I have had problems with my PC recently. I think it's a hardware issue. It kept crashing all of the time so I tried a system restore, and unforuntately it crashed half way through.

Now when I try to boot XP, I get to the login screen and try to enter my password. The mouse works fine but everything freezes as soon as I use my keyboard.

I tried a program called Bart to retrieve the files without XP, but although I can see my files, they amount to 0kbs, presumably because I haven't entered my password or XP encryption.

Therefore my question is: If I booted my computer using Knoppix, could I retrieve my files? Or does anybody know any other way?

Greatly appreciated!