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mparsons6900
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Hi there! Recently my very old pc has encountered a virus that makes it so i cannot boot the system to windows. Also, my old photos are still on that harddrive. Do you know of any way to recover those photos while not being able to get to Windows? Any answer would be very appreciated!

 

   Thanks in advance,

                                  ~Michael

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You can make a usb stick with ubuntu on it, and you can boot from that, no need to install, ubuntu will just run from the usb stick, not ideal, but should give you the chance to get the photo's of the hdd.

edit: just follow this guide

If you need help with it, just ask.

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Hi there! Recently my very old pc has encountered a virus that makes it so i cannot boot the system to windows. Also, my old photos are still on that harddrive. Do you know of any way to recover those photos while not being able to get to Windows? Any answer would be very appreciated!

 

   Thanks in advance,

                                  ~Michael

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You can make a usb stick with ubuntu on it, and you can boot from that, no need to install, ubuntu will just run from the usb stick, not ideal, but should give you the chance to get the photo's of the hdd.

edit: just follow this guide

If you need help with it, just ask.

I would try DSL. Its 50MB compared to Ubuntu's 800+

Primary: Lenovo T61 / Intel Core2Duo T7200 @ 2.2GHz / 3GB DDR2 / NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M / Fedora 22 <<<< THE WHITE KNIGHT

Secondary: Compaq Presario CQ56 / AMD V130 @ 2.3GHz / 2GB DDR3 / AMD Radeon HD 4250 / Windows 8.1 <<< THE FORGOTTEN HERO

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You can make a usb stick with ubuntu on it, and you can boot from that, no need to install, ubuntu will just run from the usb stick, not ideal, but should give you the chance to get the photo's of the hdd.

edit: just follow this guide

-schnip-

If you need help with it, just ask.

 

I prefer Elementary OS for that, it can run on a 1GB drive :P

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