Ultimate boot CD!

[Talcite]

Hey guys,

Everyone who regularly sets up systems or overclocks should check out ultimate boot CD.

It's got a whole bunch of tools that you could use, like stability tests and virus scanners. All onto 1 CD.

project main page: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

And if anyone's ever used it before... I have a question. Why does the tool freeze unless I do a fresh restart? I can't seem to start any diagnostics without doing a clean, fresh reboot. It freezes after the ISOLinux boot line.

Hope that makes everything easier for you guys!

 

[stu1811]

yawn

 

[Bozo Galora]

superb gen hardware post

FWIW, most peeps use Hirens

 

[Theguynextdoor]

SuperWindows is better (it has the UBCD built in). Too bad the thing requires DVD's.

Bozo, what is Hirens? Thanks.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Theguynextdoor
SuperWindows is better (it has the UBCD built in). Too bad the thing requires DVD's.

Bozo, what is Hirens? Thanks.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hiren.thanki/bootcd.html

 

[Nocturnal]

Are you supposed to be able to download an ISO of Hiren's boot CD from his site? Cuz I can't find the DL link anywhere.

 

[sharad]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: Theguynextdoor
SuperWindows is better (it has the UBCD built in). Too bad the thing requires DVD's.

Bozo, what is Hirens? Thanks.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hiren.thanki/bootcd.html

...but is it legal?

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: sharad

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: Theguynextdoor
SuperWindows is better (it has the UBCD built in). Too bad the thing requires DVD's.

Bozo, what is Hirens? Thanks.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hiren.thanki/bootcd.html

...but is it legal?

it's almost hard to find a new build without a DVD-ROM drive? 5 years ago, CD-RW drives were considered luxurious. 3 years ago, DVD-RW drives were considered luxerious. Give me an optical drive that's considered luxurious to our day?

All in all, it's a blessing for us to see nice tools like these.

 

[corkyg]

Like an old shoe - this is great but antique information, but it belongs in another forum. It is somewhat OS and somewhat software, but definitely not hardware.

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, The guy that set Ultimate Boot up set it up that way. Mine always reboots anytime I exit from any function.

Jim

 

[Talcite]

Yeah, sorry guys i've been getting little sleep in the past 2 weeks >.>'. Mod please move to software/OS. Are there any other all in 1 cds out there? I saw dexter's superboot cd or something, but I have no idea what it is.

BTW... on a scale of 1-10, 1 being least illegal and 10 being most, how illegal do you think Hiren's is? =P.

 

[Pabster]

Most of the others are offshoots of Hiren's.

It's a decent toolset but there are lots of others. A live Linux CD/DVD is a good idea to have handy as well.

 

[snowdogg187]

Hiren's owns all and updates frequently.

 

[JackBurton]

.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Talcite
BTW... on a scale of 1-10, 1 being least illegal and 10 being most, how illegal do you think Hiren's is? =P.

10 easy. that's why it's posted to newsgroups

 

[savvy]

Nice.

 

[dclive]

I roll my own with BartPE. The plug-in architecture makes it easy to add stuff that you want, and a huge variety of stuff is supported.

 

[bruceb]

You can get it here:

http://rapidshare.de/files/27917714/Hir...otCD_v8.3_with_keyboard_patch.rar.html

Odd that on the original website, no download link and no way to buy it (if it's not free)

FYI: The keyboard patch that is included supports some other languages
If all you need is US English you need not use the patch .. see the readme files