Well Hello again..I am inspired to write another blog moment. Today, I was working on a clients computer, and they lost communication and activity to their Window Vista Machine. They knew my wife, and of course my wife told them maybe I can get them back in order. First thing I notice about the machine, that it was moving slowly on performance wise… so I suspect it was probably some kind of malware or spyware causing the issue(but for the sake of this blog, I’m not going to tell the whole story). Even after a bit rebooting in safe mode, it was very slow bringing the desktop up. They told me, do what I can to get the machine back in working order; they also wanted their data backup as well. I told them to get an external USB drive to help in the backup process. I was very excited they took my and wife advice and they got a ” Free-agent Go-FLex Seagate external USB drive”. This Drive is awesome… I believe I need to get me one. They got a 500GB drive, but it’s works well for quick backups. Well since their machine hanged even in safe mode, it was time to bring out the Linux Integration, using “PCLinux OS” Live CD, I managed to backup their data. Proving once again Linux will save the day, when there’s a windows issue. Well… this concludes this blog moment for now, always remember, it’s just my 2 cents.
Very good. I'm glad you got it sorted out and yes, Linux came to the rescue...
ReplyDeleteI also keep this in my tools when working on Windows computers.
http://professional.avira-update.com/package/rescue_system/common/en/rescue_system-common-en.exe
It's Avira antivirus software ran on a linux livecd that will update the virus database as long as the computer has net access.