Playing with Linux

[mbpark]

Yes,

according to that article, there are bugs with the way NTFS is handled because "captive NTFS" aka using the Windows DLLs didn't work as reliably as expected.

I personally won't use Knoppix to fix a broken Windows installation. I'll use Bart's PE or ERD Commander, both of which boot to a minimal Windows installation (XP in the case of Bart's PE). You can even install drivers in Bart's PE for things like RAID and SAN controllers, and bring a Proliant server up on the network even after it's down to do work.

In case you're wondering, it's a customizable Windows installation which uses your existing CDs and a group of plugins and drivers to make the recovery experience much less painful.

Knoppix is perfectly fine for doing Linux-based work, but if you have to fix a Windows installation, I'll recommend Bart's PE to anyone, as it uses Windows itself. Having a 250GB FAT32 partition is asking for trouble.

Mitch