This edition includes many new utilities, many have been updated and the selection menus have been improved. Yet the size is considerably reduced so that it can fit in a 2 Gb USB flash memory stick.
Hirens Boot CD is a vast collection of bootable and portable utilities for the management, diagnosis and repair of computer problems, recover lost or deleted files or cracking passwords There is no computer problem for which HBCD does not have at least one tool to help with its solution. In addition, HBCD provides the means to take control of any computer and communicate with other computers, surf the internet, write documents or programs, without booting the installed operating system. There are literally hundreds of utilities and it is advised that you explore the contents before the need for it arises. Hirens Boot CD can be used in two ways:
As a boot CD to take control of the computer without starting the installed
operating system so that we can do repairs or clone the main disk, recover
files, test the memory and hardware, clean severe viral infections, et.c.
To do any of these simply boot the computer from the CD and select
a utility from the menu. Options include 3 Mini Windows environments (98,
XP and 7) and a Linux rescue environment.
As a collection of portable repair and diagnostic utilities which can be
run from within Windows without installation. To do this insert the CD
when Windows is running and select a utility from the HBCD Program Launcher
menu. If the CD does not autorun you may start the menu by running
HBCDMenu.cmd. When the operating system not functional or unavailable the
portable utilities may be still be used if we boot a Mini Windows
environment included in the CD. (3rd option of the main boot menu).
For example Norton Ghost can be started in three ways:
Boot the CD, select "Dos Programs" and then "Norton Ghost".
(useful if we wish to clone or restore the main hard disk
and there is not enough memory to boot Mini Windows XP).
Boot the CD, select "Mini Windows XP" and then select Ghost
from the HBCD Program Launcher menu.
Boot to your windows operating system, insert the CD and
select Ghost from the HBCD Program Launcher menu.
Acronis similarly:
Can be booted from HBCD Dos menu.
Can be Booted directly from main menu.
Run from Mini XP or Mini windows 7.
Run from installed Windows XP/Vista/7.
This Restored DVD includes all the utilities found in the latest Hirens Boot
CD 15.1 (December 2011). [1] Many utilities have been updated because it is
6 months since the last HBCD release.
It is called Restored because it contains all the commercial utilities omitted
from the official releases (since version 11.0.)
It also includes other tools such by Acronis, Paragon, Active, and other
useful software fully integrated within Hirens menus.
In addition it now includes the option to add tools such as
Backtrack or Geek Squads MRI (Detailed instructions included).
Below are listed only the additional programmes and utilities
found in this DVD. The numbers in square brackets [] are referring
to the URLs listed at the bottom of this file.
For the complete list of utilities in the official Hirens
Boot CD, read the files HBCD.txt and changes.txt, or visit [1].
Restored DOS Menu utilities
These are found within the HBCD DOS menu. These utilities were included in
the official but were left out since HBCD version 11.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.0 (build 17437)
Acronis Disk Director 11.0 Advanced (build 12077)
Acronis True Image 2012 (build 7119)
Active Partition Recovery 3.0
Active Password Changer 3.0.420
Active Undelete 5.5
DiskGenius 3.3.0525 Proffesional
Drive Image 5.6
GetDataBack for FAT/NTFS 4.0
HDD Regenerator 2011
NTFS DOS Pro
Norton Ghost 11.5.1
Norton PartitionMagic Pro Server 8.05
PC-Check 6.21
Paragon Mount Everything 3.0
Synantec ImageCenter 5.6
Self booting utilities
Acronis [4]
-- Backup & Recovery 11.0 (build 17437)
-- Disk Director 11.0 Advanced (build 12077)
-- True Image 2012 (build 7119)
Active Boot Disk 5.5.2 [6]
BootIt Bare Metal 1.07 [12]
Clonzilla 1.2.12-37 [13]
DiskGenius 3.3.0525 Proffesional
Eassos PartitionGuru 3.8.0 [14]
GParted 0.12.1
Hardware Detection Tool 0.5.0.
Macrium Reflect Professional 64 bit 5.0 4354
Mini Windows 7 (Improved and Updated Drivers)
OneKey Ghost 6.5
Plop Boot Manager 5.0.14 (31.01.2012)
Parted Magic Linux 2012_05_14
QuickTech Pro SB 5.90.00 Hardware diagnostics and stress test. [9]
R-Drive 4.7 (4726)
Spinrite 6
Optional self booting utilities
For the following packages there are menu entries,
....
Important Notes
For keyboards other than English you can still apply Hirens keyboard patch.
For installation to USB read document usb-installation.pdf.
To extend HBCD by adding tools such as the distro BackTrack,
read document add-optional-utils.pdf.
To reduce the size of the DVD to CD or to fit in a smaller GB USB stick read file trim-dvd.txt
Read document install-win-with-hbcd.pdf for a guide for how to install
windows from USB.
Mini Windows XP and Mini Windows 7 run from RAM. If you start one program
after another you will soon run out of memory. So clean the temp folder
from time to time. A command for this is provided in the Program Launcher.
Mini Windows 7 is somewhat slow to start up because it loads some drivers.
So be patient and give it time. Also it now has the same desktop background
as Mini XP so do not be confused.
The HBCD program launcher and some of the portable utilities are
incompatible with 64 bit Windows 7. Use only within 32 bit installed Windows,
else you can boot Mini Windows from DVD and use them from there.
Enjoy !!!!
Hirens Boot DVD 15.1 Restored Edition V2.0 by PROTEUS