it's good to download free ubuntu for emergencies. my computer wouldn't start. so i stuck the ubuntu disk in and i could see all of my folders. problem was i only had one dvd recorder. you can't take stuff off with the dvd if ubuntu is already in it. if you have 2 dvd's you can remove files with the second dvd. in my case i installed ubuntu into a small partition it made during installation. i was then able to remove the ubuntu disk and remove all of my files on dvd's. it works.
second, don't assume you know about hard drive warranties. go to the manufacturers web site and check your hard drive serial number to see if it still in warranty. find out one way or the other officially. if it is, most manufacturers will exchange it for another refurbished one. yours is used so you are not going to get a free new one. over the years i've got a few good hard drives this way. they send you an rma to ship yours back free of charge and they send you one.
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