Need to recover files off hard-drive

[chazman17]

So a friend of mine wants to get a couple files off his old computer. His computer is bloated with virus and just god-awfully slow. It's runs and turns on but it's just so slow with Windows it's not worth booting into that. So I want something that I can boot off a disc that is noob friendly and easy to use so I can access his hard-drive and collect the files he wants, put them on USB and give them to him. Any help would be great!

 

[Lisan al-Gaib]

Get any kind of Linux OS flavors you like, they boot up from disk/usb easily. Or you can just take the hard drive out and attach to your desktop PC to retrieve the files.

 

[chazman17]

To retrieve your deleted or corrupt files from hard drive Kernel for Windows data recovery is the best option that restore your all lost files from hard disk.

There is nothing corrupt about it... I intend to reformat it after. It's just bloated and slow where it isn't worth bothering to boot into windows. I have heard though that I could use Linux. His computer is Windows XP

 

[Lisan al-Gaib]

If you need to know how to make a bootable Linux, try using this: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/. Directions are at the bottom. Don't need to install, just run it from disc/usb and retrieve the files. Linux should have no issues with the Windows partition.