boot disks
Ultimate Boot Disk 9x 4.3m
Ultimate Boot Disk 9x - A graphical computer start-up disk with mouse support and dozens of system-checking utilities more>>
It installs Windows faster, troubleshoots problems, and has visual and audible alarms to warn novices of potential file damage.
Ultra fast and easy menu-driven PC startup disk with dozens of system utiliti... Ultimate Boot ...Ultra fast and easy menu-driven PC startup disk with dozens of systemBootDisk2BootStick 0.8
The time has come to throw away those old floppy disks you were using to boot your computer. Just install BootDisk2BootStick to easily move or save the data from the disk to your stick and youll never more>>
The time has come to throw away those old floppy disks you were using to boot your computer. Just install BootDisk2BootStick to easily move or save the data from the disk to your stick and youll never again need to use a floppy-disk.
BootDisk2BootStick is a very small utility to make an image of your startup disk or clone it to a flash drive.
BootDisk2BootStick will format the USB stick to roughly the size of a floppy disk. You can format to restore the flashdrive size.
As a source of a boot disk or the binary image of a boot disk,You can finally completely on his oldBoot Editor 1.0.1
An editor for creating boot screens (in zip format) for WinXP. more>> An editor for creating boot screens (in zip format) for WinXP (Pro or Home edition must work in 2003 server and others)
Features
- Creates a zip file (extension .bootscreen) with the pictures you want and an ini file with all the infos about the boot screen (very small size ? about 50 KB each screen). This zip file can be handled by BootEditor directly and LogonUIBootRandomizer
- Can change the default palette of boot screens
- Can change vertically the position of progress bar.
- Can batch convert old file format (.exe) to new file format (.bootscreen).<<less
Ultimate Boot Disk ME 4.3m
Ultimate Boot Disk ME - A graphical computer start-up disk with mouse support and dozens of system-checking utilities more>>
It installs Windows faster, troubleshoots problems, and has visual and audible alarms to warn novices of potential file damage.
MHDD: Boot floppy disk 4.6
MHDD is the most popular freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics more>> MHDD is the most popular freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics. MHDD supports these interfaces: IDE, Serial ATA, SCSI. Also there is a possibility to access an USB storage, there are drivers for emulation (USB->SCSI). This software can make precise diagnostic of the mechanical part of a drive, view SMART attributes, perform Low-level format, bad sector repair, different tests and tens of other functions.<<less
TCBoot 1.0
TCBoot allows you to automatically generate a boot disk for each 32 bit Windows operating system. more>>
Slip in a floppy disk, click a button and watch it work.
TCBoot will also offer you the option to print a label for each boot disk
PC Boot Timer 1
This utility is used to find the boot time of the computer running Windows XP or Windows 2000. Simply double click on the application & follow the instructions more>>
PC Boot Timer 1 is a a tool for searching the boot time of the computer on Windows XP or Windows 2000. You need simply double click on the application & follow the instructions. Upon completion, it will restore the system to original condition leaving no trace behind.
Windows ME Boot Disk Maker 1.2
A program I made to make a disk boot in Windows ME. In Windows ME you can not make a boot disk with out this software because Microsoft remove this option from Windows Me. more>>

BOOTSave 2.8
BootSave saves/restores the master boot sector on the hard disk. Suite of three utilities BootSave, BootRest and BootChk more>>
BootSave saves/restores the master boot sector on the
hard disk. Suite of three utilities BootSave, BootRest and
BootChk. Protects against damage to the partition table or
boot sector done by rogue programs, viruses or accidents
with tools like Norton NU.
The BootSave suite will work under DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows
95/98/ME, OS/2, but not NT, Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7.
These OSes block low level disk I/O as a security measure.
You should temporarily boot from a DOS diskette to save or
restore. You can save the boot record under Win2K/XP (but
not Vista) but you must boot under DOS to do the restore.
This version does NOT save the boot sectors for each
individual partition, just the MBR (master boot record) that
contains the primary booting code, and the partition
information for the four primary partitions. Have a look at
Acronis or Boot-It for a complete backup.
You must use
BootSave PRIOR to damaging your hard disk to be of any use!
System Requirements: DOS system boot disk for recovery
Enhancements: improved documentation
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or Boot-It for a complete backup. You must use BootSave PRIOR to damaging your hard disk to be of ... System Requirements: DOS system boot disk for recovery. Enhancements: fix bug in Bootrest andLicense:Freeware
License:Freeware
Boot Time Checker 2.0
This program tells what time and date the computer was last booted. Useful fo... more>> This program tells what time and date the computer was last booted. Useful for unwitnessed power failures on desktops or laptops. Maintains A Listing Of All Past Bootups.<<less
Boot Deleter 1.00
Boot Deleter allows you to mark files and folders to be deleted when Windows next restarts more>>
This will allow you to easily remove items that are locked by running applications. Items can also be marked for deletion by passing the file/folder as a command-line argument or by dropping the item onto the Boot Deleter executable icon

Boot Switcher 2.0
A program designed to boot Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP Operating Systems on the fly more>>
Main Features:
- Eliminates the need to manually select the desired operating system on boot up
- Boots Operating Systems on the fly
- Works with any dual/triple/quadruple/quintuple boot setup
- Offers three different boot timeout intervals
- Provides logoff/restart/shutdown options for all versions
- Presets appropriate operating system version for the next cold boot
- Hides operating systems that are configured with the NTFS file system
- Easy one click menu options that reside in the system tray
- Menu is auto configured to display the correct options based on currently booted operating system version
- Compatible with a Boot.ini Linux entry
Universal Network Boot Disk 3.55
Universal Network Boot Disk - A TCP/IP Network Boot Disk with built-in support for most popular PCI and CARDBUS adapters more>>
Main features:
- Support for CD-ROM, Network, CD & Network, or clean boot
- Supports IDE CD-ROM drives (autoloads the correct driver)
- Support for user-defined Network Cards and drivers (see the a:
ewcard.ini)
- Support for random computer names. Now you can easily use the same boot disk for several PCs and
- not run into computer name conflicts. (for use in a lab/multicast environment)
- Support for DNS
Enhancements:
- Added TIMER= function in answer file to specify or disable the override timeout
- Added commandline option to makeboot.exe to specify location of the answerfile
- the default location is A:
- The command line is as follows: makeboot /n {location of
et folder} /a {location of answerfile} - example: makeboot /n c:
et /a a:
- New version of Intel 10/100/1000 Pro driver
- Added advanced configuration of protocol.ini via answer file
- Moved LMHOSTS file to A: it will be copied to the NET folder upon boot this allows for you to have preconfigured name resolution
Ultimate Boot CD 5.0 Beta 12
You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to Run floppy-based diagnostic utilities from CDROM drives, Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive, or Consolidate as many diagnostic programs as possible into one bootable CD. more>>
Ultimate Boot CD 5.0 Beta 12 provides you with an advanced and powerful Booting CD pack.
You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to Run floppy-based diagnostic utilities from CDROM drives, Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive, or Consolidate as many diagnostic programs as possible into one bootable CD.
You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:
- Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.
- Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.
- Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldnt you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!
- When you boot up from the CD, a text-based menu will be displayed, and you will be able to select the tool you want to run. The selected tool actually boots off a virtual floppy disk created in memory.
Full Version: The full version contains all the tools found in the basic version but also adds the INSERT environment, a Linux distribution based on Knoppix. INSERT contains many utilities for the Linux user, such as the ability to mount most filesystems (including NTFS(rw) via Captive), ssh and sshfs which allows you to mount a filesystem over ssh, Samba client and server, IDS and testing tools such as Nessus and Snort, Rdesktop to remote control Windows servers, VNC, Qtparted for re-partitioning, iptables, and Monkey webserver are just a few of the tools found on the UBCD version of INSERT.
Major Features:
- Add the INSERT environment
- Able to mount most filesystems (including NTFS(rw) via Captive)
- A Linux distribution based on Knoppix.
Enhancements:
- Updated CDShell to V216
- Updated BCDW to V20a1
- The FreeDOS-based boot disks have been updated to V325 Please read the NwDsk history page for more information In addition, FreeDOS for UBCD now comes with optional universal SCSI support as well as parameterized booting (memdisk and bcdw only) Thanks to Erwin Veermans for the contribution
- INSERT has been updated to include 5 different bootup modes Thanks to Charles Appel for the contribution
- Updated Drive Fitness Test to V402
- Updated g4u to V20
- Updated MemTest86+ to V155 Thanks to Travis McMurry for the update
- Updated IBM Feature Tool to V197 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Updated MaxBlast to V40 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Updated PCI to V11 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Updated Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to 050303 Thanks to Uriel Sigala for the update
- Updated ASTRA to V500 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Updated UniFlash to V140 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Updated TestDisk to V57 Thanks to Christophe Grenier for the update
- Updated PowerMax to V421 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Updated Arachne to V183 Thanks to Erwin Veermans for the updated image
- Updated MHDD to V42 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Updated F-Prot to V316B Thanks to SebastienG, Larry Smith and Stefano for the update
- Updated Partition Saving to V300 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Updated DBAN to V105 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Updated CMOSPWD to V46 Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Added AVG Free Edition V70 Thanks to Alan Loughlin for the suggestion
- Added CHZ Monitor-Test V10 Thanks to nynyny for the suggestion
- Added Necromancers DOS Navigator V215
- Added GRUB V095 Thanks to Michael Schierl for the suggestion
- Added SCSIMax V21 Thanks to halcyon22 for the suggestion
- Added Eraser for DOS V56 Thanks to vaceituno for the suggestion
- Added FileLink V301 (from Caldera OpenDOS V703) Thanks to vaceituno for the suggestion
- Added QwikTest Thanks to Eric Auer who indirectly pointed me to the web page containing this program
- Added D-Browse V123 Thanks to Eric Auer for suggesting this
- Removed Ontrack Data Advisor Free Edition because it has expired and will no longer run Thanks to Russ for informing me
- Removed Disk Image Writer until it can support IGZ format
- AutoClave has been discontinued and will no longer be updated by its author Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- The floppy version of RIP has been discontinued Thanks to SebastienG for the update
- Fixed HUTIL to run from RAM disk instead of CDROM because disk diagnostic function writes a log file to disk Thanks to Mark Holtz for reporting the problem
- Fixed version number of Smart BootManager to read V371 instead of V37R1
- Timeout checking is now performed only in the main menu, not submenus
- Main menu now count down the number of minutes to booting first harddisk Thanks to Erwin Veermans for the idea
- Reintroduced PowerMax V409, as recommended by Scott Cooper: "Keep Maxtors 409 test as well as the latest (421) as Maxtor intentionally crippled the newer versions to not run on non-Maxtor drives I have been using Maxtors 409 to double-check other tests/drives Ive found it more useful than DFT, which also (as of 3x) runs on other brands"
- Modified UBCD to use [F8] and [F9] to boot from HDD so that it is similar to the Windows boot option menu Thanks to Scott Cooper for the suggestion
- Run a separate timeoutscn when main menu times out to allow for easier customization
Requirements: No special requirements
software built to help you get the collection of boot utilities. Ultimate Boot CD is completely ... right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for youDariks Boot and Nuke 2007042900 Beta
Dariks Boot and Nuke ( more>>
DBAN is a means of ensuring due diligence in computer recycling, a way of preventing identity theft if you want to sell a computer, and a good way to totally clean a Microsoft Windows installation of viruses and spyware. DBAN prevents or thoroughly hinders all known techniques of hard disk forensic analysis.
Usage:
Double-click the exe program to install DBAN to a floppy disk or USB flash device.
You must use an account with full hardware access to create the DBAN boot media. This means that you must be a member of the administrators group or have similar privileges on your Microsoft Windows computer. Virus scanners and domain policies can prevent you from creating the DBAN boot media.
The USB booting capabilities of many computers are incomplete or broken. Most computers capable of booting from a USB device require that it report a removable media type, and that it be unpartitioned and smaller than two gigabytes (so that the BIOS can boot it like a floppy disk).
If the drive letter of your USB device does not appear in WinImage drive list, then it is an unsupported media type. In particular, most USB+IDE bridge implementations are unrecognized, which means that a 2.5 inch hard disk in an external USB enclosure is incompatible.
A selfcontained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most ... DBAN prevents or thoroughly hinders all known techniques of hard disk forensic analysis. The