SystemRescueCD

Req: burn systemrescuecdxxx.iso to CDROM first.  

Instructions on Using SystemRescueCD to copy files from dead PC to another HD (TARGET)
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1. Find out where things are first
fdisk -l

2. create (readonly) mount for source (PC)
mkdir /PC
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda5 /PC -ro  (LINUX)
mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /PC -ro  (WINDOWS)
cd /PC
ls -alh

3. create mount for HDD target

/mnt/ntfs/Documents and Settings/

If you want to edit some Windows files, then you need to use the NTFS-3G driver:

mkdir /TARGET
% ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /TARGET

cd /TARGET
cp /PC/whatever .