The IT Technician's CD Collection

[docboggle]

Are there any particular CDs that you always keep at hand to help you with your job?

I have been recently trying to sort out my collection and thought I would give some of mine, and see what other people used.

DBAN (Darik's Boot And Nuke) DBAN Download | Darik's Boot And Nuke
Used to securely wipe any hard drive

Puppy Linux Puppy Linux
Great to access files when Windows has died.

Ultimate Boot CD Ultimate Boot CD - Overview
Although never used it myself, have been recommended it, and have a copy just in case.

[LeMarchand]

UBCD (this includes Darik's, afaik) also have this on a bootable USB key.
Clonezilla
G-Parted
The "naughty" disc
A random audio CD and DVD for drive testing purposes

...assorted Windows OS disks and Office disks.

Most of my "useful" software is on a USB key, and I have been experimenting with a multiboot USB disk (still not got it the way I want it, though)

[computer_expert]

avira rescue cd (for offline AV scanning)
Ubuntu live CD (for grabbing files from a dead installation of windows)
system rescue cd

and most of the other utilities mentioned in the last 2 pasts

[mac_shinobi]

Trinity Rescue Kit | CPR for your computer

Ophcrack

Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD

[sted]

tend to have a usable win7 install on the wds server i can boot into these days saves having to find/burn a cd

[elsiegee40]

ActivPrimary is always to hand as it seems to wimp out at short notice, usually due to a Java update

[Batman]

I can get most stuff done with an Ubuntu live disc and the UBCD.

[IanT]

BartPE
Hiren's BootCD
Password Reset CD

[RabbieBurns]

Ive always got a memtest cd to hand too..

[nephilim]

Hiren Disk
Ultimate Boot CD
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows Server 2003R2
Windows Server 2008R2
Office 2003
Office 2007
ERD Kommander
BartPE

Thats in my personal collection. Beyond that I have no other disks as I do not require them.

[ICT_GUY]

CD's? How quaint.

[sidewinder]

Apart from various OS discs I really dont use any, no point when you can keep stuff on the network and USB stick.
The Active Killdisk is one I use for wiping computers but thats about it

[Batman]

Hiren's BootCD

Isn't that illegal?

[sippo]

I used to have hundreds of disks, but now there is so much of it online. I tend to keep network card drivers, Office, Different OS and UBCD and that's about it...

[danrhodes]

Hirens every time its an absolute life saver for all occasions! Its like bubble wrap it has 1000's of uses!

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