Troubles installing windows

[l0lter]

So I tried to reinstal Windows 7 on a friend of mines laptop but this thing occurred: "Windows cannot be instaled on this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.". So this is no big deal I fouond some answers on how to fix it. Problem is I have to clean the entire hdd and as clumsy as I am I formated the partition where Windows was installed and now I can't go and save the data from the other partition. So I wanna ask if there is a way I can copy the data from that partition to a flash drive using the console during windows installation(There is not much data on that partition about 7gb mostly pictures and word documents).

[Clemens123]

What i would do: run  a live Linux OS (ubuntu or so) and try to copy the files on a flash drive with that linux.

[Guest]

Windows 7 can't run on a GPT drive, 8 can. You'll have to get Elementary OS on a different flash drive, format the hard drive and change it to MBR.

[LogicalDrm]

You can't copy anything when windows is installing. But to my knowledge installing to one partition doesn't effect on files residing on another partition. Or you can just use Linux-live CD/USB. Easy and fast way.