toshiba satelite laptop cannot boot to windows 7. I do not have a windows install disk 
I can get to system restore options - but startup repair -system restore- don't get me to fix WIN start up. I can use command prompt - have used sfc - but still cannot boot to windows. I want to SAVE files and data before reinstalling windows from a toshiba recovery disk. (It says it will restore to oem.) Suggestions?Hi

You can use the xcopy command from the command prompt to copy either the folders in your users\profile name or the whole user profile.

So the command would be xcopy c:\users\*.* /s /e  e:                  or what ever is your usb  drive or flash drive LETTER you are copying to.

Also check the drive with the Dir c: command to check if there is any other folders you might need to copy which are not in the users folder. You then would use xcopy c:\music\*.* /s /e e: for example.
In case OP comes back to see this THREAD again ---

1. Can try to download a windows 7 installation disk image from here --> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

2. Can try to remove the hdd/ssd from the laptop and connect to another WORKING pc and dump all the files wanted to that other pc