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How to make partitions to reinstall Windows when windows does not boot
So here's the story:
I was just getting some work done last night on my PC, when suddenly the power went out. After a while when the power came back on, my computer would not boot. It was stuck on the Windows loading screen. So I restarted and did diagnostic (pressed F9 before booting), turns out that everything is okay including CPU, memory and Hard Drive connection test.
So I restarted again and let the Windows load, it took 20 minutes. After which it started some disk checking (It looked like the Windows XP disk checking except it had a black background and it took 1.5 hours).
It showed that 8 files or indexes or something were unreadable. Then it restarted, and opened startup repair. Startup repair is apparently checking or disk errors which might take over an hour, but it has been over 5 hours now.
So I know that my Hard Drive is okay since it has been doing all that, but maybe the Windows files are corrupted.
I decided to re-install Windows but I want to keep my files. So I had to move all the files from the system drive to another one so I don't lose my files in the C drive. But I don't have another partition, I just have a 1.35 TB C Drive and I don't have any means of backing the files up on an external HDD.
So I was thinking if I could install Linux from a Disc, creating a partition with Linux, move all the files to that partition and then reinstall Windows from a CD.
Is it possible to do such a thing? If so what are the steps I should take to do it?
My Computer:
HPE-500f: HP Pavilion Elite HPE-500f Specs (Phenom II X6 1045T 2.7 GHz) - Desktops - CNET Reviews
Windows Home Premium SP1 x64
1.35 TB Hard Drive - ~320 GB left
Any answers are appreciated. I will try to provide more info if needed.
Thank you for your time.