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But Linux can be an intimidating environment for the uninitiated: it doesn't always handle NTFS well many versions can read NTFS but not write to it and it is seldom geared to help with Windows problems.

So let's get on with it. I'll start with discs that simply give you access to the files on your hard drive, and work my way up to the powerhouses that can diagnose and repair most boot problems. If Windows won't boot, nothing gets you into your hard drive faster or — more easily — than Puppy Linux. Puppy isn't the most powerful version of Linux by a long shot, but it's great for accessing NTFS-formatted hard drives — especially if you're not comfortable with Linux's whole mount concept.

And even if it mounts read-only, you can still copy the files to an external drive, most of which are formatted in the universally accessible FAT32 file system.

But be careful how you click. Actions that take double-clicks in Windows, such as opening a file, take only one in Puppy. The BartPE operating system makes a pretty good boot disc on its own, getting you into Windows and letting you access your drive. It doesn't have much in the way of repair utilities, but it has chkdsk, which should probably be the first one you try. And it can run any portable Windows utility that doesn't require an installation you care to give it.

You have to download, install and run Bart's PE Builder. But the recovery disc that came with your PC probably doesn't have them. But I do mean probably, not definitely. However, since the PE Builder is free, you're not losing much if it can't create a disc. Although BartPE's program selection is slim, the PE Builder lets you add other programs to the disc before you burn it.

It looked like Microsoft was finally going to do the right thing. Alas, Microsoft removed that feature before SP1 shipped — but not, fortunately, before NeoSmart turned the disc into an ISO file and made it available on their site. It even has an 'Install now' button that asks for a Product Key before failing. You're better off clicking the Repair your computer button. Among its Vista-only options are a tool for diagnosing and fixing start-up problems, a version of System Restore that uses restore points on the hard drive, the restore portions of Vista's backup program, and a memory diagnostic tool.

This BartPE-based boot disc comes with a huge selection of tools to access your data and get your PC booting properly again. Some of them are even useful. UBCD takes a long time to load and asks you some odd questions before it's finally up.

But once it's there, you can edit the Windows Registry yes, the one on the hard drive in RegEdit, recover deleted files and even run benchmarks.

There are several malware scanners, four defraggers and eight diagnostic programs including HD Tune and Windows' own chkdsk. This boot CD also includes backup utilities to help you salvage your files.

There's a driver backup and a system profile backup whose Web-based documentation no longer comes up. And four separate image backup programs. But when it works, you get a lot more. This is the only Linux Live CD variant I've ever encountered that is intended specifically for rescuing Windows computers. As such, it's no surprise that it's a powerful and versatile repair environment.

But it's really not designed for Windows users. TRK's command line interface could humble anyone but the most devoted Linux geek. If you take the time to read the page documentation and learn the program, you'll be rewarded next time disaster strikes.

Among the tools that will be at your disposal are a script that runs four different malware scanners, a tool for resetting passwords, a Registry editor, a program that clones an NTFS partition to another PC over a network, a mass undeleter that tries to recover every deleted file on the drive, several tools for recovering data off a formatted or dying disk, two tools for fixing master boot record repair programs, and hardware diagnostics.