windows XP boot disk

When you find your XP CD, then the repairs begin. Knoppix can write to NTFS, but I will not share which version or how. It's an experts only item and if you ask, then its best you don't know.

-> For now, use Knoppix and many K3b to drag out what files you can't lose.

Bob

Again, my windows disk is at home, approximatly 2 weeks away. I dont really care about having to wait that long, but I just figured if it was possible to have a normal comptuer before then, why not try. I dont want to corrupt my drive, so i wont try running any of the linux NTFS software. (I presume you meant Captive NTFS, etc.)

The latest KNOPPIX removed it because too many didn't read the warnings. A shame really since if you follow the writings about it, you have a very clear idea of when its safe to use. Said writings can't be duplicated here and are on many sites out there.

Bob

A friend recommended that I use a Bart PE disk. Does this install anything to my drive or run alot like knoppix does? Would this be safe for my harddrive?

Much like knoppix but has only a handful of some generic drivers. Fairly safe, so try it. It doesn't fix the failed XP install so don't get you hopes up it will do that.

Bob

Well I tried making a bart PE disk, i had to slipstream it with service pack 1 (i dont know if the reason it didnt work was that my old harddrive had SP 2) It booted fine, but it wouldnt recognize my harddrive. I used the same drivers i used to get the windows recovery console to work with the card, but it gave me another I/O device error, it cant read the drive. Oh well, i just hope that a windows repair install will be able to see the drive. Strange though, as knoppix can access all of my data but cant write.