Hiren’s BootCD AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Photo Recovery Tools

The best Photo Recovery alternative to Hiren’s BootCD is MediCat USB, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Hiren’s BootCD and three of them are Photo Recovery Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Photo Recovery Tool alternatives to Hiren’s BootCD are All in One – System Rescue Toolkit and Ikki Boot.

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Most Hiren’s BootCD alternatives are File Recovery Tools, but you can also narrow the list to Partition Managers or Photo Recovery Tools. Other popular filters are Mac, Linux, Hard Disk Recovery, Free and Windows.

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Hiren’s BootCD alternatives page was last updated Mar 4, 2026

MediCat USB
147 likes
A highly-customizable multiboot USB stick for modern PC Repair. Supports both Legacy BIOS and UEFI. Based on Ventoy.
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Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
File Recovery
Partition Manager
Since
Since 2015
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Linux
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Discontinued
"Work on this script is currently on pause. Im working full time being a IT tech and Trainer, along with going back to college, Sorry."
MediCat USB vs Hiren’s BootCD Comments
Positive comment by SilverBull34 · Jun 10, 2019
More complete, versatile and updated to the time this was written
Positive comment by Guest · Apr 4, 2018
good tools, boot usb (dvd)
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MediCat USB is Free and Open SourceHiren’s BootCD is Free Personal and Proprietary
All in One – System Rescue Toolkit
20 likes
This utility disc is designed to quickly and efficiently aid a technician with troubleshooting and repairing Windows based PCs.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
File Recovery
Hard Disk Recovery
Since
Since 2016
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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All in One – System Rescue Toolkit vs Hiren’s BootCD Comments
Positive comment by Guest · Dec 14, 2017
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 !
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All in One – System Rescue Toolkit is Free and ProprietaryHiren’s BootCD is Free Personal and Proprietary
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Ikki Boot
13 likes
Ikki Boot is a Live DVD/USB multiboot which aims troubleshooting, disk partitioning, rescue, backup and restore data.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
File Recovery
Hard Disk Recovery
Origin
France
EU
Since
Since 2019
Platforms
Windows
Linux
France
EU
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