Damaged hdd, Windows boot error, how to extract files?

Question

Hard disks

There was an error loading Windows on the laptop, there is only one solution: reinstall Windows, but there is a question. How to pull data from an old HDD, because. it was not divided into 2. I tried to connect and directly copy but it does not work. What programs can be used to extract one folder?

Answer 1

There are two options, boot from LiveCD (download the image of installed Windows or Linux to a blank)
and already transfer important files to where you need to
Either connect the hard drive to another working computer and transfer the files in
the same way Also, you can install Windows over the old one, just do not format the partition , then after installation, only system files will be replaced, and your personal documents will be saved.