Autarchy of the Private Cave

One of the benefits, offered exclusively by the Windows Vista Ultimate (not even by the Windows Vista Business), is

running UNIX applications (via SUA, Subsystem for UNIX Applications) , which provides higher flexibility for Windows workstations.

Where is the world going?

And how soon will all the Windows users (not only Ultimate Users) benefit from the higher flexibility by running UNIX applications?

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.