Ever been caught without that rescue disk, thinking that everything was lost? Well, then, it's tomsrtbt to the rescue! Works with Linux and Windows, too! Read more here.
Last weekend, the auto-update on Windows XP completely corrupted the OS and the box went into a frenzy reboot cycle. There was no way to boot up in windows, even with a boot/rescue disk. I used "MandrakeMove", a complete OS on a single CD. This automatically recognized the Windows OS and mounted it to "/mnt/windows" and also recognized my external Iomega CD Writer. From this point on, I backed up everything from the home directory on Win OS, formatted and installed Linux...