Ok, my computer crashed last night, all the data is there just the installation of windows is corrupted. I need to access the computer to backup my data i cannot loose it! I cannot create a new partition as there is no space left to create it with without reformatting the harddrive. I bought a 250GB external usb harddrive to backup on but i need a bootable program or method you can give me to help. I tried using knoppix but it just says an error, 'cannot copy' when i copy from one hard drive to the other. I unticked the read only boxes on the two drives within knoppix so i now need another method.

Please can you help me because it is driving me crazy!!!