How to Copy / Backup files without booting Windows

If you are a Windows user, you will face boot error. I had one recently and had to format the whole computer. I needed to backup my precious files. If the computers not booting up, doing this can be tricky. This is where our friend Penguin (Linux) comes to the picture.

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Here’ how to do it:

1) Download Mandriva Linux or Ubuntu Linux. (Ubuntu Preferred)

2) Write it on a CD and boot it on your computer (Make sure you have the boot priority sorted). You can also make a bootable Pen / Flash drive.

3) Select Live CD option  and then, backup your data!

Note: You’ll need another host computer to prepare Linux boot disk.


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