RESTORE PUZZLE
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Tue Jun 17 20:37:53 UTC 2008
Michael Falkenburg wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> Well, I've finally made the plunge...using 8.04.
>
> So far a little bit of a learning curve, but that helps make it fun and
> interesting.
>
> Here's the puzzle:
>
> I have backup disks from a former XP box created using Nero. I'm pretty
> sure that there are some files (mostly OpenOffice ) on there that my
> wife needs.
>
> I would like to Restore what there is on the disks, but I'm not sure how
> to go about it...
>
> Do I need to install Nero (and how would I do that?), or is there an
> Ubuntu way to do this without trying to install Nero?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Michaelf
>
>
>
>
If you have room on your hard drive use the backup of windows to
load it in a new partition you made. Then using $sudo mount mount the
windows to Ubuntu and then cp the OO files you want to your Ubuntu.
Karl
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