Fortunately-ish I still have a week left on the warranty, but the solution offered is a complete wipe, and I'd really like to back up some of the files on my laptop. (My critical data is all on Dropbox, but there are some photo folders, and other files that aren't backed up).
I thought of trying to boot using a minimalistic Linux Distro (Like Ubuntu or whatever) which might sidestep the fucked up driver, but I'm unsure which, and I don't want to waste hours downloading 3-4 random versions, loading them onto a USB then wasting time mucking around with them. I wanted to ask if anyone has any easy recomended apps that I can just load onto a USB/HD, then use to recover some of the files without getting stuck due to the malfunctionig graphics driver.
(Tech note: Booting into the normal Win 7 OS -> Desktop displays, then an error beep-squeal, and unresponsive. Booting into Safe mode, or safe mode + network support - Gets stuck while trying to load Winsys.PNS or somesuch (I can look it up exactly if needed).
In "Splashtop" (A custom Linux distro Asus has on its laptops) it works just fine, but doesn't let me install anything (such as a rollback of the driver), or access system files. (It's a "Fast booting, Photos,Browser only" custom Distro that came with the laptop).
The system has Flash-Bios support. (But that would probably wipe out everything, right?).
Many thanks in advance!
(And yes, to those who might remember, I've had this problem in the past. I've forgotten what Distro I tried to use back then, and it was a hardware error, so it didn't help). (And like I said, there's nothing Critical, but I would like to backup the few gigs worth of stuff I have there that isn't backed up). My backup regime isn't very stringent during Exams, what can I say
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