Live linux cd for a gateway 64- bit/32bit computer

[Christopher Chan]

> Sorry Bob and Christopher, i didn't give you all the facts but that is
> on account of my limited knowledge.
> The system is Vista 64 bit. We have windows vista and opensuse on the
> same hard drive. Vista crashed( because the backup section reached it's
> limit, or so it seems., therefore, I think, I can't get into windows to
> locate and copy.
> What I did : I used a Linux mint and qtparted to look at the hard drive.
>
> On the hard drive we have as follows "according to qtparted"
> partition size used space start end recovery
> 1 /dev/sda1 ntfs 15.54 gb N/A .o3 mb 15.54 recovery
> 2 /dev/sda2 nfts 115.55 gb 37 gb 15.54 gb
>
> This indicates that the recovery part is full, my guess is that vista
> will not work unless there is space for backup.

??? Vista most probably boots off sda2 and does not need anything from 
sda1...but then who knows what idiotic stuff the manufacturer put in.


> (The rest of the drive is filled up with opensuse, linux mint etc)
> My guess is that if we could increase sda1 to resolve that problem, but
> how? Vista sda2 sits right smack against it.

Do you first see grub on boot up? If not, hit F8 before Vista starts to 
boot for safe mode or something to find out why Vista won't boot. That's 
your problem right, Vista won't boot?


> You might wonder why bother with this window problem, this is not
> opensuse, well, when I upgrade suse and it is time to do so, I might
> lose it all. Appreciate y'all patience John H
>
>

What do you want to achieve here? Recover Vista or recover files?