Ultimate Boot CD for Windows

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows or UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD (live CD) that contains software used for repairing, restoring, and diagnosing many computer problems. It is based on BartPE.^[1]

All programs included in UBCD4Win are freeware utilities for Windows. Bart's PE builds a Windows "pre-install" environment CD, which is basically like Windows booted from CD. It features network support, the ability to modify NTFS volumes, recover deleted files, create new NTFS volumes, and scan hard drives for viruses. This project includes (hopefully) nearly everything needed to repair system problems.^[2]

The UBCD4Win takes some time to boot, but once it's up, the user is running an almost fully functional copy of Windows XP from the CD. This means that the usual diagnostic tools, partition management capability, etc. that are normally available in XP are available at a time while the hard drives are offline—allowing the user to run chkdsk against the C drive, for instance. There are additional tools, in particular anti-spyware and anti-virus software, which can be run against the drives while the computer's operating system is offline (and malware is therefore dormant and more vulnerable to cleaning).

See also

• Windows Preinstallation Environment
• WinBuilder
• VistaPE
• Reatogo-X-PE, a project based on BartPE
• Live USB
• List of live CDs
• VMware Workstation or Oracle VirtualBox to use a Live CD without burning the ISO image.

Update

The former URL of project website, http://ubcd4win.com, was taken over by a domain parking company and the project has moved to http://ubcd4win.org. As of May 2015, the latest news about the UBCD4Win project dates back to June 2010.^[3]

References

1. ↑ "What is the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows?". 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2015-05-14. 
2. ↑ "List of tools included with Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®". 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2015-05-14. 
3. ↑ "Latest Project news". 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2015-05-14.