parted magic

[marcobennetto]

hi guys need a bit of help here.

if say my OS failed is there a way to repair it with parted magic ?

how do i backup data like my documents using parted magic if i have to do a clean install ?

are there any better ways of doing things ?

 

[XOR != OR]

Back up a bit, explain the situation more. All I've got from your post is that you have a computer and it's not bootable.

 

[marcobennetto]

LOL.. yeh sorry m8

just a scenario i am curious on how to use parted magic.

let say the OS is not bootable

how do i copy or repair it using parted magic ?

 

[xenios]

does not compute. Parted magic is for editing partition tables. If your os does not boot the last thing you would ever want to use would be parted magic.

 

[marcobennetto]

say if i was a pc tech who went to someones house to repair there pc that would not bootup how would i go about repairing it with the ultimate boot cd ?

what programs on the cd would i need to use to try to repair the OS ?

 

[XOR != OR]

Well, the first thing to do is to get a full backup of the drive before you perform any writes to the device. Next would be to boot in to windows off of a recovery CD and restore the mbr. Then proceed to a full file system scan and go on from there.

There are about a hundred different issues that a failed boot could represent.

 

[DeaconFrost]

I'm still not sure why you'd be trying to repair a Windows issue with a PartedMagic CD. You would need the OS disc to run a repair.

 

[Stoly]

I'm still not sure why you'd be trying to repair a Windows issue with a PartedMagic CD. You would need the OS disc to run a repair.

Probably because he has no idea what he is doing.

Partedmagic is not for repairing nor recovering partitions.

It can give you access to a non booting hd but it won't fix it.