Bring Your Computer Back From The Dead

Ever have a computer just totally die on you in the middle of testing? Of course, if you're testing a new product, it's not that uncommon to have it crash, and sometimes even corrupt the system. The problem is if you've still got data on that computer that you need to get to - or even the debug logs to see what happened before every went to heck. Problem is, what do you use to get into your dead computer?As long as you can still boot from a CD, you've got options. Check out this article from PCWorld: Six Downloadable Boot Discs That Could Save Your PCAnd don't forget to back up your system! Even if you can reproduce the data, you probably don't want to spend the time (and your boss doesn't want to spend the money on your salary) to get it back.