My laptop, with all my data, died thanks to an automatic update.

Microsoft can't tell the difference between a full release and a pre alpha test.

Anyway, said laptop included:

All my movies, including my 17/18 old movies from 2008 and early 2009
All of my scripts, which was around 13
All my Sony Vegas files
Basically, all the stuff I need for my movies.

The only way to fix my laptop is to use the restore disc, but that would delete all my stuff, and the harddrive is not removable.

The only solution is to boot Linux from a USB/CD. But I have no idea how to do that.