well, i downloaded the ubuntu system and got it to boot on my toshiba...... yippee! after many trying searches, i did start to find my data (docs/pics/etc). yippee! now i'm struggling with how to get them out of the computer. i didn't install ubuntu, just used it from the cd tray. i then thought that maybe by installing it, it would recognize the media (flash drive) that i wanted to use to move the data. however, i haven't been able to install it. i'm not exactly sure how to. i get confused when the installation starts asking how to install it (on what partition/etc). i did try a few options, but they weren't the right ones apparently, according to the installation disk. very confusing. any suggestions as to how i might get the data out of the computer.....?
thanks again.