Tale of Woe

[Colin23erk]

After a disastrous fortnight after being locked out of Windows 7 by Ransom-ware I now feel that it would have been better to have paid up rather than have all the difficulties I have encountered  trying to get my computer back to normal work  .
Summery of events



Tried changing Windows Password using various methods  - nothing worked
Reinstalled Windows - messed up Booting to Lite


Used Linux Boot Rescue Disk --  Lite boot Stalled


Saved Home on the understanding I could use it to get my settings back
Used USB drive to Install 2.6 assuming it would upgrade my 2.4  and allow Lite to load without Stalling
When I replaced the old Home in to Lite 2.6 my password would not work
I had to do a Reinstall using the USB drive .


Now I realize that I will have to load all my installed Programs and settings from scratch as the "Home" file does not contain any settings etc. Creating a /Home partition is virtually the same having a Data partition accessed by shortcuts in Home  which I did


Also I will have to setup  my programs and settings in Windows 7 --- Happy times


I would have saved a lot of time and anguish if I had simply reloaded Windows 7 then Linux-Lite without trying to mend anything . I had hoped Linux and its support community would have been able to help fix it . After having problems in my early days with Window I found s it was quicker to reinstall the whole OS rater than find and fix my problem


The only saving grace is I still have all my data in its own Partition