System stop loading at the screen with the HDD symbol.

[vinnywright]

I allso think you should look at disk usage now as well,,, if /home got full it could lock like this as well ,,,,,,,,,do you have separate / and /home partitions and a swap partition ?

the

df -h

will show the disk usage of "mounted" file systems ,,,,,,,,,

sudo parted -l

will show all disks and partitions whether mounted or not, with usage info as well

VINNY

[IReallyNeedHelp]

Just installed Kubuntu again ... lost all my data, nothing important just some apps i need to install all over again. i wonder why KDE doesn't have a "Restore everything to default" thing. or at least a fail-safe desktop mode like windows.

Anyway thanks for the help, you all are such a friendly comunity.

[Teunis]

KDE and most of Linux does have such a mode, it is the second instance in Grub.
And having a separate /home partition is part of the trick to restore easily.

[IReallyNeedHelp]

i don't think so, because i couldn't start the desktop even in the second option of my grub, the so called "Recovery" mode.

[Teunis]

That sucks and means your install is seriously mucked up and a fresh one is called for.
As said before, having good partitioning (a separate /home) makes it quite easy to do a reinstall.

I would have a good look at the hardware, most notably if your hard disk is still in good health...

[IReallyNeedHelp]

Yes, i'd rather have 1000 BSOD per year than one freaking error thats impossible to fix and cause the loss of every single app ... i think i'm going back to windows ... at least in windows even if i delete everything in the boot part i could still reinstall just the OS without losing any apps or data.

[vinnywright]

Yes, i'd rather have 1000 BSOD per year than one freaking error thats impossible to fix and cause the loss of every single app ... i think i'm going back to windows ... at least in windows even if i delete everything in the boot part i could still reinstall just the OS without losing any apps or data.

that makes no sense.

VINNY

[IReallyNeedHelp]

you should try it ... i did it with XP.

[Teunis]

What do you mean with 'the loss of every single app'?
Providing you started off (on Linux) with a proper partitioning scheme it's easy enough to do a reinstall, virtually all custom configurations and data, docs etc. will remain in tact.
And, contrary to MS products you don't have to sit there and hit continue at multiple reboots...

But hey, you are happy with XP, more power to you!
(You'll need it)

[oshunluvr]

If you lost all your data it's because you didn't protect your data by using a separate /home. I can't imagine what you're talking about "deleting the boot part" with Windows. That makes no sense either. If you re-install Windows, it wipes your drive clean including your user folder and all installed apps.