Backing up Data from a damaged XP installation

[DiscoKandy]

Hi,
I have a laptop that now has a corrupt Windows XP Home installation, I can't boot into windows through safe mode etc etc.

Because it was an OEM installation when I bought the Laptop I also don't have the XP home CD to perform a repair.

I can however perform a Sony Vaio recovery from the HDD, however it will erase all data. Is there a way I can backup my data somehow without being able to go into windows ? Perhaps through a bootable CD burning tool or a bootable networking tool.

Removing the HD and putting it in another PC is not an option :/

Thanks guys

 

[Dappy]

You'll need to buy a usb hard disk then boot a CD Linux distro like Ubuntu and copy the files to the external usb disk.

 

[bledd]

Removing the HD and putting it in another PC is not an option :/

how come?

 

[Deleted member 58846]

how come?

They might not have another pc to put it in

 

[bledd]

he's on one now!

get a usb2 2.5" hard drive reader, job done

 

[Deleted member 58846]

he's on one now!

get a usb2 2.5" hard drive reader, job done

haha, usb 2.5" > USB > Another PC > Job Done!

 

[bledd]

well if he's typing on a machine now, then he can use that one

 

[Dappy]

Depending on how much data he has to backup, he could boot from a CD distro of Linux and use a USB key of adequate size which would work out cheaper than an ext. hdd.

 

[bledd]

they're about 6-9 quid by the way