[HLUG] Linux bootdisk for data recovery

[dicegeorge at hotmail dot com]

i think ubuntu should do it,
and as its a live disk you cant do any harm trying.
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From: "Paul Stenning" <paul at sp-tech.co.uk>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 1:40 PM
To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [HLUG] Linux bootdisk for data recovery

> Hi all,
> 
> I've been asked to look at a friend's laptop which needs a Windows 7 
> reinstallation (corrupted and won't boot) but he has a lot of data on 
> the hard disk that he doesn't want to lose.  He has bought a 1TB USB 
> hard disk.
> 
> What would be the best Linus distro to boot the PC from to copy the data 
> from the internal hard disk to the USB one?  I've got a Ubuntu 10.04 
> disk, will that do the job OK or should I go for a different distro live 
> disk?  I want a GUI so I can find the files and drag-and-drop to the USB 
> drive.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul
> 
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