Brilliant. My PC crashed again. GRUB stops working and there’s no way to access anything. Or is there?

Something’s wrong with my hard disk. I’m not very sure what exactly. But that’s besides the point – I want it working again. Soon. Please.

BeatrIX to the rescue. Yes, I have MEPIS and the Ubuntu LiveCD with me as well – which I’ll use for the actual recovery work – but when it comes to a speedy bootup with a no-frills approach to getting back to work, I prefer the small and simple BeatrIX.

Some meddling around with the command line and I’ve gotten root access and the access to all my data. Phew. It’s all there. Maybe I’ll get it backed up at office and format the HDD.

Wednesday night:
Everything’s back to normal. Or, as normal as a fresh installation of my operating system can be.

Due to its simplicity and elegance, not to mention the fact that it kept me online during a Hard-disk-less time, my copy of BeatrIX gets its place amongst my most favourite CDs.