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How can i pull the my documents folder from a corrupted windows install?

Im working on a computer that was filled with virus/malware/spyware/junk software, just about everything you dont want on a system.

i backed up all the users data. copied it to an external HD. reinstalled windows and moved(i know i should have copied, i wasent thinking) all the data into the my documents folder. installed updates and rebooted windows. windows would not boot. the CD that i have of windows does not have windows recovery console.

I was thinking of two ways to get the data back.
1. pull the drive and use a USB to IDE adapter i have to pull the data onto my laptop.
2. pull the drive and place it in my desktop as a slave.
3. use a live cd of linux to pull the data from the computer and place it on an external hd

any suggestions or directions on how to do this? Or a better way?

I want to remove an infected folder with a Linux “live” CD, but it won’t see the hard drive.?

I’ve tried many different live CDs, including WIndows preboot environment, Ubuntu, PC-Linux, and several others, and none of them “see” the hard drive. I’m sure I’m missing knowledge about how this works. I want to remove a keylogger folder from an infected hard drive with XP. If I try to remove it from within Windows (even when the HDD is a slave) the OS just hangs.

How can I erase all data from my Hard Disk???

I have heared that formatting reduces the life of harddisk. Let us suppose I have a virus on my harddisk or my windows is curropted. I want to erase all data from my harddisk including hiddden folder and files like System Volume Information without formatting it. So that I can install windows what should I do? I have NTFS volume. Do u know any live CD linux which supports NTFS filesysystem? I think it will help me to erase data from my HDD.