Going insane - I think I broke my system!

I'm totally freaking out right now. I was resizing my partition via GParted on SystemRescueCD and I think I deleted everything on my Linux partition when I accidentally cancelled! Oh my gosh I need that stuff (I don't have an external backup!). My dad has all his students' things on there he needs.
How can I fix this? Grub gives me like error 2 or something. I'm on a Puppy livecd at the moment. I'm freaking out more than I can ever remember freaking out. Please help if you can!
(Kubuntu 7.10, gnome installed too)

sajro, that sounds awful... Anyway, I have never heard of anyone cancelling a resize (not that I've heard that much, so don't read too much into that), so I have no idea in what state a system like yours could have ended up in. If you're lucky (well...) only the partition table was killed. Maybe TestDisk can do something for you? Or Foremost. I have never used these tools myself, but have heard good things about them. For instance, recently there was a thread where an unfortunate dd command was rectified with TestDisk. Before you start fiddling with these tools, it is important to make a complete copy of the ruined disk, in case you fail on your first try to fix it.

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Please don't use the bolded super-sized font. It's very annoying.
First, try a system reset. It cures many ills and it's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.
If the Reset doesn't work, try a Restore. Note that it's nowhere near as quick as a Reset. It could take well over an hour! Connect via cable to the computer that you use for sync. From iTunes, select the iPad/iPod and then select the Summary tab. Follow directions for Restore and be sure to say "yes" to the backup. You will be warned that all data (apps, music, movies, etc.) will be erased but, as the Restore finishes, you will be asked if you wish the contents of the backup to be copied to the iPad/iPod. Again, say "yes."
At the end of the basic Restore, you will be asked if you wish to sync the iPad/iPod. As before, say "yes." Note that that sync selection will disappear and the Restore will end if you do not respond within a reasonable time. If that happens, only the apps that are part of the IOS will appear on your device. Corrective action is simple - choose manual "Sync" from the bottom right of iTunes.
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I have posted 3 diff questions but now think it's a systemic problem. Lately, the Mac doesn't see my BB, ICAL is deleting appointments, and I can't download pics from my Canon camera. What could be going on. I didn't change anything substantial.
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As a first step, Try using Disk Utility to do a Disk Repair, as shown in this link, while booted up on your install disk.
You could have some directory corruption. Let us know what errors Disk Utility reports and if DU was able to repair them. Disk Utility's Disk Repair is not perfect and may not find or repair all directory issues. A stronger utility may be required to finish the job.
After that Repair Permissions.
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I am going "Insane" - On windows 7 64 bit Itunes just stopped starting, it tries but gives up after a few mins - I have tried every reinstall-restart-that I can find in any forum, it still will not start up HELP

Hi, ATPMolloy.
I certainly understand your frustration and will do my best to help. I see you have uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes with no change in results. I have attached an article below that specifically troubleshoots this issue that you are experiencing.
iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7: Troubleshooting unexpected quits, freezes, or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1717
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I purchased Adobe Elements 12 thinking that my operating system was good. I'm not all that familiar with Apple Operating Systems yet. A bit confusing with Lion, Mavericks and OS vxx.x.xx - I know I upgratede to Mavericks - but I evidently need 10.7.0 or higher so ... I figured if my OS was up-to-date ... but really, Apple has three different operating systems and software only works with some of it? I think I'm confused
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Iphoto--I think I broke it

I just purchased the macbook with iphoto 6 and have never used iphoto before. I copied some of my pictures folders from my windows machine to the pictures folder. I then imported them into iphoto. I didn't know it would put everything into the library sorted by years and the last roll folder. I wanted the folders sorted the way I had them in the pictures folder. So, I proceeded to delete all 800 pictures by holding the delete key. Iphoto crashed three times while doing this. I then imported one folder and attempted to drag and drop the pictures into some albums I created in the source pane. Drag and drop wouldn't move the pictures. I restarted my computer and drag and drop started working but now select all does not select anything. I am selecting the last roll, clicking edit so the thumbnails appear then attempting to select all the thumbnails but select all only selects one picture. I tried shift-clicking to select a group of them. When I drag and drop it says I'm moving however many I have selected but when I click on the album I'm moving the pictures to, only one or two pictures have been moved. I tried rebuilding the photo library but that didn't solve the problem.
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Sandy
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
I don't think you broke iPhoto, but have you
considered using the Help at all?
1. To duplicate your folder structure in iPhoto,
simply drag the folders to the Source (or left-hand)
pane in iPhoto. There they will be automatically
saved into Albums. If you start at the bottom of your
folder structure, you can create the enclosing
folders in iPhoto.
2. When you tried to remove the 800 photos by using
the delete key - well it might have been better to
seclect them and move them to the iPhoto trash. Then
got to the iPhoto menu and empty the trash.
Now your photos are removed from iPhoto and the
iPhoto library folder.
3. When you're trying to operate drag and drop and
select, first make sure your in the library, not in
an album or smart album. Is it possible that you were
trying to drag the photos into a place they already
were?
I have used help extensively but can't find the answer to my questions.
No, not possible. I'm in the library attempting to select multiple photos and drag and drop into an album. I can drop them one at a time but I can't select all nor is it moving the number of photos indicated. For example, I selected 8 photos, dragged them to an album. A +8 appeared as I dragged the pictures but when I looked at the album there were only three pictures there.
regards
TD
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Hey the metallic part of the earpods that goes into my ipod touch broke into the device. Can i get a replacement from the apple store if i still have the box?

Hey the metallic part of the earpods that goes into my ipod touch broke into my ipod touch. Can i get a replacement from the apple store if i still have the box?

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I think I broke my CD drive...

Broken Cd drive + finals week approaching=not good
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Hi,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
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Upgrade broke complete system

The 2.6.32 kernel-headers update (I think) broke my whole system, I can neither load the kernel image nor chroot in the system from a live cd (!). I get always the same error:
Too many levels of symbolic links
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command failed to execute correctly
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http://pastebin.com/m365c5914
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Dec 20 13:29:30 arch gdm-binary[5099]: ERROR: gdm_slave_exec_script: Ausführen gescheitert: /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default
Dec 20 13:29:32 arch agetty[1765]: tty1: can't exec /bin/login: Too many levels of symbolic links
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Last edited by hinrich (2009-12-20 18:27:21)

R00KIE wrote:Did you update glibc too? And for any reason did you change /lib64 to be a link to /lib ?
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with the Arch system mounted to /mnt fixed the problem (after reverting the link of course).
Last edited by hinrich (2009-12-20 23:12:13)

ITUNES WON'T OPEN!!! PLEASE HELP ME I'M GOING INSANE!!

I have a dell computer.. I have Windows XP I got itunes wiht a new ipod mini in the fall. everything was going great, I even upgraded to the new itunes and everything was fine until about a month ago when it just quit on me. when I try to open itunes a message popped up that says:
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Well, installing over the web is never a good idea
with ANY software...
have you tried disabling your security software,
downloading the installer file to your hard drive,
and running the install?
Then turn your security software back on.
I'm having the same problem with my iTunes not opening and I installed the ewido anti-malware and nothing happened to me either. I'm just wondering how you disable the security software? I'm not too sure that I have one though, because my computer crashed and I don't think we have one installed yet. Please Help! Thanks!
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diag-targets 0 0
diag-verbosity 0 0
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security-password No default
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oem-banner No default
oem-banner? false false
hardware-revision No default
last-hardware-update No default
diag-switch? false false
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disk0 /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0
ide /pci@1f,0/ide@d
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OK, here is the situation:
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1.83 GHz
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100GB HD
The optical drive was accepting disks and reading them just fine but was having a hard time i.e. not ejecting the disk. I've had this problem before in another MacBook under warranty, and they just replaced the optical drive. This one is not under warranty, so I decided to try and fix it myself....now I've done lots of repairs to macBooks myself, so I read on a post how the black felt in the optical drive can get lifted up, or generally get in the way of the disk being ejected.
So I took out the optical drive, fixed the black felt, re-installed the optical drive, went to turn the computer back on to test out the optical drive, but instead now it won't even boot!!
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No boot chime, nothing on the display but a quick flash shortly after I press the power button...then the "bad sound".
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Is there a way to boot without using the optical drive? Can a faulty optical drive prevent a system from booting? Can a faulty optical drive CABLE prevent a system from booting? It tried to boot without the optical drive cable attached and got nothing...really nothing.
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FIXED!
The short of it: it was the RAM.
The long of it:
Switched out the RAM for known good RAM and booted up no problem. Looked at the original RAM, looked OK but Scrubbed (gently) the connectors with a clean toothbrush, then dusted it. Re-installed and booted no problem on the original, cleaned RAM.
As for the optical drive problem...It still wasn't ejecting properly. After playing around with the optical drive for a bit, I concluded that the entry to the optical drive itself and the slot in the case were not quite aligned properly. Like the optical drive was sitting a little too high, or alternatively, the slot was too low.
To fix it, I tried sitting the optical drive lower, but that didn't seem to work. What did work was a bit of force. I put a quarter in the slot of the case and pried it open more along the length of it. I did look a little like the top half of the slot was arching very slightly down in the middle of the slot. Anyhow, it worked. The quarter trick is also a good one for getting the disk out in the beginning when I wouldn't eject.
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