Bart PE for Windows 7 beta?

[absinthe]

I've been using a Windows 7 beta build 7000 for several months, but it expired while I was away on vacation. Now it won't even boot -- though I don't think that's really related to the fact that it's expired. I get the message that "ntoskrnl.exe is missing."

Anyone have advice on how to create a bootable CD that will be able to access my NTFS hard drives (SATA) so that I can save some data before I reload another OS? I used to have a Bart PE CD I made for XP, and I'm not sure that would work with Win7 but I can't find it anyway.

It might be possible to restore the missing file, but at the very least I need to recover a few files from the hard drive before I wipe and reinstall Vista. I'm overdue for a whole new machine, but I want to wait until Win7 comes out retail before I buy (I think that's October).

Any help is *greatly* appreciated! Thanks!

-abs

 

[corkyg]

I don't know if BART PE can access the files you want. If you have access to another computer, then it is easy. Remove your HDD and connect it as a secondary and manage files as needed. That connection can be internal or via an external case.

It's always good to have one of those puppies around the toolshed.

 

[absinthe]

That is what I used to do in the past. Problem is, I don't think the other computer in my house has SATA connections. It's all IDE ...

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: absinthe
That is what I used to do in the past. Problem is, I don't think the other computer in my house has SATA connections. It's all IDE ...

Get a SATA-to-USB converter and access the drive as a USB drive on another PC.

 

[absinthe]

I just can't believe that there isn't some way to boot up to a prompt and access files, or maybe run some type of DOS-based "file commander" type proggie.

 

[bruceb]

This may work:

http://mistkes.softarchive.net...ows_live_cd.51579.html

 

[corkyg]

This may also be worth a look . . .

NTFS

 

[Intexity]

used to have problems using xp to access windows 7 files. don't know if that was just me or part of the program. i gave up on windows 7. too many glitches for me...

 

[absinthe]

Well, I tried a bootable CD with NTFS4DOS, but I don't think a general boot disk will read SATA drives. Not really sure, though ...