SystemRescue Alternatives

SystemRescue is described as 'Linux system rescue toolkit available as a bootable medium for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash' and is a popular File Recovery tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to SystemRescue for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and Self-Hosted apps. The best SystemRescue alternative is Rescuezilla, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SystemRescue are Hiren’s BootCD, MediCat USB, Hiren’s BootCD PE and Parted Magic.

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Mondo Rescue icon
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    Mondo Rescue is a GPL disaster recovery solution. It supports Linux (i386, x86_64, ia64) and FreeBSD (i386). It's packaged for multiple distributions (Fedora, RHEL, openSuSE, SLES, Mandriva, Mageia, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    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 hard drive, remove viruses and so on, you can simply use the DLC Boot 2019 to resolve the issue.

    26 USB/DVD DLC Boot 2019 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The Avira Rescue System scans and repairs malware-infected computers that no longer boot or are generally unresponsive. Running on both Windows and Linux operating systems, our integrated scan and repair app is highly intuitive and easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Boots PCs with startup issues, recovers data from non-bootable drives, fixes over 100 Windows boot problems, resets lost passwords, backs up and clones partitions, restores files from crashed systems or formatted drives, and secures sensitive data.

    40 4DDiG Windows Boot Genius alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Finnix icon
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    Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian GNU/Linux. You can use it to mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues. Since version 3.

    27 Trinity Rescue Kit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    The primary purpose of Super GRUB2 Disk is to help you boot into an OS whose bootloader is broken. Second, and almost as important, is to be a tool to learn more about GRUB2 and the booting process.

    11 Super GRUB2 Disk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Super GRUB2 Disk is for restoring GRUB. System Rescue CD is for restoring a Linux system.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Super GRUB2 Disk is Free and Open SourceSystemRescue is also Free and Open Source
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    Mariposa Rescue Disk is available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the hard disk partitions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Hoek's Tools icon
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    Hoek’s Tools is a vast collection of portable utilities for the management, diagnosis and repairing of computer problems, recover lost or deleted files or cracking passwords. There are literally hundreds of utilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. AVG Rescue CD icon
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    The AVG Rescue CD is essentially a portable version of AVG Anti-Virus supplied through Linux distribution. It can be used in the form of a bootable CD or bootable USB flash drive to recover your computer when the system cannot be loaded normally, such as after an extensive or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Recovery Is Possible (RIP) is a Slackware-based CD or floppy boot/rescue/backup/maintenance system. It has support for a lot of filesystem types and contains a bunch of utilities for system recovery.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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