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only trouble is now i'm not sure of the best next step.
ok the partitions /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 we are going to leave alone if we want any chance to get a windows os running or do a factory restore.
now /dev/sda3 is just an extended partition, it's used so you can create more than 4 partitions on a hard drive and doesn't actually hold anything except the extra partitions, and the only thing on yours is a single swap partition /dev/sda5.
it should have had at least one more partition on it where a linux operating system would have been, and it was there a boot file i was hoping to use would have been.
now because there is no linux os on the drive any more we can't boot into it and repair the bootloader which i was hoping would then give you the same options you had before you tried to do a restore from within windows.
so i want to install a new linux operating system on your netbook.
to do this we are going to delete both sda3 and sda5 partitions, this will leave approx. half the hard drive as empty space (it's already empty anyway with just a 2GB partition that is allocated for use at the moment),
then we are going to create a new /dev/sda3 extended partition using all that empty space.
on this we will then create 3 new partitions.
1 for the linux operating system (sda5), 1 for the linux users data(sda6), and 1 for the swap files(sda7).
when we install the new linux os it will add a boot option for the windows partition and with any luck this will then let us start the windows os running, (bit concerned if this will work tho because the windows partition is already set as first boot partition and thought it would boot into windows already.)
anyway now comes my dilemma, i could try and fix the display problem with puppy, no point in installing it if the display problem is going to still be there or we could try a different live usb.
sorry to say i've decided to try yet another version of a linux os, this one is opensuse live kde. mainly because i'm more used to using it's partitioner and install menus.
so please download and create a bootable kde live usb form here please. :- http://software.opensuse.org/122/en
first click on the big box that says Live KDE, make sure the Direct Link and 32 Bit PC options have the dot next to them, then click on the Download KDE button to start the download..
boot the usb drive when done and post back your results..
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.. let there be a desktop environment.
we can carry on working with it until we fix the display problem so it takes you to a desktop like disply your more used to seeing when you start the netbook.
we can then install puppy to your hard drive so you don't always need to plug the usb into the netbook, and see if we can get windows to work also, if windows doesn't you will at least be able to use lucid puppy to get onto the internet and do the usual "basic" things without having the usb drive always plugged in.
now you can use it just like a normal os to do things like surf the internet and check you email, etc.
you'll find things open with a single click instead of the usual double click on a windows pc.
i'll start work on the install guide for you and should have it ready wednesday if not before, got a busy day tuesday so might not have the time to set up a hard drive with your partition table and do the guide tomorrow.
before i go tho and i can see your online, i'd like to check a few things, please click on the dolphin file manger (blue cabinet icon near bottom left corner, the green icon in corner is like a windows start button.) and open it to full screen and post a screen shot of it please, just want to double check the extended partition is empty of any data.
