Ultimate Boot CD

If all you need to do is save files, look into Knoppix. Download that ISO and burn it to a CD. You can boot the computer with Knoppix and use it to save the files, especially if you attach a USB drive or something similar before Knoppix starts. However Knoppix is a Linux LIVE on CD OS, with a graphi...

You can boot your computer if you have your Windows Install CD, just choose Recovery Console. I doubt anything on the UBCD would be able to read/write to an NTFS partition, but the UBCD FreeDOS > Press enter for the first choice > Launch the UBCD Applications. Check some of those, I'm not very sure ...

If you have an XP cd, just boot using that and choose recovery console. From there you'll have to enter your Administrator password (if you dont remember setting one just try a blank password) and you'll be able to run chkdsk.exe. If you get prompted for some file (I cannot recall the name) type d:\...

Have you seen Clonezilla? I've just got it added to my ubcd on a flash drive and will sit down to write up the steps to add it.

Chris

Just another joe: Can you post some info on how you got Clonezilla into UBCD? I'm not skilled with linux at all so when I try it does not start.

Thanks! And sorry to dig up an old thread!

Chris

Can you try the XP cd in another computer? Or do you have another XP CD to try? You might want to check the jumper settings of the CD ROM drive and Hard Drive. Looks like you are in luck, that board has two IDE channels. Try plugging the CD ROM into the secondary IDE channel. See if it'll boot that ...

If you are using Windows Vista and receive a message saying USB drive not made bootable or missing ubcd2iso.cmd it means you have to launch the CMD as Administrator.