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Question

How to make a standalone file manager?

Sep 20, 2013 5:51AM PDT

My Situation:

Sometimes i get malware that blocks my internet & denies updating my anti-virus programs.

By the time I figure some workable method to navigate in my computer the whole computer is so corrupted that I'm forced to delete everything in the drive.

My Solution?

I'm thinking my best solution is to have a disk that has a file manager that runs seperately when windows crashes. In that way I can move files from my computer into say a usb drive.

My Questions:

1.) Is there a File Manager Program that doesn't require windows to run? (Meaning a graphic interface similar to windows, or a dos-shell type program.....mainly a click and move option)

2.) How do I configure that program to a disk so that it can run as an alternative to windows on startup? (Is it called a boot disk? If it can be configured to run at cpu startup regardless of the operating system that would be great! But if its too complicated then I'll just settle for one that has windows installed).

Your help is appreciated!

J168

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Back up.
Sep 20, 2013 6:09AM PDT

Why not get an external hdd and some free backup software and save the pain?

Dafydd.

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1. Yes
Sep 20, 2013 6:17AM PDT

But click and MOVE is a really bad idea. Because when something goes wrong during a MOVE you lose your second chance if you had copied instead. Think "COPY". Use "COPY."

Bootable OSes are plentiful From that XP on Hiren's to Ubuntu to what I booted just a few days ago to delete a stubborn folder (Puppy Linux) there is a lot of choice today.

2. I can't answer this one. There are so many correct answers that you may be getting confused as I am at the ice cream shop.

-> I'd revisit why the malware is happening next. I rarely see any here. But folk seem to bring their broken stuff to me so that's where I learn what not to do and where not to go.
Bob

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Re: file manager
Sep 20, 2013 6:20AM PDT

Any Linux disk is bootable and boots right into the desktop where you can start a GUI filemanager that can read and write your FAT32 and NTFS partitions on an internal or external disk or a USB-stick. That's what you're looking for?

www.ubuntu.com tells more.

Kees