Recovery Boot Cd

Hi everyone,

I don't know if this is the right forum but i wasn't sure which other group
i could post this to.

Does anyone know of a program that you can use to boot from cd into a file
manager or something like that so if windows wouldn't boot i could still
gain access to my files and copy them over my network to another pc?

Thanks in advance
Dan

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:50:33 +0100, "Dan Atkins" <> wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I don't know if this is the right forum but i wasn't sure which other group
>i could post this to.
>
>Does anyone know of a program that you can use to boot from cd into a file
>manager or something like that so if windows wouldn't boot i could still
>gain access to my files and copy them over my network to another pc?
>
>Thanks in advance
>Dan
Ghost 14 will allow you to do that provided that you can find the
right network drivers for it. I have used it to copy files to an
external hard drive which you can then take to another machine.


Bill Lord
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e-mail messages to bill dot lord at uku dot co dot uk
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"bill lord" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:50:33 +0100, "Dan Atkins" <> wrote:
>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>I don't know if this is the right forum but i wasn't sure which other
>>group
>>i could post this to.
>>
>>Does anyone know of a program that you can use to boot from cd into a file
>>manager or something like that so if windows wouldn't boot i could still
>>gain access to my files and copy them over my network to another pc?
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>Dan
> Ghost 14 will allow you to do that provided that you can find the
> right network drivers for it. I have used it to copy files to an
> external hard drive which you can then take to another machine.
>
>
> Bill Lord
> I've taken a vow of poverty To annoy me send money
>
> e-mail messages to bill dot lord at uku dot co dot uk
> ( Get rid of the spaces and use symbols for the hyphen at and dots )


thanks for the quick reply,

I've got an external hdd, never thought to do it that way, i'll have a look
into Ghost. I just want something ready incase i do something stupid and
mess my pc up.

Dan

"Dan Atkins" <> wrote in message
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> "bill lord" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:50:33 +0100, "Dan Atkins" <> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>I don't know if this is the right forum but i wasn't sure which other
>>>group
>>>i could post this to.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know of a program that you can use to boot from cd into a
>>>file
>>>manager or something like that so if windows wouldn't boot i could still
>>>gain access to my files and copy them over my network to another pc?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance
>>>Dan
>> Ghost 14 will allow you to do that provided that you can find the
>> right network drivers for it. I have used it to copy files to an
>> external hard drive which you can then take to another machine.
>>
>>
>> Bill Lord
>> I've taken a vow of poverty To annoy me send money
>>
>> e-mail messages to bill dot lord at uku dot co dot uk
>> ( Get rid of the spaces and use symbols for the hyphen at and dots )
>
>
> thanks for the quick reply,
>
> I've got an external hdd, never thought to do it that way, i'll have a
> look into Ghost. I just want something ready incase i do something stupid
> and mess my pc up.
>
> Dan


I forgot to mention that it ideally needs to support raid if possible?? I
tried ubuntu with the option to load from cd, this let me have access to my
network and my non raid hard drives, there is probably some way to
incorporate raid but seems like a bit too much effort for a problem that is
most likely to never happen.

Dan

Dan Atkins wrote:
> "Dan Atkins" <> wrote in message
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>> "bill lord" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:50:33 +0100, "Dan Atkins" <>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if this is the right forum but i wasn't sure which
>>>> other group
>>>> i could post this to.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a program that you can use to boot from cd
>>>> into a file
>>>> manager or something like that so if windows wouldn't boot i could
>>>> still gain access to my files and copy them over my network to
>>>> another pc? Thanks in advance
>>>> Dan
>>> Ghost 14 will allow you to do that provided that you can find the
>>> right network drivers for it. I have used it to copy files to an
>>> external hard drive which you can then take to another machine.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill Lord
>>> I've taken a vow of poverty To annoy me send money
>>>
>>> e-mail messages to bill dot lord at uku dot co dot uk
>>> ( Get rid of the spaces and use symbols for the hyphen at and dots
>>> )
>>
>>
>> thanks for the quick reply,
>>
>> I've got an external hdd, never thought to do it that way, i'll have
>> a look into Ghost. I just want something ready incase i do something
>> stupid and mess my pc up.
>>
>> Dan
>
>
> I forgot to mention that it ideally needs to support raid if
> possible?? I tried ubuntu with the option to load from cd, this let
> me have access to my network and my non raid hard drives, there is
> probably some way to incorporate raid but seems like a bit too much
> effort for a problem that is most likely to never happen.

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On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:26:50 +0100, "Dan Atkins" <> wrote:

>I've got an external hdd, never thought to do it that way, i'll have a look
>into Ghost. I just want something ready incase i do something stupid and
>mess my pc up.
Ghost with an external drive is almost perfect for that. If you
install it and then save an image of the drive where your windows
installation is if you make a mess of it you can have it back up and
running perfectly within 15 minutes.
Bill Lord
I've taken a vow of poverty To annoy me send money

e-mail messages to bill dot lord at uku dot co dot uk
( Get rid of the spaces and use symbols for the hyphen at and dots )

Dan Atkins wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I don't know if this is the right forum but i wasn't sure which other
> group i could post this to.
>
> Does anyone know of a program that you can use to boot from cd into a
> file manager or something like that so if windows wouldn't boot i could
> still gain access to my files and copy them over my network to another pc?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Dan
UBCDW (Universal boot CD for Windows. Google it and on the first Google
page there's also a YouTube video on using it.

Or use any Linux Live CD.

"Robin" <> wrote in message
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> Dan Atkins wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I don't know if this is the right forum but i wasn't sure which other
>> group i could post this to.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a program that you can use to boot from cd into a
>> file manager or something like that so if windows wouldn't boot i could
>> still gain access to my files and copy them over my network to another
>> pc?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Dan
> UBCDW (Universal boot CD for Windows. Google it and on the first Google
> page there's also a YouTube video on using it.
>
> Or use any Linux Live CD.


Hi,

I tried to use a couple of different Linux Live cds but i could never manage
to get raid working. any ideas?

Cheers
Dan