5 Jul 2006
Here are some useful tools for troubleshooting/recovering windows systems:
- look up events at eventid.net
- Ultimate Boot CD
- Ultimate Boot CD for Windows
- SpinRite. The same guy also has a useful tool called ‘Shields Up’, and a podcast called Security Now!
- BootDisks.Com has a collection of prebuilt boot disks you can download
- ERD Commander allows you to repair unbootable or locked-out systems, restore lost data, remove malware from infected systems while the system is safely offline using your existing antivirus software, and diagnose system and network issues
- all tools from Sysinternals.Com
Linux tools (and religion.):
- Knoppix is a CD bootable Linux distribution, that is The Swiss Army Chainsaw of distros – it does everything. Insert Linux and Damn Small Linux are also useful, as they fit on business card CDs
- PNordahl has a tool for resetting forgotten Administrator passwords
- DBAN completely solves all Windows problems, by wiping the hard disk :-) You can then install a decent Operating System like Ubuntu Linux
- see also my article on DD Rescue