UBCD is a tool I’ve used for years and its free! With dozens upon dozens of tools you rarely need anything else. It includes but not limited to hard drive testers, memory diagnostics, password resets, virus removals, and tons more! Its primary a collection of tools used to repair a computer that won’t boot.
You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:
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- Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.
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- Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn’t you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!
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- Run Ultimate Boot CD from your USB memory stick. A script on the CD prepares your USB memory stick so that it can be used on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. You can access the same tools as you would from the CD version.
New features in UBCD V5.x include:
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- New! The Linux-based distro Parted Magic is now included with UBCD V5.0. This should be the method of choice when you need to resize/rescue partitions, access NTFS file systems or work with USB storage devices.
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- New! UBCD V5.x now supports both syslinux/isolinux and grub4dos. This helps improve the chances that UBCD will boot on any particular machine.
When you boot up from the CD, a text-based menu will be displayed, and you will be able to select the tool you want to run. The selected tool actually boots off a virtual floppy disk created in memory.
Tools currently included with the Ultimate Boot CD are:
| Name of Tool | Version | License | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOS | |||
| !BIOS | 3.20 | Freeware | |
| BIOS | 1.35.0 | Freeware | Website says V1.35.1, but program displays V1.35.0. |
| CMOSPWD | 5.0 | GPL | |
| KEYDisk | n/a | GPL | |
| WipeCMOS | 1.2 | Freeware | |
| CPU | |||
| CPU Burn-in | 1.00 | Freeware | The Linux version which is included in UBCD is at V1.00. V1.01 applies to Windows only. |
| CPUinfo | n/a | GPL | |
| Intel Processor Frequency ID (P3 and below) | 7.2 | Freeware | |
| Intel Processor Identification Utility (P4 and above) | 4.32 | Freeware | |
| Mersenne Prime Test | 24.14 | Public domain | |
| Stress | 1.00 | GPL | |
| StressCPU (requires CPU with SSE) | 2.0 | Freeware | |
| x86test | 0.10a | GPL | |
| Boot Management | |||
| Boot Partition | 2.60 | Freeware | |
| boot.kernel.org (BKO) | n/a | Freeware | |
| EditBINI | 1.01.1 | Freeware | |
| GAG (Graphical Boot Manager) | 4.10 | GPL | |
| Gujin | 2.8.4 | GPL | |
| MBRtool | 2.3.200 | Freeware | |
| MBRWork | 1.08 | Freeware | |
| netboot.me | n/a | Freeware | |
| PLoP Boot Manager | 5.0.12 | Free for personal use | |
| Smart BootManager | 3.7.1 | GPL | |
| SPFDISK (Special FDISK) | 2000-03v | Freeware | |
| Super Grub Disk | 0.9799 | GPL | |
| Super Grub2 Disk | 1.98s1 | GPL | |
| XFDISK (Extended FDISK) | 0.9.3 beta | Freeware | |
| XOSL (Extended Operating System Loader) | 1.1.5 | GPL | |
| Data Recovery | |||
| Offline NT Password & Registry Editor | 110511 | n/a | |
| PhotoRec | 6.12 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
| TestDisk | 6.12 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
| Hard Disk Information & Management | |||
| AMSET (Maxtor) | 4.00 | Freeware | |
| ATAINF | 1.3 | Freeware | |
| ATA Password Tool | 1.1 | Freeware | |
| Change Definition Utility (for Fujitsu M16xx/M2915 HDDs) | n/a | Freeware | |
| DiskCheck | 4.0.6 | Freeware | |
| DISKINFO | 1.02 | Freeware | |
| ESFeat (ExcelStor) | 2.30 | Freeware | |
| Feature Tool (IBM/Hitachi) | 2.15 | Freeware | |
| GSmartControl | 0.8.6 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
| SMARTUDM | 2.00 | Freeware | |
| UATA100 (Seagate) | 3.06 | Freeware | |
| UDMA Utility (for Fujitsu MPD/MPE/MPF series HDDs) | n/a | Freeware | |
| UDMA Utility (for Fujitsu MPG series HDDs) | n/a | Freeware | |
| Ultra ATA Manager (Western Digital) | June, 2003 | Freeware | |
| WDIDLE3 (Western Digital) | 1.05 | Freeware | |
| Hard Disk Diagnosis | |||
| ATA Diagnostic Tool (Fujitsu) | 7.0 | Freeware | |
| DLG Diagnostic (Western Digital) | 5.19 | Freeware | |
| DLG Diagnostic (Western Digital) | 4.15 | Freeware | V5.x has been reported not to work on some older machines, so V4.15 has been included as a backup. |
| Drive Fitness Test (IBM/Hitachi) | 4.16 | Freeware | |
| ES-Tool (Samsung) | 3.01v | Freeware | |
| ESTest (ExcelStor) | 4.50 | Freeware | |
| GWSCAN (Gateway) | 3.15 | Freeware | For IDE hard drives 10GB or smaller. |
| GWSCAN (Gateway) | 5.12 | Freeware | For IDE hard drives larger than 10GB. |
| HDAT2 | 4.5.3 | Freeware | |
| HDAT2 | 4.8.1 | Freeware | |
| HUTIL (Samsung) | 1.21 | Freeware | From soeren: “HUTIL 2.00 lacks the possibility to view the SMART values and it appears to be a lot slower than 1.21. It’s only needed for the newest Samsung drives, the “older” ones still work with 1.21.” |
| HUTIL (Samsung) | 2.10 | Freeware | |
| MHDD32 | 4.5 | Freeware | |
| MHDD32 | 4.6 | Freeware | |
| PowerMax (Maxtor/Quantum) | 4.09 | Freeware | |
| PowerMax (Maxtor/Quantum) | 4.23 | Freeware | |
| SCSIMax (Maxtor/Quantum) | 1.21 | Freeware | |
| SeaTools for DOS (Seagate/Maxtor) | 2.23 | Freeware | |
| SeaTools for DOS (Seagate/Maxtor) | 1.10 | Freeware | |
| SHDIAG (Samsung) | 1.25 | Freeware | |
| ViVARD | 0.4 | Freeware | The official website is down. Various third party websites claim to have V1.0, but is actually V0.4. |
| Hard Disk Cloning | |||
| CopyWipe | 1.14 | Freeware | |
| EaseUs Disk Copy | 2.3.1 | Freeware | |
| g4u | 2.4 | BSD | |
| HDClone (Free Edition) | 4.0.6 | Freeware | |
| partimage | 0.6.9 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
| Partition Saving | 3.90 | Freeware | |
| PC INSPECTOR clone-maxx | 1.0 | Freeware | Actual version is 0.95 Build 769, but is referred to as 1.0 on product website. |
| Hard Disk Low-Level Editing | |||
| Disk Editor | 3.0 | Freeware | |
| DISKMAN4 | 4.01 | Freeware | |
| DiskSpy Free Edition (Personal use only) | 2.0 | Freeware | |
| PTS DiskEditor | 1.04 | Freeware | |
| Hard Disk Wiping | |||
| Active@ KillDisk Free Edition | 4.1.2393 | Freeware | Free Edition. Supports “One Pass Zeros” method only. Note that KillDisk V5.x is Windows only. |
| CopyWipe | 1.14 | Freeware | |
| Darik’s Boot and Nuke | 2.2.6 Beta | GPL | |
| Fujitsu Erase Utility | 1.00 | Freeware | |
| HDDErase | 4.0 | Freeware | |
| HDShredder (Free Edition) | 3.8.1 | Freeware | |
| MAXLLF (Maxtor) | 1.1 | Freeware | |
| PC INSPECTOR e-maxx | 0.95 | Freeware | Actual version is 0.95 Build 775, but is referred to as 1.0 on product website. |
| SUTIL (Samsung) | 1.01 | Freeware | |
| Hard Disk Installation | |||
| Data Lifeguard Tools (Western Digital) | 11.2 | Freeware | |
| DiscWizard 2003 (Seagate) | 10.45.06 | Freeware | |
| DiscWizard (Seagate/Maxtor) | 11.0.8326 | Freeware | MaxBlast V5.0 is essentially the same thing i.e. OEM version of Acronis TrueImage. Startup Recovery Manager not included. Didn’t see much use for it on the bootable CD, plus it can be activated in the Win32 program itself if required, or you can copy over the “Recovery Manager” folder youself. |
| Disk Manager (IBM) | 9.57 | Freeware | |
| Disk Manager (Samsung) | 10.42 | Freeware | |
| MaxBlast (Maxtor) | 4.0 | Freeware | |
| Partition Management | |||
| Cute Partition Manager | 0.9.8 | Freeware | |
| Dsrfix | 3.12 | Freeware | |
| FIPS | 2.0 | GPL | |
| Free FDISK | 1.3.1 | GPL | |
| GParted | 0.8.1 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
| Partinfo | 1.11 | Freeware | |
| Partition Resizer | 1.3.4 | Freeware | |
| Partition Saving | 3.90 | Freeware | |
| PTDD Super Fdisk | 1.0 | Freeware | |
| Ranish Partition Manager | 2.40 | Freeware | Using stable version because V2.44 is beta and reported to be buggy. |
| SPFDISK (Special FDISK) | 2000-03v | Freeware | |
| XFDISK (Extended FDISK) | 0.9.3 beta | Freeware | |
| Memory | |||
| AleGr MEMTEST | 2.00 | Free for personal use | |
| DIMM_ID | 3.57 | GPL | |
| Memtest86 | 4.0 | GPL | |
| Memtest86 | 3.5b | GPL | |
| Memtest86+ | 4.20 | GPL | |
| TestMemIV | n/a | Freeware | |
| Windows Memory Diagnostic | n/a | UBCD Only | |
| Others | |||
| FileLink | 3.01 | Freeware | This program is part of Caldera OpenDOS V7.03. |
| Kon-Boot | 1.0 | Free for personal use | |
| Parted Magic | 6.6 | GPL | Full list of programs can be found here |
| UBCD FreeDOS | R1.44 | n/a | Based on NwDsk V3.40. |
| Peripherals | |||
| ATAPI CDROM Identification | 2.22 | Freeware | |
| CD Index | 1.1 | Freeware | |
| CHZ Monitor-Test | 2.0 | Freeware | |
| Parallel Port Information System | 1.45 | Freeware | |
| Video Memory Stress Test | 1.7 | GPL | |
| System | |||
| AIDA16 | 2.14 | n/a | Discontinued |
| ASTRA (Demo version) | 5.50 | 14-day Demo | |
| Hardware Detection Tool | 0.5.0 | GPL | |
| HWiNFO | 5.5.2 | Freeware | |
| NSSI | 0.60.45 | Freeware | |
| PC-Config | 9.33 | Freeware | Discontinued |
| PCI | 1.1 | Freeware | pcidevs.txt: 22-01-2008 |
| PCISniffer | 1.5 | Freeware | |
| System Speed Test 32 | 4.78 | Freeware | |