Need Help

[pinslammer]

I am working on reformatting my brothers computer because when it would load it kept saying OS error.... so i stuck in my xp disc and swiped the HD but now all of his data on his second hard drive is in limbo. every time i try to access it, windows says i need to reformat it. i don't want to do that!! all of his pictures, music etc is on there. any suggestions??

 

[Dangman]

Use a Linux live CD like Knoppix. Boot into into the Knoopix Live CD, find your bro's hard drive and copy all the data into an external or that primary drive.

 

[pinslammer]

never really used Linux what am i in for?

 

[Dangman]

never really used Linux what am i in for?

It's different to say the least. But keep an open mind, think logically, google if you can't figure out something and no you do not need to install Linux. A LiveCD will load entirely into RAM, requiring no install whatsoever.