Hoek's Tools has been discontinued. Similar apps include Hiren’s BootCD, which is free for personal use. Other options are Hiren’s BootCD PE, SystemRescue, DiskGenius and Ultimate Boot CD. You can choose from more than 10 File Recovery Tools like Hoek's Tools for Linux, Windows, Mac, self-hosting and the web.
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 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.
SystemRescue is a Linux system rescue toolkit available as a bootable medium for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash.
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DiskGenius is full-featured partition manager. It also lets you edit UEFI entries with ease, so if you want to install a different bootloader like Clover, DiskGenius can help set it up quickly.
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Live/Bootable CD with network support containing tools for file and system recovery, virus scans and more.
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.
This utility disc is designed to quickly and efficiently aid a technician with troubleshooting and repairing Windows based PCs.
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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Ikki Boot is a Live DVD/USB multiboot which aims troubleshooting, disk partitioning, rescue, backup and restore data.
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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 operating system. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive.
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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Bootable USB hardware diagnostics for PCs & Intel Macs. Boots in 1 second, no OS needed. Tests RAM, SSD/HDD (SMART, surface, self-test), CPU stress & temps, GPU/VRAM, display, fans. Rescues files off dead NTFS/ext4/APFS drives, clones failing disks, repairs boot &...
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