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Creating a System Rescue USB Stick - What are your must-have tools?
Currently creating a new system rescue multi-boot USB stick because I can't find my old one (using Yumi exFat)
The idea is to have a useful stick at hand to troubleshoot Windows 10/11 issues such as disk issues, computer not booting anymore, virus infection (albeit I didn't have any issues with that in years), disk cloning/recovery and a live Linux environment.
So far, I have installed:
Aomei Backupper Windows PE (since I use Aomei)
System Rescue CD (a classic, I guess)
Redo Recovery (disk cloning/backup; also possible to backup to remote destinations via ssh/ftp/nas..)
Recatux (another troubleshooting tool)
Hiren's Windows PE (lots of Windows Tools to troubleshoot)
PuppyLinux (to have a lightweight linux live system)
Ubuntu Desktop live (if I need to get some work done and the issue takes longer than expected)
Any other ideas? Are Ultimate Boot Disk and Trinity Rescue Kit still viable? I remember they were quite popular back in the days but haven't been updated in quite a while.
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For WinPE the best is
https://m.majorgeeks.com/files/details/sergei_strelecs_winpe.html
It has every tool I ever needed to fix PC.
Awesome, didn't hear about that one before. Thanks!
Hang them all together with "multi-system USB" liveusb.info
https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
install it to your USB and then copy your .iso's to it
Someone else recommend that on the other forum. Seems like Ventoy is more preferred than Yumi these days. Will have a look. Seems to be as easy as copying iso files to ventoy, correct? No reformatting needed etc.
Hmm, ventoy with MJJ characters floating about, or a French multi-system.
Correct, you install ventoy as a base and then when you plug it into a machine, you copy the relevant .iso's to the space that is mounted.. easy as
It look good, but it sounds risky to download that. It is a Russian source, and the source website (https://sergeistrelec.ru/version_history_en.html) has been offline for several weeks.
I use Parted Magic which contains several useful tools
Download is provided from MajorGeeks, they are around for 22years and they check everything:)
No worries:) you dont support russia by downloading winpe from modder.
Yeah, but Russia products are sanctioned in the west. Personally I downloaded it, even though I might be breaking the law.
quickly shutdown/poweroff in emergency situations.
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/34194/Performing-emergency-shutdowns
Another vote for parted magic... I love it and hirens too
Spam. This is pretty fucking useless and doesn't apply to troubleshooting or recovery.