Alternatives to Grml for all platforms with any license

Hiren's BootCD

A tool to help recover and fix your computer even if it cannot boot into the operating system.

Free Personal Windows Linux
Portable File Recovery Registry repairing Add a feature

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SystemRescueCd

SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. It aims to...

Free Open Source Linux Self-Hosted
Rescue cd Add a feature

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Ultimate Boot CD

Live/Bootable CD with network support containing tools for file and system recovery, virus scans and more.

Free Windows Linux
Registry repairing Recover deleted files Portable Add a feature

43 Like
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....

Free Windows Linux
Hardware Diagnostics Ram diagnostics File Recovery Registry repairing Add a feature

16 Like
Knoppix

Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any...
- It's very good because it has loads of devices and live page's for windows Guest • Jun 2019
Free Open Source Linux
Booting from USB Operating system Portable Linux Privacy focused Add a feature

26 Like
Winpe 10-8 Sergei Strelec (English version)

A bootable x32/x64 collection of life saving programs.Feels like Hirens for Today !.
- Warning
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Free Windows
Driver Emulation Recover deleted files Hardware Diagnostics Low level ... File Recovery Rescue cd Add a feature

6 Like
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

Windows stores its user information, including crypted versions of the passwords, in a file called 'sam', usually found in \windows\system32\config. This file is...

Free Open Source Windows Linux
Portable Registry Editor Add a feature

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ALT Linux

ALT Linux is a set of RPM-based operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel and Sisyphus packages repository.

Free Open Source Linux
Recover deleted files Linux-based Network Tools Rescue cd Add a feature

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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...
- Discontinued
  Official website unavailable.
Free Open Source Windows
LiveUSB UEFI Support Add a feature

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AppleJack

AppleJack is a user friendly troubleshooting assistant for Mac OS X. With AppleJack you can troubleshoot a computer even if you can't load the GUI, or don't have...
- Discontinued
  This project has not had an updated release since about 2010, and does not work on macOS Catalina
Free Open Source Mac
System Cleanup Add a feature

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