Recover files from a non-booting Windows PC

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boot into System Rescue CD

http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

To mount an NTFS drive as read-only:

mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows  (just drop the "-o ro" for read/write)

To mount a FAT32 USB key as writeable:

mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/backup

Set up network transfer:

net-setup eth0