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  • SystemRescueCD

    15th March 2008

    Earlier, I wrote about Universal boot CD , which is targeted primarily at the hardware testing/diagnosing.

    If not hardware, but “only” software is malfunctioning - try SystemRescueCD, a Linux-based recovery CD/DVD/Flash stick (it all depends on how you burn/install the downloaded file - manuals and how-to’s are available).

    As always, Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with SystemRescueCD, and gain no profit from this post. Any advice I give is provided AS IS, with no guarantees of fitness to your exact case.

    Posted in *nix, Links, Notepad | 3 Comments »

    Ultimate boot CD - diagnostic, testing, and recovery utilities collection

    21st December 2007

    Today, using memtest86, system speed test, hddspeed and some other DOS utilities for diagnosing and testing PC hardware, I decided to put together my own simple bootable utility CD disk. But first, I did some searching to find if something similar exists.

    It does exist - Ultimate boot CD. That CD has numerous freeware testing and diagnosing utilities which will help you - if you are up to some good old (read “small fast”) DOS utilities. And not that old, actually - modern hardware is supported.

    The only modification I’ll do to the Ultimate boot CD will be adding freeware Biew bin/hex viewer/editor. Surely, more utils to come - with original size of just 115MB, there’s plenty of room to add extensions. You can even extend the CD image with non-free software, like Partition Magic.

    P.S. To diagnose and fix software problems - have a look at System Rescue CD.

    Posted in Hardware, Links, Notepad, Software | 1 Comment »

     
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