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The Ultimate Boot CD

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If you work with a computer this boot CD should be in your arsenal of tools. The “Ultimate Boot CD” is a bootable CD that contains tools for CPU Tests, Memory Tests, Peripherals Tests, CPU Information, System Information, Benchmarking, BIOS Editing, Hard Disk Installation and Diagnostics, Hard Disk Wiping and Cloning, Boot Managing, File Recovery, and Anti-Virus Scanning.

Just buy SpinRite and anything short of the PC catching fire can be solved.

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  • Marc

    Pretty nice looking tool, but at $90 I think Ill just stick with my set of floppies.

  • Jerry

    http://grcsucks.com/spinrite.htm

    This looks interesting:

    ” I suggest that those with a technical bent visit the SpinRite website and see they can swallow such things as:

    * “prevents mass storage systems from crashing” (nothing can do that)
    * “sophisticated magnetodynamic physics models” (pseudo science)
    * “weakest possible magnetic signals” (not real)
    * “we doubt whether anyone but Steve and a handful of aliens would even know what all this is” (no argument there)
    * “Weak Bits” (no such thing)
    * “gradual evolution of the drive’s storage surfaces through physical and magnetic stresses” (mumbo jumbo)
    * “SpinRite is actually able to lower the amplification of the drive’s internal read-amplifier” (impossible, and after all this time Steve apparently still does not know that data is recorded on magnetic disks with flux reversals, not “amplitude”)
    * “mass storage systems need periodic preventive maintenance” (nonsense)
    * “yeah, we know, Steve’s a magician with his code” (how modest)

    As for all the “exclusive” SpinRite features, many if not all of them are anything but exclusive; for example, testing disk surfaces with worst-case data patterns goes back many years before Steve ever thought of SpinRite. SpinRite is 80% hype, 10% dangerous, and 10% real substance

  • http://www.uneasysilence.com Dan

    The Boot CD is free

  • Dragoonmac

    http://www.knoppix.org/
    The ultimate boot CD ^^

  • Jammie

    I’ve been using the UBCD (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com) for a few months now. I first heard of it from http://www.lifehacker.com. It comes in so useful when I’m someone’s house fixing their computer.

  • Tony Agudo

    Dan, I think Marc may be referring to SpinRite, not ultimatebootcd. You are correct, of course, about ultimatebootcd.

  • Mibrilane

    I have one of these already, only it seems to have “Mac OS X Tiger” written on it. Works like a charm every time. ;D

  • emory

    Wow Jerry, thanks for pointing that out.. sounds bullshit to me :-/

  • Alan Rager

    Actually, try knoppix STD and that works as an ultimate, nicely. I mean, I know I lose “my” passwords all too often.

  • Matt W

    Been there, did that, kicked that mofo’s arse.

    UBCD is a pretty useful utility disc, but if you can afford it I would recommend Winternals ERD Commander 2005 or newer.

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