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Knoppix is released via BitTorrent. You can download the BT tool, then download the torrent. You'll end up with an ISO image that can be burned to a CD or DVD. Set your CDROM as the first device to boot in your BIOS "boot order" menu. Insert the disk in the drive and boot. The "mount" command in Knoppix will likely reveal the hard disk partitions and where they have been automounted. That is your starting point.

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As somebody recently noted, this is a rootkit. It's going to be a significant exercise to get it completely cleared out. Failing that, you can use the Knoppix session as a means to access your data and back it up before reloading Windows.

I had a really bad Windows virus in 2003. It embedded itself into the firmware on the motherboard. I had to dedicate the machine to being a Linux host as the virus would go active if a Windows OS was available. I lost the use of a $1500 custom built Windows machine.