Guys, I am looking for a USB bootable Linux OS so I can boot on a computer that Windows is corrupted and I need to recover back my data inside before I reformat it. Or besides linux, is there any other tools will do the same thing? Thank you
+1 For Ubuntu - no need to recommend confusing no-name unheard of Linux distros to perform a simple task, Ubuntu is easy to use and will work fine
peppermintos is based on lubuntu wich is in turn based on ubuntu antix is on of the lightest linux distros, it boots from usb faster than xp boots from hdd both have added proprietary drivers, some not found in ubuntu, wich aspires to be libre just cause for you they are it doesent mean theyre worst than ubuntu operating systems just like programming languages, and any other thing theres not a one size fits all, an os best at everything ubuntu is more polished than antix but ubuntu has a big corporation behind it, and it shows, it takes up tons of resources
You do realize if you have your windows install disk/USB installer , you can reinstall all the system files without losing any data in your documents folder etc.. Just choose "upgrade" instead of install..will ruin activation and you will have to fresh install afterwards but you know your data is intact