Recovery CD

Flibster · 13-10-2006, 00:18

Need a recovery cd that an idiot can use just to drag and drop files from a knackered WinXP NTFS drive onto a USB key/secondary HDD

Yup. Family member has gone and deleted several important files from their windows folder and to make it even worse...

...they have NO backups and...

...it's a HP so no XP cd just a recovery partition.

Any suggestions for a image I can download and burn onto a CD for them?

Ta.

Simon/~Flibster

Dymetrie · 13-10-2006, 00:20

If you really need it then I might be able to supply a WinXp CD image to try for the recovery....

Daz · 13-10-2006, 09:57

BartPE is the most Doze user friendly way you can go if you have an XP CD to hand. Failing that pretty much any Linux live disk should have the ability to mount NTFS partitions, but you're moving away from idiot proof then.

Flibster · 15-10-2006, 16:19

Cool.

A BartPE disk is now winging it's way to my parents.

Seems to do everything they need.

Simon/~Flibster

Davey_Pitch · 17-10-2006, 17:14

BartPE is exactly what I would have suggested, I always keep a copy with me in work as staff members have already killed their laptop installations yet insisted we find a way to salvage all the important data from the drive. I think it's an essential app to have close to hand

13-10-2006, 00:18	#1
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Recovery CD Need a recovery cd that an idiot can use just to drag and drop files from a knackered WinXP NTFS drive onto a USB key/secondary HDD Yup. Family member has gone and deleted several important files from their windows folder and to make it even worse... ...they have NO backups and... ...it's a HP so no XP cd just a recovery partition. Any suggestions for a image I can download and burn onto a CD for them? Ta. Simon/~Flibster __________________

13-10-2006, 00:20	#2
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	If you really need it then I might be able to supply a WinXp CD image to try for the recovery.... __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet....

13-10-2006, 09:57	#3
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	BartPE is the most Doze user friendly way you can go if you have an XP CD to hand. Failing that pretty much any Linux live disk should have the ability to mount NTFS partitions, but you're moving away from idiot proof then. __________________ apt-get moo

15-10-2006, 16:19	#4
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Cool. A BartPE disk is now winging it's way to my parents. Seems to do everything they need. Simon/~Flibster __________________

17-10-2006, 17:14	#5
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