Alternatives to Hoek's Tools for all platforms with any license

Hiren's BootCD

Hiren's BootCD (HBCD) is a completely free bootable CD that contains a load of useful tools you can make use of in a variety of situations like analyzing, recovering...

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

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- Discontinued The project is not actively being developed. Although it is still working and well, last version, 15.2, was released in 2012.
Ultimate Boot CD

The last Boot CD you'll ever need. You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to: Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are...

Free Windows Linux
Recover deleted files Portable 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
No features added Add a feature

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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...

Free Open Source Linux
Booting from USB Portable Linux Privacy focused Add a feature

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The Portable Freeware Collection

Huge, regularly updated collection of portable freeware or open source applications of all kinds. No specific launcher is distributed by this site, just the applications.

Free Web
No features added Add a feature

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FalconFour's Ultimate Boot CD

F4UBCD, FalconFour's Ultimate Boot CD, will be the last Boot CD you'll ever need. Based of off Hiren's 13.0 Rebuilt, this BootCD includes extra features...

Free Windows Self-Hosted
Recover lost data Portable Add a feature

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- Discontinued FalconFour seems to be abandoned, no more updates since 2013.
Boot Repair Disk

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...

Free Open Source Linux
Standalone Add a feature

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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...

Free Open Source Self-Hosted
No features added Add a feature

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All in One – System Rescue Toolkit

This utility disc is designed to quickly and efficiently aid a technician with troubleshooting and repairing Windows based PCs.

Free Mac Windows Linux
Recover lost data File Recovery Add a feature

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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 Add a feature

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Grml

Bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian especially well suited for administrative tasks like installation, deployment and system rescue.

Free Open Source Linux
No features added 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 Add a feature

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DiskGenius

DiskGenius, previously PartitionGuru, is a disk recovery and file recovery system to view partitions and to access data across a number of file systems, including NTFS...

Freemium $ $ $ Windows
Recover lost data Recover deleted files File Recovery Add a feature

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UBCD4Win

"UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD that contains software used for repairing, restoring, or diagnosing almost any computer problem. Our goal is to be the most...

Free Windows
Recover lost data Add a feature

16 Like
- Discontinued Ben has no interest in continuing the project. The forums have been down for months.
Anvi Rescue Disk

Anvi Rescue Disk was designed to be used when standard antivirus software fail to detect and clean various computer infections, especially boot-sector viruses like...

Free Windows
Registry repairing Add a feature

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