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> How useful is Windows Boot CD is? Very if you're doing Windows desktop/workstation support. Hiren's isn't just a PE, it includes a ton of useful utilities t
by Alupis 7y ago
> How useful is Windows Boot CD is?
Very if you're doing Windows desktop/workstation support.
Hiren's isn't just a PE, it includes a ton of useful utilities that help you repair, troubleshoot or fix a number of problems. The full list of utilities is here[1], but includes:
- BCD/MBR Tools
- Data Recovery
- Defrag
- Hard Drive Diagnostics
- Hard Drive Imaging/Cloning
- File Explorers
- Partition Repair
- Low Level Formatting/Data Destruction
- Windows Recovery
- Virus/Malware Scanners
- Key Finders (office, windows, etc)
- Password reset/recovery
- System Registry Repair
- And more...
[1] https://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ https://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/
- olyjohn 7y agoExcept that a lot of the stuff on Hiren's is pirated. You probably don't even have a license to run the version of Windows that is on it.
- mikehotel 7y agoLatest release does not include pirated content. Including the OS: "Windows PE does not include any Windows license keys. Also Hiren’s BootCD PE does not violate Windows PE purposes and it does not change “72 hours of continuous use” limitation. So using Windows PE in Hiren’s BootCD PE is legal in the terms of Microsoft’s usage purposes."
- ComputerGuru 7y agoThe 72 hour clause is to qualify for the special WinPE licensing (vs having to license as regular Windows), it does not mean Windows PE itself doesn’t need to be licensed.
- Alupis 7y agoPirated content hasn't been on Hiren's since version 10.6... which was close to 10 (or more) years ago. Everything on Hiren's is Free and/or Open Source.