Background:
Dell Latitude 6400 Laptop. Dual Core Centrino processor with 2gig RAM on WinXP x32. PC froze yesterday and the user hard booted. Now there is an autochk.exe not found error during normal Windows startup and crashes to a blue screen. Windows will not start up normally or in SaveMode. I have run all of the diagnostics I can and everything comes back smelling like roses. I will try to get a windows XP boot disk and run chkdsk tomorrow.


Issue:
I found Knoppix as a potential tool to fix this problem and potentially keep in my tool kit for future issues. I created an image disk from the .iso file I downloaded this morning. I interupt the PC startup with F12 and boot to the CD/DVD drive and receive the boot:_ prompt with the black cat who just caught a big STD while stealing a pocket watch. At this screen I have tried . . .

A simple return with no additional Cheatcodes
nodma
knoppix all-generic-ide
knoppix all-generic-ide irqpoll
2

I have also tried all of the possible SATA bios settings with no luck.


Goal:
I just need to get some files off of the PC. I am happy to re-image the machine and build it up again for the user. Just need to get the files onto a jump drive or get the PC to a bootable state where I can pull the files across the network. Does anybody have a solid fix for the "can't find knoppix filesystem, sorry." error?

Thanks,

Ian