The partitions cannot be edited.. and I had my files -which I really needed- in both partitions… and both where about ¾ full with important files.. and that when I realized I had to lose one of these partitions in order to access the computer…

you may think it’s a desperate situation but I found a solution, which I hadn’t even thought of … using an ISO (CD image I downloaded ages ago) it was System Rescue CD which you can download here…

after that burn it with a burning application (on another computer of course) and put it in the CD drive of the computer which needs rescuing.. restart and let it boot from CD.. start the terminal.. yes the horrible DOS like program (also called command prompt in Windows).. but relax… you have to face your fears

and save your files…

now you will need to make files to open the C:/ and D:/ so we type:

mkdir /mnt/win1

and

mkdir /mnt/win2

now we need to open the C:/ and D:/ and to that we type:

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/win1

and

mount /dev/sda2/ /mnt/win2

(if it doesn’t work try changing sda to hda depending on you hard drive, if this continue change mnt to media)

P.S. Keep the same letter case (no capitals)

now I suggest using firefox to check the directories (files) you created and see which one is C:/ and which is D:/ … do that by using file>open or Ctrl+o to open a browsing window, go to root and then mnt then win1 or win2 check which is C:/ and D:/

Assume I have my files in C:/Users/USER/ and I want to copy them to the D:/ and the C:/ is /mnt/win1 while the D:/ is /mnt/win2

this makes the files in /mnt/win1/Users/USER/ (notice it is case sensitive now) and I want to move them to /mnt/win2/…

Now get back to the terminal… and change the file you are working in to the directory /mnt/win1/Users/USER/ to do so type

cd /mnt/win1

cd /Users

cd /USER

OR type directly

cd /mnt/win1/Users/USER

now you may find this unnessory but you need to check if the files you need is in this directory so type:

ls

a list appears (in my case I found documents folder and desktop in this directory so I chose to copy the file USER to /mnt/win2

so let’s get back to the folder Users.. type

cd

then

cd /mnt/win1/Users/

Now the most important step.. COPYING..

cp -r /mnt/win1/Users/USER /mnt/win2

which copies the file USER from /mnt/win1/Users/ to /mnt/win2

and now wait until the process finish

Warning: this process may take a long time so wait until it finishes.. and this process doesn’t copy Arabic-named files (as I saw ) so I don’t think it will copy files with names other then English

after that I recommend you recheck that the files have been copied through typing:

cd /mnt/win2

ls

and see if USER is listed…

now type

kill all

or press

Ctrl+Alt+Backspaace

so the computer will shut down..

I recommend installing a Linux (like Linux Mint Or Ubuntu) and install a protection application like clamav or AVG to remove the virus in you files then format the computer to Windows after that if you wish to…