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Definitely something to consider. I bookmarked those links. I can't justify rebuilding Windows and Ubuntu again and reinstalling software, drivers, etc. again when this could have been backed up! Go to work to learn. Don't go to work to earn.

Hi linney, Ultimately I decided to wipe everything clean and start over. Thanks for the helpful tips. Mike Go to work to learn. Don't go to work to earn.

title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-22-generic root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-22-generic root=UUID=52202b85-01b6-4a14-a13c-c673a4797e82 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic title Microsoft Windows XP Professional root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive...

Thanks for the reply, Ben (could you sense my desperation?). I have pretty much the exact same entry for my XP partition. Only thing I can think of is that when I bought this laptop a few years ago it had a small FAT32 partition for some backup process. Perhaps the installation encountered...

I have a Lenovo Z60m and a dual-boot environment. I have an NTFS partition (XP) on /dev/sda1, swap on /dev/sda2, and Ubuntu Hardy Heron on /dev/sda3. I recently downladed and installed the "ThinkVantage Maintenance Manager" (scrubbed XP a few months ago). One of the steps was it wanted me...

I hope this is the right section to post to ... I have a Lenovo Z60m and a dual-boot environment. I have an NTFS partition (XP) on /dev/sda1, swap on /dev/sda2, and Ubuntu Hardy Heron on /dev/sda3. I recently downladed and installed the "ThinkVantage Maintenance Manager" (scrubbed XP a few...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1006575 Guilty double-poster ..... I made the changes via the GParted utility. Thanks, Mike Go to work to learn. Don't go to work to earn.

I have a dual-boot environment (XP/Ubuntu 8). I recently removed my ntfs partition only to add it back later. Furthermore, I added more swap space and allotted more space to my linux partition. /dev/sda1 - ntfs /dev/sda2 - linux swap /dev/sda3 - ext3 I've been getting errors where Ubuntu...

Good advice- thanks! Go to work to learn. Don't go to work to earn.

Right on. Thanks again. Go to work to learn. Don't go to work to earn.

Ah yes. Much better! My only qualm is now my quick launch, system tray, and start button look fuzzy. I don't suppose there is a tweak for this as well. Thanks for your quick post. Go to work to learn. Don't go to work to earn.

I have a Lenovo Z60m. Its default resolution is 1680 x 1050. The video card is a ATI Mobility Radeon X600 Its becoming more and more of a hassle to work at this resolution and I prefer to work at 1280 x 800. When I change it to 1280 x 800; the display is rather fuzzy, It does not look crisp...

Hello, I am attempting a project similar to: WordsForYourWalls.com As you type a message, it displays in a Flash window with the particular font you specify. I would like to do something similar where a user can choose different fonts for their message. Are there any good resources out...

I found an appropriate answer (I'm new to pl/sql) When dealing with dynamic sql such as this, I used execute immediate: ...... BEGIN EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'SELECT ID ' || 'FROM DATA_' || IN_CUSTOMER_ID || '.THISTABLE@THISDBLINK ' || 'WHERE ........ ' Go to work to learn. Don't go to work to...

I am in the process of creating a procedure. In this procedure I need to access another database. The database that I want to select from is the parameter passed in (customer id). Each customer has their own database. Observe: ...... BEGIN SELECT ID INTO V_USE_ID FROM DATA_ ||...