If the hard disk drive or solid state drive on your Windows computer has failed, then you can retrieve your files & data using Linux Live CD/USB.

The first step toward moving files between Windows and Linux is to download and install a tool such as PuTTY’s pscp. You can get PuTTY from putty.org and set it up on your Windows system easily.

How to Transfer a File Using USB. File Explorer, or Windows Explorer as it's called in Windows 7 and earlier, provides a user access to all of the files stored to the computer.

If you have multiple Linux machines on your network and are looking for ways to transfer files between them, here are five tried and true options - including my favorite, Samba.