Emergency Kit - save your files from a dead OS

Thank you Wolfgang for your tutorial :)

I have both 32bit and 64bit Win7 PCs and one Win8-64bit PC.

Would I need two "Mint Mate" sticks -- one each for 32bit and 64-bit PCs ?

Thank you, :)

As long as your CPU is 64bit capable, you can go with 64bit. If not, use the 32bit (which I have never used). That should cover everything.

It is really only a matter of processor capability. The OS you want to recover does not matter. Most modern systems since appr. 2007 are 64bit capable. But some old bangers may not.

Thank you Wolfgang for such a prompt response,

Your tutorials are a pleasure to watch and listen to. :)

You are welcome and thanks. I am now working on a more extensive tutorial describing all the things you can do with Linux on a flash drive. Should be ready in the next 10 days.

I got Mint on a 64 gig stick and it boots up to a log in screen for user name and password. I unable to do a user name or password that works.
What next.

Layback Bear said:

I got Mint on a 64 gig stick and it boots up to a log in screen for user name and password. I unable to do a user name or password that works.
What next.

If you have forgotten your password and / or username, see these instructions: Reset forgotten/lost main user password in Linux Mint 12+ - Linux Mint Community

Thanks Kari for the quick response.
This is the first time going into Mate. I have not made a password.
I did try this.
Name: jack
Password: 1234

The response was incorrect.

Is their a already installed password?

When you install Mint (or any other Linux) it will ask your name. You can then select a username if the default is not what you want to; default username is the first word of the name you gave written in all lowercase, for John Doe Mint suggests username john. In addition a password must be created and confirmed if you do not especially select No Password.

I'm trying to make a username (jack) and password (1234).
It will not except it.
This is the first boot ever using Mint.
All I get is Mint asking for a user name and password that it won't let me make.
Now I'm on a page that says. (jack is not) then it jumps to he password page to quick to see the rest.
I can remove the USB stick and it just cycles through the same things. I act like my system instead of Mint is asking for a password. Their is not passwords for Windows on my computer.

Let my try to explain things better.
1. Install Mint stick in USP 2.0 and boot.
2. Mint boots to a screen that ask to select and I select boot Linus Mint.
3. A white screen comes up with a Mint screen in the middle asking for a User Name and Password.
So I type in jack for user name and 1234 for password.
Incorrect is what I get.

Should I just wipe the stick and start all over again?