SystemRescue AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Recovery Tools

The best File Recovery alternative to SystemRescue is Rescuezilla, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to SystemRescue and 12 are File Recovery Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Recovery Tool alternatives to SystemRescue are MediCat USB, Hiren’s BootCD, Hiren’s BootCD PE and Ultimate Boot CD.

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  1. Rescuezilla icon
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    Free and straightforward disk cloning and imaging software that boots from a USB, supporting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Interoperable with Clonezilla and can recover and extract files. Includes partition editing, undeleting, and NTFS recovery. No installation needed.

    40 Rescuezilla alternatives

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    • Linux
     
  2. Hiren’s BootCD icon
     280 likes

    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.

    25 Hiren’s BootCD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  3. 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.

    31 Hiren’s BootCD PE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. ALT Linux icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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.

    39 4DDiG Windows Boot Genius alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. 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.

    25 USB/DVD DLC Boot 2019 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. This is an alternative to Falcon 4's Ultimate Boot CD and a alternative to Legacy GeGeek Toolkit. This has over 100+ Tools and over 3+ Bootable OSs.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Linux Mint
    • Windows Preinstallation Environment
    • Kali Linux
     
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