Lifehacker posted a super guide to saving a Windows System with the help of a thumb drive and Ubuntu.
This could come in handy, if you like me, sometimes have to help Windows Users solve various problems… the guide can help with the following things:
- Clean a virus with a Linux-based anti-virus app.
- Recover files and save them onto that same thumb drive, to a web storage spot like Dropbox, or to another USB drive.
- Change your login password if you’ve forgotten it, or someone’s changed it on you.
- Analyze your hard drive to figure out what’s filled it, and resize partitions if you’re dual booting and need to free up more space.