Handy bootable CD if you fix/restore old computers -
"You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:
Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives.
Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive.
Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD.
When you boot up from the CD, a text-based menu will be displayed, and you will be able to select the tool you want to run. The selected tool actually boots off a virtual floppy disk created in memory. " [via] - Link.
Posted by: rautiocination on August 8, 2006 at 8:20 AM
it has enough, its saved my a$$ _countless_ times . . . hell just testdisk on its own has solved so many problems windows has had where it obliterated my partition table. Perhaps not best of breed, but still definitely worth a download just to be prepared.
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Old news and not best-of-breed (whatever that means).
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ok - send in a better one, we'll post it :)
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it has enough, its saved my a$$ _countless_ times . . . hell just testdisk on its own has solved so many problems windows has had where it obliterated my partition table. Perhaps not best of breed, but still definitely worth a download just to be prepared.
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Hirem's Boot CD is about the only one that's more "Ultimate" and consistantly updated, but it's a pain to get a copy of.
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You can make something like that with a modified SuperGRUB disk and a few utility CDs. You can even dual-boot liveCDs from one CD.
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