Sysresccd-manual-en System boot floppy disks
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Introduction
Of course, the most important feature of SystemRescueCd is the Linux system that is run from the CDRom, and that allows to do many administration tasks. Since version 0.2.9, SystemRescueCd allows to work from virtual bootable floppy disks. These virtual floppies offers the same feature you could have with a physical floppy disk you boot on when you start your computer. For example, several users need system DOS programs. They start from a DOS floppy disk, and they can run these tools. SystemRescueCd comes with several system floppy disks. The floppy list appears when you press F2 in the very first prompt. This page shows many option on the top, and floppy disks images at the bottom. In the next section, we will have an overview of each of them.
Overview of the boot floppy disks
Offline NT Password and Registry editor
Just type this image name at prompt:
ntpass
This program allows to change system informations written in the Windows settings. The most interesting one is the ability to change the password of a user account. Now, you won't have to reinstall Windows if you forget the password of the administrator account. You just have to edit the password with this utility. This program also allows to edit the Windows registry. It work even when Windows is installed on an NTFS disk.
FreeDos
Just type this image name at prompt:
freedos
FreeDos is a free operating system compatible with MS-DOS. It allows to run DOS programs such as Partition Magic or Drive Image without any MS-DOs license.
MemTest+
Just type this image name at prompt:
memtest
Memtest+ 1.0 is an update of Memtest-x86 3.0. It's a memory tester. This program will tell you if your physical memory is damaged or not.
GAG: Graphical-Boot-Manager
Just type this image name at prompt:
gag
GAG is a boot manager, such as Lilo, Grub, or Boot-Magic. It aims to be very nice and easy to use.
Ranish Partition Manager
Just type this image name at prompt:
ranish
Ranish Partition Manager is a low level partition manager such as Fdisk, but it's more powerful.
Dban (Darik's Boot and Nuke)
Just type this image name at prompt:
dban
Dban is a bootdisk that allows to destroy all data of a computer. Be aware it's dangerous to use. You can use dban if you want to be sure nobody can be able to read data of a computer. For example, if you want to give your computer to someone, and your computer had important data, you can use dban before giving the computer. It will wipe all data from all hard disks.
Aida
Just type this image name at prompt:
aida
Aida is an advanced diagnostic system program. It will detect many pieces of hardware of your computer, such as the Processor, chipset, mainboard, network card, ... It's very useful when you want to download a driver and you don't know which one to take.
