Gabriel Ramirez wrote: > maybe http://boot.fedoraproject.org/index can be useful > Thank you. I had downloaded it about a year ago when I first heard about it, but never tried it. I decided to get a new version, in case it changed, and burnt it to disk. It must have taken 15-20 minutes for it to load and download the image and whatever it needs, despite a high-speed internet connection, but it works like a charm. It is good to know that I feel comfortable with BFO as a failsafe. Unfortunately, Windows refused to repair the installed system and a blue screen appeared telling me to remove the new hardware and try again. How stupid. I cannot remove the motherboard! I guess if I want Windows, I will have to wipe that partition and reinstall it, which is exactly what I had hoped never to need to do again when I installed it to that partition in the first place. Then, despite not being able to repair itself, Windows changed the system clock from UTC to local time, so fedora needed to do a complete relabelling before I could finally boot up again. Man alive! Fortunately, I do have a working version of Windows installed to a qemu image file, so I can still access some of those pesky services that refuse to work without Windows (Adobe Digital Editions, Overdrive DRM-encumbered audiobooks, Mobibook reader, etc. -- stuff from the public library that I need to access). Thanks for all of the suggestions. My system is intact and Windows is still broken, but after a year of it being broken, I guess I don't need it anyhow. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
