The ultimate utility CD for working on a computer
nice illegal collection of software utilities :D
Nothing illegal, I’m pretty sure. I haven’t looked recently, but AFAIK, all of the utilities that are included are legally obtained and legally distributed in accordance with their licensing.
Take a close look…all are open source….no illegal software unlike Hirens w/ does contain software that is registered/trademarked
What ^ he said 
I went to install W7 after upgrading board, video, and ram. Realised my previous DVD drive was IDE. So boot from USB instead? Well only USB big enough to fit a W7 installation was a 32gig USB3.0 drive which wouldn’t play with the W7 installation. Apparently W7 installation doesn’t work with USB3.0 . Had to go buy a memory card reader and use my 16g SD card with W7. Something so basic became so complicated!!
Most MOBOs need a driver installed for USB3.0 support after the OS is loaded. Been there too. Did you get the T shirt?
Larry
I got that T-shirt. keyboard plugged into USB 3.0 ports…error happens…can’t press continue due to keyboard being non functional outside of Windows :~
All open source and all are great
I have a USB dedicated to UBC
It’s been 4 years since I updated mine. Thanks for posting this.
This is a great disk of legal utilities and it has saved the day many times for me.
This looks great, i could have used it last week, but how do we know it doesn’t have some virus or keylogger or something?
We don’t. J)
Same as with anything else, if a file is flagged by your antivirus just upload it to virustotal.com to check for false positive. Scan the files of the mounted iso, not the single 600mb file.
None of my computers crash anymore... I am feeling left out :-(
Scan and scan again. 
Use a reliable site to download from.
Scan the file with multiple programs, I use malwarebytes and Avast.
Do nothing else with the file for a couple weeks and check on revisions or issues from other users.
Burn it to a CD or DVD.
Run it on a clean fully backed up system and then scan and check for any changes.
Two biggest factors, scanning, and time enough for issues to show up before you need to use it.
What’s a CD? :bigsmile:
Thanks for sharing, it’s great to have those utilities handy.
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Remember when it was ultimate boot disc? It used to fit on a floppy disc.
I use TrueImage 2013 w/plus pack. It takes about 20 minutes to restore EVERYTHING to the last known good state including all my programs, data, and media. Also, it allows me to upgrade my motherboard, CPU, etc without having to reinstall Windows and re-entering the activation key. It does it by striping out all the drivers. That being said, I don't use any disk utilities other than the basic ones that come with Windows 7
Best way to test for viruses is to setup a vm with a firewall… Can restore them quickly and see if the program is hiding viruses or calling the mothership- record the ip(s) while preventing the malware from giving your ip away. Totalvirus is pretty good for most things, but it’s better to be safe than deal with someones clever method. You can move it onto your main system after your confident and restore the vm back to whatever state.
Glen Acronis has been awesome for years 
Another great thing about booting from a CD or DVD is that it’s read-only. Nothing can write to it, like cookies or viruses. The ways your privacy can be violated are far fewer when the system has nothing more to write to than a RAM disk. And as pointed out, a virtual machine is another excellent tool.
Now, run a VPN inside of your VM on an encrypted drive and you start to get something approaching decent privacy. If anyone steals my desktops or laptops, all they will get is bricks as far as data goes. It would take a TLA (three letter agency) and a large super computer to compromise my client’s data
Sorry for the OT post, but those utility boot CDs are a superb tool, good for more than just troubleshooting a PC.