Okay – this is cool. Particularly because it generates a bootable Windows disc using legally acquired software, and it provides a framework for repairing Windows-based desktops – including Windows Vista.
Oh yeah… and it’s free.
Restore Your PC by Booting from a Recovery CD
Create a bootable CD with Windows XP, 2003 or Windows Vista CD and a full set of DiskInternals recovery tools. Recover your hard drive by booting into familiar operating system with handy access to data recovery tools.
Computer crashes, data corruption and hard disk failures have happened to many computer users. Face computer emergencies armed with a backup plan! If your computer can’t boot from its hard disk, or if the disk contains damaged or deleted data just insert a recovery CD into a CD-ROM drive and reboot your computer.
Hey, wait! Does any CD work? Of course not! You have to create a data recovery CD to boot from before you can insert it into a CD reader. Create an emergency recovery disc with DiskInternals Boot CD!
DiskInternals Boot CD lets you boot into fully operational Windows XP-2003 or Windows Vista, complete with the GUI and service applications. To create your bootable Windows CD (WinPE, Windows Preinstallation Environment), download install DiskInternals Boot CD and run the Wizard. The Wizard will prompt you for a CD or DVD that contains Windows XP, 2003 or Vista setup files, and make a new bootable CD that can run Windows from an optical disk without installation.
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