[Pc_Support] Windows XP Rescues

[Aaron Morrison]

Tim McDonough wrote:
> Does there exist or can someone suggest what search terms to use for a 
> rescue CD for Windows XP?
> 
> What I'd like is a bootable CD that allow a network connection and 
> access to the PC hard disk. There have been several times when I have 
> had PCs fail to boot because of a missing or corrupt file and ideally 
> I'd like to be able to make sure key documents, etc. are copied off if 
> possible before trying to repair or recover from the Windows CDROM. This 
> seems like it would be especially useful for laptops where it's not 
> always easy to pop out the drive and hook it to another system as a slave.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tim
> 
> 

Look into BartPE:

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

It will do what you are looking for.

--am