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September 9, 2008 at 05:07 PM
gsparx25

Backup Drive When Windows Is Corrupted

by gsparx25 . Updated 16 years ago

Hi,

I recently got a trojan on my computer, Onecare decided that my subscription had run out so I was unprotected for a couple days until I noticed. The trojan has corrupted one of my Vista boot files, the notorious ntoskrnl.exe. I know I probably wont be able to fix it. I only have a system restore disk, not a Windows install disk, but I want to backup my files before I do my complete restore. I have another drive, its internal (connected from esata to sata into my pc) and it has about 200gb left on it. The drive I want to backup is only 80gb. I tried using the command prompt to copy the files, but the xcopy /e command I used started, and then my other drive stopped being recognized. I got the trial of Acronis’s bootable backup disk thing, and I can get it to work, but the trial wont let me back it up. I’m thinking of using the UBCD for windows, once it downloads. Are there any free programs that will let me backup my files without loading into windows? Or, even better, do you know how to fix my ntoskrnl.exe? Any help appreciated, thanks in advance.

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