SystemRescueCD
Open source
Free
Free forever
Overview
SystemRescueCD is an open-source Linux-based rescue operating system that boots from USB stick CD or DVD to help with repairing unbootable systems recovering lost data fixing filesystems and performing disk partitioning and diagnostics. It includes a wide range of tools for data recovery disk management network troubleshooting and system maintenance without installing anything on the target machine.
Key features
- Bootable rescue environment
- Disk partitioning tools
- Data recovery utilities
- Filesystem repair
- Network diagnostics
- Secure data wiping
- Hardware diagnostics
- Live USB-CD support