Hiren's BootCD (HBCD) is a completely free bootable CD that contains a load of useful tools you can make use of in a variety of situations like analyzing, recovering and fixing your computer even if the primary operating system can not be booted.
It is a great resource for anyone with computer problems who is having trouble accessing the internet to download programs in an attempt to fix it. It has a multitude of tools divided into a number of categories like partitioning tools, backup, recovery and BIOS/CMOS tools to name a few.
With some simple knowledge about what is contained on the CD, you can use it to repair many problems computer like hard drive failure, virus infections, partitioning, password recovery and data recovery.
We may call it as an emergency cd which every computer technician or home user must have.
We thank and appreciate Hiren for his great BootCD. This site is just a download place for Hiren's BootCD and is not related with Hiren. For developer's homepage please visit Hiren's Homepage under the links.
New added softwares:
+ ATF Cleaner 3.0.0.2: A personal and easy-to-use temp file removal software to clean all user temp folders, Java cache, Opera/Mozilla browser cache, cookies, history, download history, saved passwords etc (Windows Freeware).
+ Avira AntiVir Personal (07-11-2010): Free anti-virus and anti-spyware on-demand scanner, detects and removes more than 50000 viruses (Windows Freeware).
+ BIOS Master Password Generator: Collection of password generator tools to reset BIOS Power on Password / Admin password on Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Phoenix and Samsung Laptops (Windows Freeware).
+ Duplicate File Finder 3.5: Scans and identify duplicate files, it compares them based on byte for byte comparison ensures 100% accuracy (Windows Freeware).
+ Everything 1.21: Ultra fast file/folder search tool with ftp/http server (Windows Freeware).
+ GoldMemory 5.07: Memory Diagnostic Tests (Dos Shareware).
+ HDD Low Level Format Tool 2.36: Low-level format tool for S-ATA (SATA), IDE (E-IDE), SCSI, USB, Flash Cards and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures (Windows Freeware).
+ HashMyFiles 1.68: Calculate MD5/SHA1/CRC32 hashes of your files (Windows Freeware).
+ ImgBurn 2.5.2.0: Lightweight CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray burning application, supports BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI, Ability to build DVD/HD/BD Video discs from a VIDEO_TS/HVDVD_TS/BDAV/BDMV folder, Unicode folder/file names (formerly DVD Decrypter) (Windows Freeware).
+ Macrium Reflect 4.2.2952 (MiniXp): Create complete backups of your disk partitions, including operating system, installed programs and all your settings (Windows Freeware).
+ NTPWEdit 0.3: Password editor for Windows NT based systems to change or remove passwords for local system accounts (Windows Freeware).
+ On-Screen Keyboard: A utility that displays a virtual keyboard on the computer screen that allows people with mobility impairments to type data by using a pointing device or joystick (Windows Freeware).
+ RKill (24-10-2010): RKill just kills malware processes, imports a Registry file that removes incorrect file associations and fixes policies that stop us from using certain tools (Windows Freeware).
+ Revo Uninstaller 1.90: Remove unnecessary files and registry entries left behind by incomplete program uninstallation routines (Windows Freeware).
+ RunAsDate 1.10: allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify (Windows Freeware).
+ Seagate DiscWizard 11.8326: Backup drive/partition to an image file, for Seagate owners (Powered by Acronis TrueImage) (Windows/Linux Freeware).
+ ServiWin v1.40: Alternative Windows Services/Drivers Tool (Windows Freeware).
+ ShadowExplorer 0.7: Shadow Explorer allows you to browse the shadow copies created by the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and retrieve older versions from files you accidentally deleted or altered (Windows Freeware).
+ SpaceSniffer 1.1.2.0: Find lost space on your disks the easy way (Windows Freeware).
+ WinSCP 4.2.9: A free and open source SFTP/FTP client to secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer (Windows Freeware).
Updated softwares:
7-Zip 9.18b, BootICE 0.80.6, CCleaner 3.0, CPU-Z 1.56, ComboFix (07-11-2010), Dr.Web CureIt! Antivirus (07-11-2010), FastCopy 2.04, GPU-Z 0.4.7, GParted Partition Editor 0.7.0, HBCD Program Launcher 1.9, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46 (07-11-2010), PCI 32 Sniffer 1.4 (07-11-2010), PCI and AGP info Tool (07-11-2010), Process Monitor 2.93, PuTTY Tray 0.60 r3, RIPLinux 11.1, SIW 2010.10.21, ShellExView 1.48, Speccy 1.06.191, Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (07-11-2010), SpywareBlaster 4.4 (07-11-2010), SuperAntispyware 4.45.1000 (07-11-2010), TeamViewer 5.1.9385, USBDeview 1.81, UnknownDevices 1.4.20 (07-11-2010), grub4dos 2010-11-04, isolinux 4.03