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Will Kemp wrote:
> gary wrote:
> 
>> it does say something about the root password and a disk error (fail)
> 
> If it asks for the root password that's a good sign - it means the hard 
> drive isn't completely dead. With a bit of luck, following Zebee's 
> instructions and running fsck will fix it.
> 
> How did it get like that in the first place though? What happened 
> immediately before you had that problem? Back in the bad old days i used 
> to see that sort of thing a fair bit if the computer was powered off 
> while it was running, rather than being shut down properly - but, thanks 
> to the ext3 file system, i haven't seen it for years. Ext3 seems to 
> manage to fix that stuff on its own (touch wood!).
> 
>> so should i hit delete to get the bios thing up and go from there or 
>> should i try to save my stuff onto a cd  while using the live cd then 
>> re install Ubuntu?
> 
> Definitely use the live CD to save your files if you can. If you can do 
> that, then the hard drive is probably fixable, so fsck should sort out 
> the problem, with a bit of luck.
> 
>> If so how would i get my email addresses etc from evolution mail?
> 
> Evolution keeps its mail folders and configuration files in a directory 
> called .evolution in your home directory. Note the dot at the beginning 
> of the file name - it's important. The dot also means that file probably 
> won't show up in the file browser window (i.e., when you open your home 
> directory). But there should be an option to "Show hidden files" in the 
> "View" menu at the top of the file browser window. That will show you a 
> whole load of files and directories with names starting with a dot.
> 
> Copy .evolution onto a CD or whatever. An external hard drive is a good 
> idea for this, although they're normally formatted for windows and 
> you'll have trouble with some of the file names in the .evolution 
> directory. You may have trouble with that with a CD too. Give it a try 
> and, if there's any error messages, post them here. I could tell you how 
> to avoid them, but you may not need to - and if you don't need to, you 
> don't want to know that at this stage!
> 
> Even better than just copying .evolution, copy everything in your home 
> directory.
> 
> 
> 
thanks Will i think i am going to be busy i have no idea why it played 
up it just did? maybe dust as bob said will try that as well not really 
sure what home directory is but i think it is places computer or places 
home folder will try these anyway thanks for all your help again


Gary