Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:22:37 +0100 From: Kay Abendroth <kay.abendroth@raxion.net> To: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which live CD for recovery Message-ID: <45770A6D.3000109@raxion.net> In-Reply-To: <4577032A.9020405@locolomo.org> References: <4577032A.9020405@locolomo.org>
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Erik Norgaard wrote: > Hi: > > Which live CD is recommended for recovery? What I'd like is to have as > many disk analysis tools at hand just in case. > > The case is that I am not recovering a FBSD system but Windows XP > (*sigh*). After trying to help a friend clean her pc for virus it won't > boot, even in safe mode... oooops. > > I believe one of two things has happened: the anti virus placed a system > file in the vault, or running windows update the "genuine windows > disadvantage tool" disabled the system because it may have been pirate > (don't know). > > So, I need to recover data to some other machine, and then see if I can > recover the system file without a full reinstall. I would give Knoppix [ www.knoppix.org ] a try. You should be able to read-only mount the NTFS/FAT-32 partition and copy it to a safe place. After that try booting from the Windows-CD and repair the installation (without reformatting first). If that won't help, you have to make a fresh install. Kay -- GnuPG-Key-ID: 0x4CCBF36C Fingerprint: 7098 E6AA 4706 1CB5 62D9 CCD3 6CD4 777D 4CCB F36C
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