Hiren's BootCD
Hiren's BootCD
Developer(s) | Hiren |
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Stable release | 15.2 / 9 November 2012;5 years ago(2012-11-09) |
Size | ~512 MB |
Available in | English |
Type | Utility software |
License | Freeware |
Website | www |
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.
Developer(s) | Hiren |
---|---|
Stable release | 15.2 / 9 November 2012;5 years ago(2012-11-09) |
Size | ~512 MB |
Available in | English |
Type | Utility software |
License | Freeware |
Website | www |
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:
Mini Windows 98
Mini Windows XP
A collection of MS-DOS utilities
See also
List of data recovery software
Live CD
Live USB
Windows To Go