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Breaking and entering with Linux

Posted on August 30, 2021 at 02:41 CDT by Ben Myers • Comment in the Forums

HARDWARE

By Ben Myers

Use Linux on a USB stick to diagnose a Windows system.

My working premise here is that your Windows system will not boot, not even in safe or any other degraded mode. You have no idea what’s going on, and it is premature, time-consuming, and sometimes futile to rip a computer open to see what is inside. The solution is to boot another operating system from a USB stick and use it to explore and diagnose problems.

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.33.0 (2021-08-30).

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