Boot disk with tools

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UrbanMyth

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#150363 20-Jul-2014 10:06

I am looking for a boot disk whereby I can boot up an unbootable Windows partition and utilise gui or commandline tools similar to chkdsk and gparted (partition manager)

I am guessing this would likely be linux based, but not looking for a full linux live cd (such as Knoppix, Debian, or Gentoo etc)

Any recommendations?

Dairyxox

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#1092328 20-Jul-2014 10:16

The ultimate boot CD for windows sounds like it would fit the bill.
I think it's like a winPE environment.

This plus Gparted live CD can do almost everything for windows pcs

bonkas

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#1092586 20-Jul-2014 18:05

Hirens Boot DVD. Contain all the old tools from the Hirens Boot "CD" versions and also has a "Live" windows XP and Windows 7 environment you can boot to. contains Gparted, cloning tools and a whole lot more.

Glassboy

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#1092589 20-Jul-2014 18:19

UrbanMyth: I am looking for a boot disk whereby I can boot up an unbootable Windows partition and utilise gui or commandline tools similar to chkdsk and gparted (partition manager)

I am guessing this would likely be linux based, but not looking for a full linux live cd (such as Knoppix, Debian, or Gentoo etc)

Any recommendations?

Any live disk should do it. But use a USB drive and create a persistent drive to copy data to. I'd also start by checking the drive for SMART errors before you start doing anything with the partition. I've deal with a couple of drives where we only just go the critical stuff off before the drive died.

MadEngineer

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#1103742 7-Aug-2014 00:41

I also suggest hirens boot cd. Also, don't mess with the drive until you've copied data off.

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Athlonite

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#1103757 7-Aug-2014 01:21

Hirens BootCD/DVD is the best one out