[ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

[Rob Beard]

On 05/03/2009 11:51, Rowan wrote:
> Hello again, people.
>
> It seems, after many emails back&  forth, that the partially-installed
> updates really screwed up a lot of things in the
> Ubuntu-plus-applications installation originally shipped to me, so I
> want to run the restore disc, which is supposed to restore all of these.
> It doesn't simply run on load, though : when I loaded it, I found myself
> looking at a desktop DVD-R icon labeled SLAX, and double-clicking or
> right-clicking on that just shows me the contents of the SLAX file
> browser, which are two folders named "base_fs" and "boot", and inside
> those are subfolders, and so on. Is this familiar, and if so, can anyone
> tell me the procedure to run the restore, please?
>
> If not, again, I can email the engineers at the firm that supplied it.
>
> Rowan
>
>    
Have you tried restarting the laptop when the disc is in the drive?  
Sounds to me like it will boot from the disc and with any luck give you 
the option restore the original installation of Ubuntu.

Sorry I can't be much more help than that, I think a lot of people 
usually install from an Ubuntu Live CD or alternative CD which provides 
a fresh install every time.  It sounds like this restore disc you have 
received is specific to the supplier of the laptop.

Rob