[AT] OT- Computer help please

[Indiana Robinson]

No reason to buy anything, Most distributions of Linux will read Windows
files. You can copy, paste move etc. and you can download anything for
free. I don't putter with old stuff as much as I used to but I've used
Knoppix for such things for many years. I don't know if Windows 10 can read
Linux files yet or not but I once read that it was soon to be an option. If
you install Linux as a dual boot with Windows you can just access your
Windows files without having to reboot back into Windows to find them or
work with them.
Half of the Linux learning curve is terminology... If you have become
comfortable using Android you are half way there. Android is just a mobile
(and tablet) version of Linux. Android is built on and running the Linux
Kernel but your desktop box won't run Android.


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On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:33 AM cgs <oxygenfarm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Look at *http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/5-best-data-recovery-tools-for-linux-to-recover-data-or-deleted-partitions
> <http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/5-best-data-recovery-tools-for-linux-to-recover-data-or-deleted-partitions>*
>
> On 2/15/20 7:12 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
>
> Good to hear it's all set.  I've been seeing ad's for a device called
> "XtraPC" which, it turns out, is some flavor of Linux burned onto a thumb
> drive for something like $35.  You can bring back most troublesome old
> machines from the grave (assuming the problem is hard drive/boot software,
> not some hardware failure of course).  What I do not know is whether you
> can access your Windows files under Linux.  Curious about that.
>
> SO
>
>
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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