Anything better than BartPE?

passcert23

Anything that is free? I want to be able to copy files to an external drive, run scandisk, etc. Thanks.

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NightShade03

If you are talking strictly for Windows you may want to try:

Ultimate Boot CD - Overview

Otherwise a Knoppix live CD can do many of the things you're looking for (most on Windows machines too).

veritas_libertas

Windows PE does all those things, and you don't have to pay for it...

What is Windows PE?

passcert23

Thanks guys. I will look into those.

Off topic...

Is there a way to get a computer name if the hard drive will not boot?

Plantwiz

passcert23 wrote: »

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Off topic...

Is there a way to get a computer name if the hard drive will not boot?

"Not boot" as in, you cannot get the drive to power on with the box? or the drive is completely dead when you attempt to access the drive from a different machine/power source?

You'll need to have power to that drive and be able to read files, but you can try DrWatson log file drwtsn32.log

x:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson.

(x = your shared drive)
The computer name should be inside the log file

Devilsbane

Hiren's boot cd. I have version 9.8

Hyper-Me

WinPE 3.0