Linux based rescue environment This will boot a highly popular Linux disc partitioning and data recovery environment called Parted Magic.

Repair discs have become hugely popular in recent years because if your computer wont boot you can perform a number of repairs to the offline operating system straight from the CD.

One of the most popular and at the same time controversial boot CDs throughout the years is called Hirens Boot CD.

Released in 2004, Hirens Boot CD boasts a huge array of repair utilities and diagnostic tools that can help in a vast number of different situations.

Hirens Boot 10.1 Software Was Commercial

The controversial part of Hiren was the fact that for several years, a sizable portion of the software was commercial and downloading and using the CD was classed as illegal and using pirated software.

Thankfully, Hiren is updated periodically and from version 11 of the CD, the commercial software causing all the trouble was removed meaning it could be freely used without people accusing you of using software you shouldnt be.

Here at Raymond.cc, we absolutely love Hirens Boot CD simply for how versatile it is and the amount of tasks it can perform to help you get things done.

It always has been, and really still is the KING of all Boot CDs.

When you download the tool it is in ISO format, so youll need burning software such as Nero, Imgburn or Windows itself that supports burning ISO format.

Once you successfully burn the ISO to a CD, pop it in to your CD-ROM and restart your computer.

I personally recommend that you burn it into a CD-RW because you wont want to waste a CD-R every few months when the CD is updated with newer or better tools.

Hirens Boot 10.1 How To Do This

These days its not too difficult to write the ISO image to a USB stick and there is a guide on how to do this.

Of course, we have covered a number of tools on the blog such as Sardu that can write the Hiren disc to USB for you with the minimum of fuss.

When you start up the Hiren disc, the programs initial boot menu will be displayed.

There are some hugely valuable and lifesaving tools available on this menu alone, so Ill go through the most important.

Boot From Hard Drive will simply continue booting your operating system (if its bootable).

Theres a vast number of Windows based tools available to run and covers almost every aspect of repairing and fixing your system.

Wired networking and Wifi internet access is available meaning you can also go online for downloads, cloud storage or extra information.

All the included tools can be quickly accessed via the Hiren program launcher.

There is also an added bonus here in that most of these tools can be used on an ordinary Windows system by simply inserting the CDUSB stick.

A few of the programs can only run from a normal system such as Malwarebytes Antimalware.

Dos Programs Although not quite as used as it once was, the Dos programs section has a number of Dos based versions of tools similar to those in the Mini XP.

Simply navigate through the menus using the keyboard and the number keys.

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