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.
Partition Tools
If you need to
make changes to the partitions on your computer, there are several applications
that provides various levels of functionality for accomplishing this goal. You
can both create and delete partitions from your computer, even while there are
other partitions on the hard drive you are modifying. You can also resize
partitions if needed, to change how much space is allocated to them.
Backup and Recovery
There are several
backup and recovery tools on Hiren's BootCD. Backup tools like GetDataBack, HDD
Scan, Partition Find and Mount, PhotoRec, Recuva, Undelete... let you copy data
off of your hard drive and schedule automatic backups to ensure your data is
saved to another location. You can also recover deleted data, whether that data
was deleted intentionally or accidentally. There are also a few tools that will
help you recover data from damaged or corrupted portions of your hard drive if
you are unable to recover them through other methods.
Testing Tools
Hiren's BootCD
provides a variety of tools for testing different aspects of your computer. If
you suspect that your RAM is corrupted or that a piece of hardware on your
machine is not functioning properly, there are several applications you can run
to determine the problems. You can also perform hard drive tests to see whether
your hard drive is physically damaged, and get a report on how much longer your
hard drive is expected to work.
Password Tools
Password recovery
and modification tools are also provided on Hiren's BootCD. You can change the
administrator password on Windows machines, and there are utilities for saving
passwords for your online accounts in an encrypted format. You can also encrypt
your entire hard drive with Hiren's BootCD so that a password is required to
read or write any data from or to your hard drive.
