Rant at the Microsoft XP Recovery Console

[synergetic]

I am used to needless security measures that get in the way of doing necessary things. I run Linux. This is part of the territory. If you wish to be needlessly told many times that "you may not do X" or not have your sound work because "you're not part of the sound group", Linux is the operating system for you

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[pplfichi]

No, MS didn't make this one easy. The following springs to mind: Boot using a linux boot CD/DVD/USB disk/whatever, copy the files onto something else like a USB stick (you'll need to boot from the USB disk in order to access the files from Freedos IIRC) or burn them to CD and go from there. NTFS4DOS is useful for getting Freedos to access NTFS partitions, and is free for non commercial use.

But really, past a certain level of difficulty pulling the disk sounds like less effort.

What could possibly go wrong?

Bwahahaha... *cough* *splutter* *retch*

[synergetic]

I already have a dedicated Linux CD for reading/writing to NTFS partitions. That's how I was able to solve Bozenia's computer a few posts ago. Remember me talking about it?