Hiren’s BootCD Alternatives
Hiren’s BootCD is described as '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' and is a well-known app in the OS & Utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Hiren’s BootCD for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted solutions, Mac and Easy2Boot. The best alternative is MediCat USB, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Hiren’s BootCD are SystemRescue (Free, Open Source), Ultimate Boot CD (Free), Hiren’s BootCD PE (Free) and All in One – System Rescue Toolkit (Free).
- A highly-customizable multiboot USB stick for modern PC Repair. Supports both Legacy BIOS and UEFI. Based on Ventoy. View 13 alternatives to MediCat USBNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Easy2Boot
- RMPrepUSB
- Ventoy
- UNetbootin
- YUMI
- Rufus
- ImageUSB
- Universal USB Installer
MediCat USB vs Hiren’s BootCD
SilverBull34 More complete, versatile and updated to the time this was writtengood tools, boot usb (dvd) - SystemRescue is a Linux system rescue toolkit available as a bootable medium for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. View 23 alternatives to SystemRescue
- Live/Bootable CD with network support containing tools for file and system recovery, virus scans and more. View 13 alternatives to Ultimate Boot CD
- 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. View 25 alternatives to Hiren’s BootCD PE
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
Hiren’s BootCD PE vs Hiren’s BootCD
It is a “renewed” version of the old tool based on an updated version of Windows PE (based on Windows 10) and comes with many tools. However it does not contain ‘every’ option from the old one, the linux encironment is missing for example. It has worked wonderfully in the vast majority of systems I have booted it to. - This utility disc is designed to quickly and efficiently aid a technician with troubleshooting and repairing Windows based PCs. View 11 alternatives to All in One – System Rescue Toolkit
Warning
Download reportedly includes a cryptominer and VirusTotal seem to corroborate that. See https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/48d8212a2e7df3fc882eef5a222899c4c8a0dbcab110d29a4eece0f12a903bf0/detection
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
All in One – System Rescue Toolkit vs Hiren’s BootCD
It has an all in one toolkit running on Linux and another great tool running under windows as well. Moreover, all this stuff is up to date on May 2017 unlike HBCD !Doesn't boot into Windows - Bootable CD with useful tools for analyzing, recovering and fixing your computer even if the primary operating system can not be booted. View 7 alternatives to Gandalf’s Windows 10PE
- Lazesoft Recovery Suite is a very easy to use ALL-IN-ONE boot disk that repair your crashed Windows, recover data from deleted, formatted, damaged partition, clone or backup disk... View 139 alternatives to Lazesoft Recovery Suite
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Windows
- Bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian especially well suited for administrative tasks like installation, deployment and system rescue. View 17 alternatives to GrmlNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Rescatux is a GNU/Linux rescue cd (and eventually also Windows) but it is not like other rescue disks. Rescatux comes with Rescapp. View 16 alternatives to Rescatux
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Advanced recovery CD solution similar to Hiren's Boot DVD. View 25 alternatives to USB/DVD DLC Boot 2019