Midnight Commander

Everytime it boots it keeps getting hung up when loading the AVG files.This leads me to believe that something in the AVG Anti Virus is causing it to freeze the loading of the operating system.

I have some forensic programs that can rip the data off the drive but it makes a merry mess of the files and for the amount of stuff my friend has on her work laptop it would not be easy to straighten out.

Hello Robert,
I understand your concern. Rescue Disc is to recover the operating system if the issue was created by AVG, whereas we are unable to backup or transfer data from computer.Please feel free to get back to us for any issues with AVG.
Thank you.

I have a Dell Laptop with Win 7 pro that won't boot up. Can I use Midnight Commander on the AVG Rescue CD to transfer files from the bad laptop to a portable hard drive?

Hello Robert,
Please run AVG remover tool : http://aa-download.avg.com/filedir/util/AVG_Remover.exe to completely uninstall your AVG program from your PC. Once uninstalled please follow the instructions on the article http://avgread.me/1czW57x to reinstall your AVG program. Please feel free to contact us for further assistance.
Thank you.

Hello Robert,
I understand your concern. Rescue Disc is to recover the operating system if the issue was created by AVG, whereas we are unable to backup or transfer data from computer.Please feel free to get back to us for any issues with AVG.
Thank you.