Andy Random wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I generally try to stay away from supporting friends computer systems
> but there are a few that I end up helping anyway...
>
> So if i have a corrupt/virus infested M$ Windows machine and I want to
> recover data from it what do people suggest?
>
> I seem to recall there are live CDs designed for this very job which let
> you run virus checkers (AVG?) and the like from the CD?
>
> Is it worth using one or am I better off just booting Ubuntu and using
> that to copy files off the HD?
>
> Andy
>
There's a couple of Linux distros out there I've tried, F.I.R.E is one
(
http://biatchux.dmzs.com/), but I've not had much luck with any of them.
There's also
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ for creating a Windows Live CD.
James
