I am going to spend another 10 years with my computer and I hope they will be around then. Cos at that age i don't know whether I can learn another OS again.

If Google cannot find it than no one can.

I try Ubuntu 8.10 which I come from a book I bought and I love it. Easy to install and use. But I have to test it on an older computer which had been lying in my store for some time. So I thought I...

I was impress when i first install 8.10 early this year than to 9.04 and now 9.10. It just like a over year compare to 8.10 and the improvement is awesome.

I think more info will be helpful to help you. Like error message or what media drive you are using, is it DVD RW, CD RW or some optical drive media.

No need to pound. Just put your finger on the F8 key and start your computer. This way it definitely will not miss.

Try several Distro and see which one work best for you and stick to that. Thats how I settled with Ubuntu and its work great on my 7 years old notebook. Take a look at this website...

Yeah I did that. Thought it is the battery but all the same "Error in checksum". I did format the hard disk and reinstall Window. Now the Window boot up fine but I think the motherboard timer chip...

Yeah. Try that but can't repair. It have to be a total reinstall of Window XP. I guess I have to format and install to see whether its hardware problem. Thanks.

CMOS error. Press F1 for default setting and Del for setup after the PC is off for more the 8 hours. The motherboard is about 3 years old. Dual core CPU with 512MB RAM. Power supply is 300 watt. It...

In Ubuntu I use Totem movie player that come by default. I just click a any .avi file and the OS search for the file libraries and just add to the player. I am sure it is similar to Fedora. Shouldn't...

I try to repair the Window but it won't allow to repair but instead it ask to reinstall that means format the whole hard disk. Maybe thats the last resort like it or not. Before I forget I also...

It boot to Safe mode, Last best known configuration, thats works, Normal Boot and so forth. I already check the PSU and it is of the same wattage but I will double check again to make sure. Thanks...

As long as I got use from my Window XP PC I will not change and beside I had another notebook running Ubuntu Linux latest 9.10 Karmic Koala and I am very impress by its performance and ease of use...

I am quite new to Linux. But I have tested several Distro and certainly put Ubuntu in my top list and now with the new release 9.10 Karmic Koala. I must say its one of the best.

Well you can go to Add/Remove software and choose third party source and download Adobe Flash. That what I did and its work fine but I am not using dual boot on my computer. Anyway I upgraded to 9.10...

Well the old power supply unit burn so I change a new one with the exact wattage. No different than the old one. usually it just unplug and plug in kind of thing. I done it before a number of time....

I just change my computer power supply recently. Since than it keep restarting everytime I switch on. I know I can reformat the whole hard disk and start all over again. But I hate doing that since...

I been with Microsoft for almost 20 years now from DOS to now Windows and the product keep improving. But sadly everytime there is a new software you need to upgrade the hardware just to take...

This look like a hardware problem. if it still under warranty, the it back to the vendor. If you can check the memory and see.

Since I use Linux. My PC with Window was struck by virus twice in 3 months and my Linux PC has none so far. Hope it stay that way.

After a long pause I did try your method and it works. Thank for saving my time. If not I have to spend reformat and reinstall all over again.

Maybe try different graphic with 1GB RAM. Like ATI 4870 if your PC has the slot.

Normally when buying a new computer like Dell, Compaq, Acer etc. It will definitely come with a Window CD and PC drivers. Unless you buy a clone and they did not give you the CD which you already pay...

Its seems they still do not have a complete enterprise solution despite their size.

I think this is my last attempt. If it still doesn't work. I will reformat the whole thing. Damn!!!

Thanks!

Now my drive is working fine but another problem comes out. When I double click my folder and sub-folder it goes into search file. Again I have to right click my mouse and open my folders. Now I need...

No. I don't think it work. It doesn't go through any installation. It just come out a dialogue box that show all the drives. But when I double click the drives nothing happen. But anyway I will try...

For newbie like me. Ubuntu 9.04 is user friendly. The software packages is easily available through their Synaptic packages. Thats where I install my Wine. The whole thing is cool. Highly recommended.

I only have 1 physical 80GB SATA hard disk partition into C: and D: with 40GB each. I thought of reformat the whole thing but the pain of reinstalling those software that put me off.

I just clean my Window XP from virus threat but now I couldn't access my C: and D: drives like before. Even my pen drive also affected. Instead of double clicking the drives icon I have to right my...

I downloaded Clam AV from Ubuntu repo. Its not about fear of getting virus just a precaution. You never know.

I just upgrade to Firefox 3.5.4 cos it claim to browser faster. But as it turn out to be Shiretoko. Is it a Beta version? Appearance and features is the same. No problem so far just curious.

Thanks. Its been awhile I have not touch the command line since the DOS days and that is MS DOS when Window 3.0 was launch. So I prefer the GUI type but I like to dabble with the command line once in...

Thanks for the advice but how to do that. Sorry for the trouble cos I am a newbie. Only use Ubuntu 9.04 for a couple of month now and I like it except for this few annoying error messages.

I seem to get software corrupt when doing upgrade. Like the one below.

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Why is this happening? Is there anything I can do to solve this or prevent this from happening again?

I think I got it. Thanks.

I did this on my terminal. Hope I did it right.

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Is there anything else I should do? Did I miss out something?

Appreciate to anyone who can help.

This is another one from the update manager.

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Appreciate anyone who can help. Linux newbie.

I try to upload the screen shot of the error. I hope I did that right.

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It actually Adobe flash plugin. It keep on giving error and the synaptic manager show broken dependencies and i can...