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#1 2016-07-22 22:04:15

Siassei
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recovery system - which system

Hey,

I'm not sure if I'm in the correct place, please move the thread if it's necessary!

I'm repair in my free time from time to time computer's for friends and no money. From time to time a recovery system with all necessary tools for linux and windows systems, usb, sd cards, wlan and so on. My first pick was knoppix, but at my computer, an HP Envy 15 laptop, knoppix to not booting from CD or USB. Medium burned correct / copyed with dd to usb stick. First test and first fail. I'm not sure, what I'm doing wrong. Whould perhaps help, I create a new partition at USB stick with mount flag and copy the files from a virtual disk from iso file?

My question is now. There are alternatives to knoppix available? Perhaps dist. with more tools?

Thanks

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#2 2016-07-22 22:06:05

jasonwryan
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Re: recovery system - which system

archiso is the best. Not sure why you would need to ask here...

Not a Sysadmin issue, moving to NC.


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#3 2016-07-22 22:54:06

Kern
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Re: recovery system - which system

Hi Siassei,

not exactly Arch territory, unless you're into pen testing too https://blackarch.org/, but here are a few helpers:

Whatever you do, if the data are important to your friends/clients, its better to clone the drive first before making any changes. The last thing you need is to make matters worse by experimenting.

just general "repair" covers a massive amount of material. There are so many tools available it may be better to gather tools a few at a time for the specific job you need to do.
Often times you will be better using Windows tools for Windows problems although a Linux Live CD will often give you access to a non booting or corrupt Windows drive in order to move files off.

A few useful links,

https://partedmagic.com/ is a good place to start. costs a few dollars but well worth it. you can still find the free version too.
http://gparted.org/livecd.php : similar to above but minimal.
also
http://www.caine-live.net/ for both Linux live CD and UFO which loads up in Windows environment. More forensic than repair but still good. UFO is Win based and amongst other things contains Nirsoft programs.

Windows:
https://www.foolishit.com/d7/ - superb utility set for technicians, now free.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/windows/ : check list on right hand side. Utilities, hardware reporters etc antivirus/antimalware and general repair and security

http://www.blackviper.com/  This guy is the guru of Windows Tweaks


The majority of home user PCs i see here aren't broken so much as crippled by crapware, poor setup and folks thinking by simply removing programs it will make things work faster/better.

Finally, the bugbear of Win 7/8 users that don't want to auto update via MS sneaky tricks to W10 there is gwxcontrol panel to be found here.
http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

make sure with all sources of software you get the home site, rather than software link sites that may add their own crapware to the utilities.

This should get you going at least for now.

have fun smile

K

edit: forgot to say, get yourself an simple screencapture utility like snapcrab. install and Printscreen most every step you take. makes it so much easier if you forgot what you just did, where you put an item, or need to show and tell later.

http://www.fenrir-inc.com/jp/snapcrab/ :  japanese site but s/w is in english. many others to choose from just my preference

Last edited by Kern (2016-07-22 23:10:08)

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#4 2016-07-22 23:14:45

2ManyDogs
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Re: recovery system - which system

I use SystemRescueCD (on a USB stick) for Linux rescue. I don't do Windows.


How to post. A sincere effort to use modest and proper language and grammar is a sign of respect toward the community.

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#5 2016-07-23 09:47:10

Siassei
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Registered: 2015-10-25
Posts: 12

Re: recovery system - which system

Thanks for reply's.

I see perhaps I have write a little bit wrong :-) I'm searching for a recover live usb distribuition for quick and dirty things :-)

@2ManyDogs Thanks. That looks great and I will test it :-)

@Kern Thanks for the huge information. And by the way, normally I make copies and use write lockers (hardware) to ensure no modifcations on hardware ;-) But sometimes quick and dirty is enough.

@all I there a button mark the thread als solved or something else?

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#6 2016-07-23 09:48:12

Siassei
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Registered: 2015-10-25
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Re: recovery system - which system

jasonwryan wrote:

archiso is the best. Not sure why you would need to ask here...

Yeah, I forgot. That's absolute true :-)

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#7 2016-07-23 10:42:03

Head_on_a_Stick
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Re: recovery system - which system

I would recommend the grml live disk -- it uses the same zsh config as the archiso so it feels right at $HOME and it has a lovely (fluxbox) graphical session for when you need that.

https://grml.org/

The only issue is that the stable release is rather dated now but it still works well.

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#8 2016-07-23 14:06:50

R00KIE
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Re: recovery system - which system

Better than archiso is an Arch install. Install and maintain an usb disk with arch and all the tools you think you might need in case of emergency and you should be good to go.


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