[xubuntu-users] Help requested

[jr]

On 31/12/11 02:30, Jan Chandler wrote:
> --- On Fri, 12/30/11, jr<creature.eternal at gmail.com>  wrote:
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> From: jr<creature.eternal at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Help requested
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Friday, December 30, 2011, 8:11 PM
>
> On 31/12/11 01:42, Jan Chandler wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I installed Ubuntu, didn't care for Unity and started experimenting with
>> desktops. Can't stand bouncy, fancy or cute so I settled on xUbuntu, but
>> here is the thing, it now hangs on load.
>>
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> if you've little or no personal data on the machine, back up /home and
> do a clean install of Xubuntu, probably easiest.
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> Hi jr,
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> A fresh install. Mind if I shriek?
>

;)

> Normally, I use a flash disk to store data, so there is relatively little on the hard drive. I was able to boot with a mint thumb and retrieve the half-dozen documents in the Home folder. I'm also running some sort of disk checker and it is reporting some errors.
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> I suppose starting over isn't really so bad, it'll get rid of all that kde crap, but I will have to download a copy of xubuntu. I'm not a super tech, especially with Linux. Any advice on how to do a new install over a bad one?
>

no, simply inserting the cd and running the install should do it 
(double-check when choosing the partition(s), lest you trash your XP)

good luck.

> Thanks,
> Jan
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jr.