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If you like the software, please support the author(s) and/or publisher(s) by endeavouring to buy it! ________________________________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================================== Overview This bootable CD contains more than 100 bootable floppy images that are selectable from a menu. It also contains a selection of Applications that are particularly useful for diagnostics, repair, and everyday use, and/or sometimes just hard to find. As well there is a small (but growing) collection of documents designed to help with specific problems. Miscellaneous Documents What do I do if an image doesn't work? Don't panic, Try this. In the event of severe Hard Drive Failure, here's an informative document entitled: 200 Ways to recover a Hard Disk Can't tell for sure what video card is in your Windows Machine? Device Manager is no help. Well, here is The OTHER Way to Find Out What Video Card Is in Your Computer. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Sections * Manufacturer's Hard Disk Diagnostics Tools Each drive manufacturer's hard disk diagnostic / setup utility is here. * Generic Hard Disk Diagnostics and Repair Tools Several generic tools that can be used on any hard drive to perform various different tests, Surface Scans and Repairs using these tools. * Hard Disk Partitioning Tools Create, Delete, Resize and Recover partitions; Repair partition tables; Fdisk utilities. * Hard Disk Cloning and Backup/Restore Tools Clone/Ghost complete hard disks, and save partition table backups. * Hard Disk Boot Managers Tools Boot managers, load and run multiple operating systems. * Hard Disk Erasers Wipe/Erase complete Hard Disks, or just the free space. * Windows Tools and Rescue / Recovery Disks Lots of Tools and Rescue / Recovery Disks of all sorts to help get Windows installations back up and running again - Win9x/ME/NT/2K/XP. Offline WinNT password editor and offline Windows registry editor. Also includes file-management utilities with Fat32, NTFS & long-filename support. * Linux Tools, Rescue Disks, Boot root/recovery disks Rescue and Recovery Disks for Linux. Boot root/recovery disks, Etc. * System and Memory Diagnostics System Diagnostics Tools to test System hardware, and Diagnose problems. Memory testers - quick-test and burn-in types. * System Information, PCI Bus Scanners, Hardware Identifiers Tools to help identify system hardware. * Bios Tools Tools for working with BIOS. Flash, Save, Restore, Reset Data, Clear passwords, etc. Tools that are included on this CD Listed by section (and their Manuals, docs, or FAQs, if available) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Manufacturer's Hard Disk Diagnostics Tools Data Lifeguard Tools v5.03 A Western Digital Program similar to Ontrack's Disk Manager. (Version 5.03 ONLY works on Western Digital harddrives.) Fujitsu Fujitsu Hard Drive Diagnostic Disk. IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test Drive Fitness Test is a DOS based utility used to test hard disk drives while they remain inside a personal computer. Maxtor's PowerDiag v3.04 Maxtors Power Diagnostic Utilities (PowerDiag v3.04) Maxtor's POWERMAX v4.06 Maxtors Power Diagnostic Utilities (PowerMax v 4.06) Samsung HUTIL v1.15 Samsung HUTIL Drive Diagnostic Utility. Samsung SHDIAG Version 1.25 Samsung SHDIAG Drive Diagnostic Utility. Seagate Hard Drive Diagnostics Seagate Hard Drive Diagnostics Disk. Western Digital Hard Drive Diagnostics Western Digital Hard Drive Diagnostic Disk. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Generic Hard Disk Diagnostics and Repair Tools Data Advisor A comprehensive, easy-to-use Hard Drive diagnostic tool. (ReadMe for version 4.10) (Ad Brochure for version 5) Data Lifeguard Tools v11 A Western Digital Program similar to Ontrack's Disk Manager. (Version 11 works on other makes of harddrives, too.) DiskSpy DiskSpy is a sector-based hard disk drive viewer and editor. Hard Drive Mechanic v3.0 Hard Drive Mechanic 3.0 offers quick, simple crash recovery capabilities. (No NTFS support.) Hard Drive Mechanic Gold for Dos and Win9x , WinNT , Win2K and XP. A do-it-yourself data recovery solution capable of returning your inaccessible files to you, by re-aligning or reconstructing the file system. There is also a manual that explains how to Unformat your hard drive. HDD Regenerator An AMAZING and truly unique software program for regeneration (recovery) of bad sectors on hard disk drives. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Viewer HDD S.M.A.R.T. Viewer for DOS Supports drives using external UDMA controllers. IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool The Hitachi Feature Tool is a utility, which allows the user control over some of the parameters of todays high performance ATA hard disk drives. IDE/ATA Drive Diagnostics 4-in-1 Drive Diagnostics Tools: . . . ADQ 1.01 - IDE/ATA information utility . . . SIDED 1.03 - IDE/ATA diagnostics utility . . . IDESCAN 1.01 - IDE/ATA low-level surface scanner . . . DRIVCONF 1.00 - IDE/ATA helper utility to detect drive-letter assignment IDESCAN 2.00 IDESCAN is a low level surface scanner for use with IDE (ATA) drives. IDESCAN uses register I/O to scan the drive's surface and in case of an error reports the precise error. IDESCAN can also detect suspicious access times. Media Test v2.5 Media Test was created to determine the mechanical status of computer hard drives and removable media. Ontrack Disk Manager v9.50 Ontrack Disk Manager (version 9.50) with Dynamic Drive Overlay for HDs>512Mb and old BIOSes. Ontrack Disk Manager v9.57 Ontrack Disk Manager (version 9.57) with Dynamic Drive Overlay for HDs>512Mb and old BIOSes. (Ad Brochure) Seagate Technology SeaTools Desktop Edition Conducts Data-Safe tests on most ATA and SCSI drives. SpinRite 5 SpinRite 5 is Disk drive repair and data recovery software. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Hard Disk Partitioning Tools Active@ Partition Recovery v 1.0 Active@ Partition Recovery can Detect/Recover/Restore deleted Partitions and Logical Drives (FAT and NTFS), Create Drive Images, Backup/Restore MBRs, Partition Tables and Volume Boot Sectors as well as Preview files and folders on deleted partitions or drives Paragon Partition Manager 5.5 Partition Manager affords everything you may need for managing partitions; its suitable for both everyday and rare needs, for either inexperienced user or advanced professional. Partition Commander v8.01 Safe resize, create, move & copy for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, Linux and DOS partitions. Partition Resizer Partition Resizer processes only existing partitions. Partition Resizer does not convert FAT16 (older DOS partitions) into FAT32. (IMPORTANT notes to READ FIRST) (Partition Resizer FAQ) PartitionStar A complete gui hard-drive partitioning program. Power Quest Partition Magic 8 Partition Magic 8 Includes BootMagic and DataKeeper. (Rescue Disks text file. PowerQuests Partition Table Editor Partition Table Editor allows manipulation of the partition table information found in the Master Boot Record and EPBR Boot record. PTEdit is useful for fixing partition table errors or boot sector problems. This is a DOS version with a graphical user interface. Ranish Partition Manager v2.44 Ranish Partition Manager - also versions v2.40 and v2.43 Smart FDisk Version 2.0 Easily manage up to 16 Hard Drives up to 2 TB in size. Includes Boot Manager SPF FDisk + SPF Boot Manager Special FDisk + Special Boot Manager TestDisk v5.1, Data Recovery Utility TestDisk was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing your Partition Table). XFDisk eXtended FDisk, or short XFDisk, is a free DOS FDISK replacement that offers more comfort and comes with a bootmanager that allows you to have more than one operating system installed on your hard disk. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Hard Disk Cloning and Backup/Restore Tools DriveStar A gui Hard Drive Imaging program with built-in partitioner. G4U "Ghost for Unix" Harddisk Image Cloning for PCs via FTP or local network even. Miray HDClone v1.0 With HDClone it is possible to make a physical copy of a disk. (Brief Details) Norton Ghost (Version 7.5) Harddisk Image Cloning for PCs via FTP or local network even. Norton Ghost (Version 8) Harddisk Image Cloning for PCs via FTP or local network even. Partition Commander v8.01 Safe resize, create, move & copy for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, Linux and DOS partitions. Partition Saving Saves, Restores and Copies disk elements (whole disk, Master Boot Record, partitions table, partition). (FAQ) PC INSPECTOR's Clone Maxx A professional hard drive copying program from CONVAR capable of copying with speeds up to 3.3 GB per minute independent of the file system or the number of partitions. Power Quest Drive Image 2002 Drive Image 2002 is a disaster recovery and backup solution. (Drive Image context help notes.) XCLONE XCLONE is a disk/directory copying tool that easily lets you duplicate entire disks or directory trees. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Hard Disk Boot Managers Tools BootMagic 8 BootDisk BootMagic enables you to safely load and run multiple operating systems on the same computer without conflict. BootStar A gui Boot-Manager with built-in partitioner. Gujin Gujin is a PC boot loader which finds filesystems for selecting which system to boot. Smart FDisk Version 2.0 Easily manage up to 16 Hard Drives up to 2 TB in size. Includes Boot Manager SPF FDisk + SPF Boot Manager Special FDisk + Special Boot Manager ________________________________________________________________________________________ Hard Disk Erasers Autoclave v0.3 Hard Drive sterilization on a bootable floppy. Darik's Boot and Nuke Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. iolo DriveScrubber Version 2.0 DriveScrubber is designed to remove all traces and remnants of information from every area of a hard drive, including all boot, file, operating system, and even unused space locations. KillDisk v1.1 Professional Active@ KillDisk is a quality security application that destroys data permanently from any computer that can be started using a DOS floppy disk. KillDisk v2.0 Professional Active@ KillDisk is a quality security application that destroys data permanently from any computer that can be started using a DOS floppy disk. KillDisk v3.0 Professional Active@ KillDisk is a quality security application that destroys data permanently from any computer that can be started using a DOS floppy disk. Ontrack Data Eraser v2.00 DataEraser will completely erase all the information stored on a hard drive or partition. (Ad Brochure) PARAGON Disk Wiper Wipe whole partition, whole hard disk or free space only. PC INSPECTOR e-maxx A professional data deletion program from CONVAR capable of deleting data with speeds up to 3.3 GB per minute independent of the file system or the number of partitions. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Windows Tools, Rescue Disks & Recovery disks Active@ Partition Recovery v 1.0 Active@ Partition Recovery can Detect/Recover/Restore deleted Partitions and Logical Drives (FAT and NTFS), Create Drive Images, Backup/Restore MBRs, Partition Tables and Volume Boot Sectors as well as Preview files and folders on deleted partitions or drives Disk Commander v1.1 Disk Commander helps you recover data from drives that have become corrupt or inaccessible. Includes DOS version and ERD CD-ROM version. Dos Navigator Plus v3.70 "The best DOS Shell a man can get." Dos Navigator is a comprehensive shell for MS-DOS. (Quick Overview) ERD Commander 2003 ERD Commander 2003 allows you to access and repair otherwise unbootable systems in a familiar, Windows-like environment. (DataSheet) Network Services Boot Diskette This boot disk disk starts network services. NTBoot This boot-disk can allow you to start Windows NT when the hard drive boot sector has been overwritten or damaged. NTFS Emergency Boot Disk Windows NT Change Password Utility / Registry Editor / Boot disk. (This is an older version than Offline, listed below) NTFSCHK version 4.00 NTFSCHK allows you to run the Windows NT/2000 CHKDSK (the NTFS equivalent of Scandisk) program from DOS. NTFSDOS Professional Edition v3.12 NTFS File System Driver for DOS, v3.12, allows read and write access to NTFS volumes from DOS when Windows won't Boot. NTFSDOS Professional Edition v4.00 NTFS File System Driver for DOS, v4.00, allows read and write access to NTFS volumes from DOS when Windows will not Boot. There is also a version that auto-loads CD-Rom Drivers. Offline Offline Windows NT Change Password Utility, Registry Editor, and Bootdisk Ontrack Easy Recovery Emergency Diskette v6.03 The EmergencyDiskette is a DOS-based version of the Data Recovery engine used in Windows which allows one to recover data from a partition even if you cannot boot to Windows. Web page (local copy) ReadNTFS Active@ NTFS Reader (no write capability) for DOS v 1.0 with unicode. (notes) Registrar Allows you to make changes to a Windows 9X registry strictly through DOS. TestDisk v5.1, Data Recovery Utility TestDisk was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing your Partition Table). The Ultimate Boot Disk v4.3m The fast and easy way to install, troubleshoot and fix Windows. Universal Boot Disk (UBD) Version 3.6 A boot disk specifically assembled to access NTFS drives and to provide comprehensive native language support (NLS) under DOS. (ReadMe) Universal Network/CD Boot Disk TeleData Consulting's FREE Universal Network/CD Boot Disk. (ReadMe and FAQ) Volkov 4 and 5, Plus QView A Win98 Start-Up Disk with Volkov File Commander versions 4 and 5, QView (a powerful Text/Hex/Asm viewer for DOS) Windows 98 Startup Disk Includes the following Components: . . . Attrib.exe...........Add or remove file attributes . . . Chkdsk.exe........A simpler and smaller disk status tool . . . Debug.exe.........Debugging utility . . . Edit.com............Real-mode emergency text editor . . . Ext.exe..............New, simple file extract utility . . . Extract.exe........File to expand and extract .cab files . . . Fdisk.exe...........Disk partition tool . . . Format.com.......Disk format tool . . . Mscdex.exe.......Microsoft CD-ROM file extension for MS-DOS . . . Scandisk.exe......Disk status tool . . . Scandisk.ini........Disk status tool configuration file . . . Sys.com.............Transfers system files and make disk bootable Windows XP System setup disk Allows you to boot from a single "floppy disk image", partition and format the drive and then begin the XP installation from CD, or copy the cd contents to the hard drive first and then install from there. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Linux Tools, Rescue Disks, Boot root/recovery disks BasicLinux BasicLinux is a mini-Linux that runs in a 4mb ramdisk. BG-Rescue Linux This is a very small Linux distribution that fits on one eltorito-boot cd. Blueflops A 2.88 MB Linux distribution with a graphical web browser. HAL91 HAL91 is a minimalistic Linux distribution. (R)ecovery (I)s (P)ossible Linux rescue system Small Linux boot/rescue system for the purpose of system booting or repairing. Tomsrtbt - Tom's Root Boot The most GNU/Linux on one floppy disk ________________________________________________________________________________________ System and Memory Diagnostics CheckIt Pro 7 A full-featured diagnostic tool. GoldMemory v5.07 ShareWare program to perform PC Memory Diagnostic Tests. Memory Doctor (DocMem) DocMemory, an advanced self-bootable PC Memory Diagnostic Software is a user friendly software designed to capture all possible memory failures in PC. Memtest86 Memtest86 - A thorough Stand-alone Memory Diagnostic. Microscope PC Diagnostics v11.04u Accurate System Information, Benchmarks and Diagnostic Tools and Routines for PCs. Includes CMOS BIOS Access tools. Monitor Test Monitor Test is for testing, aligning and configuring and trouble-shooting monitors. MSD.EXE version 3.01 Microsoft Diagnostics Utility - see how your System, Memory, Devices, TSRs, Video, Mouse, Disks, Ports etc. are configured. PC Diagnostics '95 v2.77b 1999 by Craig Hart A very technical (and very comprehensive) software package that does very low level tests of motherboard, and some periperals. Also very functional for burn-in testing of systems. PC-Doctor Service Center 2000 PC-Doctor Service Center 2000 is a complete diagnostic testing and system information solution. PC-Check 5.02 PC-Check gives you over 500 tests from 1 single disk. TuffTEST-Pro v3.53 Professional-Level PC Diagnostics Software. Windows Memory Diagnostic Windows Memory Diagnostic tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. ________________________________________________________________________________________ System Information, PCI Bus Scanners, Hardware Identifiers AIDA16 AIDA16 is a DOS text-mode system information program. ASTRA ASTRA - Advanced Sysinfo Tool and Reporting Assistant (version 4.13) (ReadMe.txt) Microscope PC Diagnostics v11.04u Accurate System Information, Benchmarks and Diagnostic Tools and Routines for PCs. Includes CMOS BIOS Access tools. Navrátil Software System Information High-End Professional freeware system information tool, version 0.57.4 PC-Config 9.33 Sysinfo Software for DOS (version 9.33) PCI Discover The PCI System information & Exploration tool. PCI Sniffer PCISniffer is a diagnosis program for the PCI bus that detects connected devices and reads the PCI configuration data of the devices and displays detailed information about all PCI devices installed in readable form. PnP Resource lister & diagnostic tool This program reports on the internals of Plug and Play (PnP) BIOS equippped PC's. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Bios Tools CleanBoot A Win98 "Clean Boot" with no devices or drivers loaded. Perfect for flashing your BIOS. KillCMOS KillCMOS "resets" your computer's CMOS settings to the factory defaults. Matthias Bockelkamp's BIOS utility v 1.35.0 Bios Information Tool; Save / Restore / Modify BIOS settings & more. (FAQ) Microscope PC Diagnostics v11.04u Accurate System Information, Benchmarks and Diagnostic Tools and Routines for PCs. Includes CMOS BIOS Access tools. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ========================================================================================