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Hiren's BootCD

Hiren's BootCD

Hiren's BootCD (also known as HBCD) is a bootable CD containing a number of diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and others for fixing various computer problems.

Hiren's BootCD
Developer(s)Hiren
Stable release
15.2 / 9 November 2012;5 years ago(2012-11-09)
Size~512 MB
Available inEnglish
TypeUtility software
LicenseFreeware
Websitewww.hirensbootcd.org

Licensing issues

Prior to version 11.0, Hiren's BootCD contained several commercial products. In version 10.6, [2] 17 were listed in the release notes. Most notably Acronis True Image, Norton Ghost, Acronis Disk Director, and Paragon Partition Manager. (Partition Magic Pro had been replaced already in version 10.5.) To be able to start a commercial application, the user had to promise to be the holder of a license, but no validation of this statement was ever made.

In version 11.0, [3] only three remained:

  1. Mini Windows 98

  2. Mini Windows XP

  3. A collection of MS-DOS utilities

See also

  • List of data recovery software

  • Live CD

  • Live USB

  • Windows To Go

References

[1]
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[2]
Citation Linkwindowsdailynews.com"Hiren’s Boot CD: Never Leave Home Without It!"
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[3]
Citation Linkhirensbootcd.org"Version 10.6 Release Notes"
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[4]
Citation Linkhirensbootcd.org"Version 11.0 Release Notes"
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