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Useful disks for a technician's CD toolkit.

Commercial and Licensed

Disks listed here are commercial, paid for, utilities and are licensed to a specific institution. These may not be used outside of work for this establishment.

1. Windows Install CDs Microsoft Home Page
   • Windows XP Professional SP2
   • Windows 7 Professional
   • CD Keys should not be kept with the CD (in case it is stolen)
2. Spinrite - for HDD data recovery.

Public Domain / Free

Tools listed here are either:

• In the public domain as free downloads (e.g. MS Updates)
• Free
• Free and Open Source (GNU GPL, Apache License or similar)

and may be used outside the establishment.

1. Microsoft Update disks
   • Disks containing XP SP3, KB958644, Office Service Packs and similar.
   • Saves time downloading from the Microsoft Website / Microsoft Update.
2. Trinity Rescue Kit
   • Linux boot CD used for recovery of data, virus checking and general checks.
   • Also useful for file recovery using DD and Photorec in the event of a problem memory stick. See Data Recovery Part 2
3. Clonezilla - for making and restoring machine images.
4. Parted Magic - for adjusting Harddisk partitions and general maintenance.
5. DBAN - Darik's Boot And Nuke, used to securely erase all data on attached harddisks and storage media.
6. Gentoo Live DVD - Another Linux live disk but this one provides a graphical environment. Useful for testing if a machine is having driver or hardware problems.
7. Post incident / post viral Response Disk
   • Produced in house by JHA
   • Contains a collection of utilities to get more detailed information regarding a potentially contaminated Windows system.
   • Can be used in conjunction with the Trinity Rescue Kit

See also

• Useful Utilities