Want to access protected files via CMD prompt due to startup failure

Hi all

Last night my registry corrupted and now I am in a constant repair loop (Windows 7)

With CMD prompt have taken advice to copy the reg files back from backup, that did not work, have done the fixboot.exe advise, did not work and clicked on startup repair 100 times.

Have created a win 7 bootable USB but can not do a repair as not in windows.

So unless anyone has more detailed advise than above then I need to re-install but there is file I need.

So I can get in to CMD from the USB boot however because the files are behind my username I can not see them as I guess they are admin protected so how can I copy them out of my C: drive when I know they are there but can not see them?

Thoughts and help appreciated.

Thanks
Jon

 

Usually the first thing to try is to boot into last known good configuration.

If that does not work, boot into Safe Mode and run a System Restore.

 

Thanks but it does not boot into safe mood or last known configuration, it is in the startup repair failure loop which ever mood you start it up in.

And it does not have any previous restore points.

 

this is now fixed

 

@funnyjon can you tell me how did you fix this i got the same problem here, Tnx:confused

 

I used my mac to create a bootable ubuntu usb stick, booted it from the usb without installing which allowed me full access to the HDD and i then copied all the files I needed onto another memory stick and then just re-installed windows.