HB wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message
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Java Jive wrote:
a screenshot
But he hasn't got a GUI!
TBH with you, I have *no idea* what's on his screen.
Not a clue.

https://postimg.org/gallery/38afbakly/

The Fatdog screen comes up with the icons on the side and bottom, dog in the
center, but not that image after I type in the code in the command/terminal
window. Maybe because it runs from the DVD and is not installed on the HD.

I didn't want it on the hard drive :-)

I wanted it to:

1) Prove the machine boots.
2) Use as a platform for various, randomly picked, commands.

We now know the machine isn't a candidate for the dumpster.

it has a hard drive of questionable heritage. That's all we know.

Commands are available in FatDog64, to pick at it, pick over the carcass.

What we don't have (and don't want at the moment) is CHKDSK.

If you use CHKDSK on a "sick" hard drive, the outcome is
random. It could be a good or a bad outcome.

One of the reasons I wanted a ddrescue "scan", is to see
if the hard drive is on the verge of death or not. Or,
it's "just" some software issue that has trashed a partition.

Your Fatdog64 picture shows the drive having "sda1", which is
too few partitions for my liking, and implies a partition is
sick or has gone missing. My OEM laptop had three partitions
at least, before I messed with it.

Paul