Ultimate Boot CD - Get It
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The Ultimate Boot CD has been around for quite awhile and is used to get into a system that will not boot properly. Though many of us are aware of what a valuable tool this can be, it is still surprising how many people are unaware it exists. Such was the case when I was visiting a forum and a person was experiencing a problem with a non boot able computer system. On the UBCD web site it states:
UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD that contains software used for repairing, restoring, or diagnosing almost any computer problem. Our goal is to be the most complete and easy to use free computer diagnostic tool. Almost all software included in UBCD4Win are freeware utilities for Windows®. Some of the tools inlcuded are “free for personal use” copies so users need to respect these licenses. A few of the tools included in UBCD4Win are paid for and licensed software owned by UBCD4win. On occasion we work with software companies/authors for permission to include their software in our download or have requested their software better support PE. Users can freely share copies of UBCD4Win with friends but selling UBCD4Win for a profit is not acceptable. We have worked hard for many years helping people for free with this project, others should not make money from our hard work. If you are a dialup user having a hard time downloading UBCD4Win, please visit our ordering page. UBCD4Win is based on Bart’s PE©. Bart’s PE© builds a Windows® “pre-install” environment CD, basically a simple Windows® XP booted from CD. UBCD4Win includes network support and allows you the ability to modify NTFS volumes, recover deleted files, create new NTFS volumes, scan hard drives for viruses, etc. Our download includes almost everything you need to repair your system problems. This project has been put together to be the ultimate recovery cd and not a replacement OS (Operating System). Please visit the “List of Tools” page for a complete list of what is included in the latest version of UBCD4Win.
When is the best time to get a UBCD? It is before problems happen and not after. 
If you are not familiar with using .iso images and how to build this disk, may I suggest you order the disk instead.
Comments as always are welcome.
UBCD web site is here.
3 Comments
Matt
June 1st, 2008
at 10:44am
Ron - just for clarity, the disk you can order contains the same files as you can download from the site, it’s not a fully functional CD.
This is because the build process uses files from XP - and last time I looked these were still copyrighted..
Ron Schenone
June 1st, 2008
at 2:53pm
Hi Matt,
Thanks for the clarification and info.
It is appreciated.
Phil
October 4th, 2008
at 2:03pm
Matt is almost correct.
The “Ultimate Boot CD” (UBCD) and the “Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD4Win) for Windows” are two different projects.
The UBCD is a DOS-like bootable CD with command-line tools. The ISO is complete and makes a bootable CD.
The UBCD4Win is actually a toolkit for building the “real” UBCD4Win. You must have a licensed Windows XP install CD to build it with.