I have a PC with Windows XP that can't load Windows. I had some virus problems, asked for help on here, and tried many free antivirus programs and adware/malware removal tools, and I'd gotten it down to just 2 or 3 pop-ups left that weren't even that annoying, and one day I rebooted it and it wouldn't reload Windows and hasn't since. I was an idiot and had not previously backed up my stuff. I have a lot of stuff on the hard drive that I want to save, and then I can just format the whole thing and start over.
I now have an external USB hard drive with 286.2 gigs of space on it, a USB flash drive with 15 gigs of space on it, and a dead PC with about 186 gigs of crap on it, and maybe 140 gigs or so that I want to save.
I'm on my wife's Mac laptop.
I've never used Linux and I'm barely getting used to this newfangled Mac thing.
So how do I boot from my jump drive or whatever? All this confuses the hell out of me. My ace homie Dogs Rule was helping me out, but I figured it would be more convenient to ask for help in a thread. I've got this Mac, the PC, the USB flash drive, and the USB external hard drive all at this desk and ready to rock. Should I format my USB flash drive into a boot disk, or burn a CD?
I'll be up all night trying to save this sucker. Thanks in advance to anybody who can help this sad old man save his sensitive shit.
