security that seem redundant and confusing.
Anyway, I somehow enable access to the harddisk and I'm able to drag the necessary file from the Windows CD on to the harddrive. So it only took about 4 hours, but thankfully I was able to update Ubuntu, back up my documents, and get full access back to Windows and Ubuntu.
1. Back up all my old documents on to an external harddrive.
2. Update Ubuntu to the latest distribution (9.04)
Unfortunately, I decided to update Ubuntu first. The update went fine, but when I rebooted my computer I couldn't boot up Windows. A startup file was missing. Turns out I left Windows in hibernation mode - bad idea. I started up Ubuntu to try and fix the problem from there, but Ubuntu won't let you access hibernated drives - or so it says.
I used the Windows recovery disk to fix the master boot record, but guess what that did? Now I couldn't boot Windows OR Ubuntu. I had to take out my trusty Super Grub Disk to repair the MBR. I was finally able to get back into Ubuntu, and it turns out you can enable access to hibernated disks.
Quick sidenote; it's absolutely asinine that you have to use the terminal to do anything useful in Ubuntu. This is why Linux is not catching on - everything should be accessible from a GUI. Also, if I'm the only user, I should have full privileges, I shouldn't need to be "root". There are all these levels of security that seem redundant and confusing.
Anyway, I somehow enable access to the harddisk and I'm able to drag the necessary file from the Windows CD on to the harddrive. So it only took about 4 hours, but thankfully I was able to update Ubuntu, back up my documents, and get full access back to Windows and Ubuntu.
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