Boot Repair Disk Alternatives

Boot Repair Disk is described as *'A simple tool to recover access to your Operating Systems.

Easy-to-use (repair in 1 click ! )
Free (GPL open-source license)
Helpful (Boot-Info summary to get help by email or on your favorite forum)
Safe (automatic backups)
Can recover access to Windows (XP, Vista, Se'* and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Boot Repair Disk for Windows, Linux and Self-Hosted solutions. The best alternative is Hiren’s BootCD. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Hiren’s BootCD PE or SystemRescue. Other great apps like Boot Repair Disk are Rescatux, ALT Linux, Hoek's Tools and Ikki Boot.

Boot Repair Disk alternatives are mainly File Recovery Tools but may also be Anti-Virus Apps or Linux Distros. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Boot Repair Disk.

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Boot Repair Disk

Free • Open Source
Linux

A simple tool to recover access to your Operating Systems.

Easy-to-use (repair in 1 click ! )
Free (GPL open-source...

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Hiren’s BootCD
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Free Personal • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Partition Manager
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Windows
Linux
25 alternatives to Hiren’s BootCD
A free bootable CD that contains a multitude of tools for analyzing, recovering, and fixing your computer even if its operating system does not start
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Hiren’s BootCD Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryHiren’s BootCD can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
2. PortableHiren’s BootCD can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Customize Windows
Hackable
Registry repairing
Hiren’s BootCD PE
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Free • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Windows
Linux
31 alternatives to Hiren’s BootCD PE
Hiren’s BootCD PE (Preinstallation Environment) is a restored edition of Hiren’s BootCD based on Windows 10 PE x64. PE version is being developed by Hiren’s BootCD fans. it supports UEFI booting and requires minimum 2 GB RAM.
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Hiren’s BootCD PE Features
1. LightweightHiren’s BootCD PE consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Incremental BackupHiren’s BootCD PE supports incremental backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last backup).
3. NTFS Partition RecoveryHiren’s BootCD PE can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Hardware Diagnostics
Windows password recovery
Registry repairing
Ram diagnostics
SystemRescue
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Free • Open Source
Linux
Self-Hosted
30 alternatives to SystemRescue
SystemRescue is a Linux system rescue toolkit available as a bootable medium for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the hard disk partitions.
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SystemRescue Features
Rescue cd
Rescatux
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Free • Open Source
Self-Hosted
17 alternatives to Rescatux
Rescatux is a GNU/Linux rescue cd (and eventually also Windows) but it is not like other rescue disks. Rescatux comes with Rescapp. Rescapp is a nice wizard that will guide you through your rescue tasks.

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ALT Linux
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Free • Open Source
Linux Distro
Linux
225 alternatives to ALT Linux
ALT Linux is a set of RPM-based, APT-managed operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel and Sisyphus package repository branches. ALT Linux Rescue is, well, the disaster recovery tool.
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ALT Linux Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryALT Linux can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
X86/x64 Compatibility
UEFI Support
Rescue cd
Linux-based
Network Tools
Hoek's Tools
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Free • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Partition Manager
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Windows
24 alternatives to Hoek's Tools
Hoek’s Tools is a vast collection of portable utilities for the management, diagnosis and repairing of computer problems, recover lost or deleted files or cracking passwords. There are literally hundreds of utilities.
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Hoek's Tools Features
1. PortableHoek's Tools can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. NTFS Partition RecoveryHoek's Tools can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Registry repairing
Discontinued
The project is no longer updated and a download is no longer provided on the official website, but you can still download last version, 0.1.001, released on April 20, 2013. See the link to the setup file in the comments.
Ikki Boot
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Partition Manager
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Windows
Linux
21 alternatives to Ikki Boot
Ikki Boot is a Live DVD/USB multiboot which aims troubleshooting, disk partitioning, rescue, backup and restore data.
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Ikki Boot Features
1. Recover Corrupted FilesIkki Boot can recover and repair corrupted files that won't open or that open with an error.
2. Incremental BackupIkki Boot supports incremental backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last backup).
3. NTFS Partition RecoveryIkki Boot can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Rescue cd
Avira AntiVir Rescue System
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Free • Proprietary
Anti-Virus App
Windows
Linux
11 alternatives to Avira AntiVir Rescue System
The Avira AntiVir Rescue System a linux-based application that allows accessing computers that cannot be booted anymore. Thus it is possible to repair a damaged system, to rescue data or to scan the system for virus infections.
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Avira AntiVir Rescue System Features
1. PortableAvira AntiVir Rescue System can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Rescue cd
Dual-boot Repair
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
17 alternatives to Dual-boot Repair
Dual-boot Repair will automatically fix boot environment of systems based on Windows 7, Windows 8 or Vista with Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7/8 as second operating system.

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USB/DVD DLC Boot 2019
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Windows
26 alternatives to USB/DVD DLC Boot 2019
DLC Boot 2019 is a rescue disk that is used as a Recovery CD. The point is that if you are having problems such as Windows can not boot, missing MBR, want to format the hard drive, remove viruses and so on, you can simply use the DLC Boot 2019 to resolve the issue.
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USB/DVD DLC Boot 2019 Features
UEFI Support