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Re: Help needed to repair a damaged dual boot Debian System



On 24/02/12 17:35, Bernard wrote:
It is a 3-4 yrs old machine that belongs to my Genealogical Association.
(Intel Pentium 4 - 3.2 GHz - RAM 2048 MB). At the time of purchase, it
was fitted with MSWIN XP ; I repartitioned the HD to have a dual boot
(GRUB) with Debian Lenny and the original OS ; it worked very well in
such config for more than 2 years or so ; I had a mysql server on it,
with mysql databases.

Two weeks ago, while trying to boot the system, the monitor screen had
remained black. Same thing when trying another monitor. So, we took the
machine to a repair shop, where our Graphic card was being replaced ;
First thing to do is make sure all your files are backed up, (databases etc).

Did you install the Debian to its own partition, with a separate partition for your data, (i.e. a separate /home)? If you have a separate /home, you can re-install quite safely, after you have your backup data.

As long as you have your backup data; I would repartition so you had a /, /home, & swap partition, in addition to your Windows partition; then re-install & add your data.


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