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Bart PE for Windows 7 beta?

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absinthe

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