The Ultimate Boot CD

dnar · 19th August 2003, 12:24 AM

I found this today, and thought I would share it with you all.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

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Overview

You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:

* Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.

* Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn't you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!

Tools currently included in the Ultimate Boot CD are:

HDD Diagnosis
Drive Fitness Test (IBM/Hitachi) 3.40
PowerMax (Maxtor/Quantum) 4.06
Data Lifeguard (Western Digital) 10.0
SeaTools Desktop (Seagate) 2002
Diagnostic Tool (Fujitsu) 6.10
SHDIAG (Samsung) 1.25

HDD Management
IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 1.90
Ranish Partition Manager 2.43
AutoClave (HDD Wiper) 0.3
Partition Resizer 1.3.4
SavePart (Partition Saver) 2.70

Others
Memtest86 (Memory diagnosis) 3.0
AIDA16 (System information) 2.08
F-Prot Antivirus for DOS (Personal use only) 3.13a
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor 030426

SchRAMBO · 19th August 2003, 1:35 AM

ahhhh thanks man

thats gonna help ALOT for work. i'll check it out and grab it tomorrow. atm i'm too buggered hehe.

I think THIS should be added or replaced with the "handy tools and links" sticky in the troubleshooting forums.

this thing lhas them ALL!

looktall · 19th August 2003, 2:15 AM

i used to use a thing called the ultimate bootdisk (which was a floppy).
i'm wondering if it is related?

and yes, it should be in the handy tools and links sticky.
that's my next stop after making this post.

rockuman_ex · 20th August 2003, 2:14 PM

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Originally posted by looktall
and yes, it should be in the handy tools and links sticky.
that's my next stop after making this post.

I second that!

SchRAMBO · 20th August 2003, 5:53 PM

mmm should ask them to stick in Darik's Boot'n'nuke bootable floppy in the UBCD. then I would only ever need this single cd.

thers about 5 copys now floating around at work. very good stuff.

looktall · 20th August 2003, 7:01 PM

doesn't it tell you at the bottom of the page how to customise the UBCD with your own tools?

mpot · 20th August 2003, 10:01 PM

I downloaded it, and tried it out at work.

Unfortunately, it failed to boot on a PC with an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card ;-(

Cheers,
Martin.

Bern · 21st August 2003, 12:18 AM

Bah, Slackware Live is the Ultimate Boot CD

titan · 21st August 2003, 12:35 AM

Or Knoppix.

methodMAN · 21st August 2003, 8:42 AM

hmm i would need it customised....

i would need to include, Ghost, and Ghost 2003 (NTFS), Ghostwalker and some other systems tools i use here at work.

its a start though.

thx for the heads up.

gatecrasher · 21st August 2003, 2:08 PM

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Originally posted by Bern
Bah, Slackware Live is the Ultimate Boot CD

Hrmm just downloaded that and had a play around, I have to say its a sexy little cd worth of fun. Any major limitations that you can see?

Only thing I had trouble doing was writing to my NTFS partitions. Is there anyway I can authenticate to write to my hard drives?

titan · 21st August 2003, 2:22 PM

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Originally posted by gatecrasher
Only thing I had trouble doing was writing to my NTFS partitions. Is there anyway I can authenticate to write to my hard drives?

I know with Knoppix its possible but you run the risk of corrupting your data.

I am downloading the ultimatebootdisk now at uni but its going damn slow. The techies are ghosting across the network. Damn virii.

Scratch2k · 21st August 2003, 2:28 PM

That's awesome, sure beats my old win98 boot disk! Thanks!

19th August 2003, 1:35 AM	#2
SchRAMBO Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perth Posts: 2,046	ahhhh thanks man thats gonna help ALOT for work. i'll check it out and grab it tomorrow. atm i'm too buggered hehe. I think THIS should be added or replaced with the "handy tools and links" sticky in the troubleshooting forums. this thing lhas them ALL! __________________ Linux Registered user #355379 - Click here to install Debian GNU/Linux Gaming; >> PSN tehowl \|\| Steam schrambo

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looktall Working Class Hero Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: morley.wa.au Posts: 17,935	i used to use a thing called the ultimate bootdisk (which was a floppy). i'm wondering if it is related? and yes, it should be in the handy tools and links sticky. that's my next stop after making this post. __________________ JoJoker endorses this product and/or comment.

20th August 2003, 5:53 PM	#5
SchRAMBO Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perth Posts: 2,046	mmm should ask them to stick in Darik's Boot'n'nuke bootable floppy in the UBCD. then I would only ever need this single cd. thers about 5 copys now floating around at work. very good stuff. __________________ Linux Registered user #355379 - Click here to install Debian GNU/Linux Gaming; >> PSN tehowl \|\| Steam schrambo

20th August 2003, 7:01 PM	#6
looktall Working Class Hero Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: morley.wa.au Posts: 17,935	doesn't it tell you at the bottom of the page how to customise the UBCD with your own tools? __________________ JoJoker endorses this product and/or comment.

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methodMAN Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: God's Own Posts: 2,089	hmm i would need it customised.... i would need to include, Ghost, and Ghost 2003 (NTFS), Ghostwalker and some other systems tools i use here at work. its a start though. thx for the heads up. __________________ . . .. .. ... ... .... .... ..... .....

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