PC-Diag Media Tools Disk Data & File Recovery Tools - Features & Capabilities:

PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk is a bootable CD/DVD/USB Flash Disk that allows you to boot up any computer and fix most startup and PC configuration problems. Use PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk to recover your lost data, manage HDD partitions, reset Windows passwords, make computer system backups [disk images], securely erase data and there is much more.  What are the differences between the Windows and the DOS editions PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk? Emergency Repair Disks.

PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk (DOS): 

PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk DOS edition can boot a system into DOS mode. This provides a character based DOS screen allowing you to use the keyboard arrows to select the component you wish to run. The various components are:

• UNERASER 

• Partition Recovery 

• KillDisk 

• Disk Image 

• Password Changer 

• NTFS Reader, 

Each component runs in DOS mode which has low memory requirements convenient for systems with little RAM.

How to make DOS boot disk to access NTFS partitions in Windows ?

• 1. Download the self-extracting Bootable Floppy Disk Creator for NTFS Reader.
  2.Insert floppy disk and run Ntfs FloppySetup.exe
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen

To access NTFS drives from DOS :

• 1. Reboot your computer from a new boot disk.

• 2.The program (ReadNTFS.exe) will start automatically from autoexec.bat

Note: You can use NTFS DOS boot disk to access NTFS drives in Windows 98 95 and 3.1. This is a DOS program, but can be run from Windows. 

PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk (Windows PE) 

PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk is a bootable CD that gives you a lightweight Windows VISTA (WinPE 2.0) environment with disk image, data recovery, password resetting, data erasure and network access tools. The WinPE 2.0 Operating System runs entirely from Random Access Memory (RAM), enabling you to insert a second CD that contains drivers or software or can be used for CD/DVD burning.

PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk Windows edition can boot a system into a Windows lite environment. This provides a graphical user interface allowing use of the keyboard and mouse. PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk comes with a collection of powerful utilities, giving you the confidence to repair failed systems.
Key component programs and additional utilities are included such as:

• File Recovery:  This utility allows you to recover data after deleting, formatting or a loss of partitions on a hard drive. It will also undelete files that was accidentally deleted or corrupted by disk failure.

• Software features: Recovers files from deleted, damaged, formatted or reformatted partitions IDE, ATA, SCSI and floppy disks are supported NTFS, NTFS5, NTFS+EFS, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 file systems are supported Support long file names and local language (non-English) file names Recovery of compressed, encrypted (EFS) and fragmented files on NTFS Supports Hardware RAID Arrays and Software RAID Volumes

• Partition Recovery:  The PC Diag Partition Recovery tool of PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk helps to recover (undelete) deleted partition (primary or extended) on PC hard disk drives. By using PC Diag Partition Recovery, you can backup the MBR (Master Boot Record), partition table, boot sectors and restore MBR from backup if the partition structure was damaged by a virus or inadvertently deleted.

• KillDisk:  The KillDisk tool of PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk allows you to completely destroy all data on hard disks and floppy drives. This prevents any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders. It's a hard drive and partition eraser utility. By using PC Diag KillDisk you can also wipe out all unused space on existing drives, not touching existing data.
  PC Diag Media Tools KillDisk conforms to the US Department of Defense clearing and sanitizing standard DOD 5220.22-M.

• Other secure data destruction methods can be implemented:

  • One-pass zeros method
    One-pass random characters method
    User-defined number of passes (up to 99) method
    US Department of Defense 5220.22 M standard
    German VISTR
    Russian GOST p50739-95
    Gutmann method

You can be sure that once you clean up with PC Diag KillDisk, sensitive information is purged out forever.

• Disk Image: By using the PC Diag Disk Image tool you can create and restore two different types of disk images:

• Backup Disk Image: A Backup Disk Image contains the exact copy of a computer hard disks, including all user's data, operating systems, and programs. A Backup Disk Image contains used disk space only and may be compressed, password protected, and split into chunks.

• Raw Disk Image: A Raw Disk Image is an identical copy of every sector from the selected physical hard disk or logical partition including used and unused disk space. It is helpful for future data recovery or for a backup non-Windows operation systems.

• Explore Disk Image and Extract Files/Folders

• Display the contents of an existing disk image. Extract files and folders from a backup file.

• Verify Disk Image

• Check a Disk Image integrity: ensures the data in the image can be read without errors.

• Image Compression: Several levels of compression are available for certain types of Disk Images.

• Password Protection: The Backup Disk Image can be protected by a password.

• Clone Disks: A sector by sector copy from one disk to another.

• Hex Disk Editor: By using PC Diag Hex Editor, you can view and edit a hard disk directly in raw format. The editor displays information in binary and text modes at the same time. You can use this view to analyze the contents of data storage structure elements such as hard disks and partitions. For instance, a destructive virus may damage the MBR (Master Boot Record) and make it impossible to start the computer from the hard disk. PC Diag HEX Editor can be used to repair a damaged MBR.

• Password Changer:  By using PC Diag Password Changer, you can reset local administrator and user passwords on Windows XP / VISTA / 2003 / 2000 / NT systems in case an Administrator's password is forgotten or lost.The forgotten password recovery tool supports multiple hard disk drives, detects several SAM databases (if multiple OS were installed on one volume) and provides the opportunity to pick the right SAM before starting the password recovery process. It displays a list of all local users. The software user simply chooses the local user from the list to reset the password. Other Windows login security restrictions like 'Account is disabled', 'Password never expires', 'Account is locked out', 'User Must Change Password at Next Logon' and 'Logon Hours' can be changed or reset.

• CD/DVD Data Burner:  CD/DVD burning software for use during data recovery, disk imaging etc.

Additional utilities include:

• Map Network DriveRemote Desktop Connection
  Web browser
  FTP Client
  Telnet Client
  Netcfg
  Partition Manager (Diskpart)
  File Explorer
  Task Manager
  Drvload
  Notepad
  Command Prompt shell

PC Diag Media Tools Boot Disk comes with a collection of powerful utilities, giving you the confidence to repair failed systems:

• PC Diag Partition Manager: Add, edit, delete, format and manage the partitions in your computer.Partition Manager is an application that helps you manage storage devices and the logical drives or partitions that they contain. You may create, delete, format and name partitions on your computer without shutting down the system. Most configuration changes take effect immediately. 

• PC Diag Partition Manager includes the following features: 

  • Create a partition or logical drive
    Format a logical drive or partition (FAT16, FAT32, NTFS)
    Assign or change partition attributes
    Format a Flash memory as NTFS
    Delete a partition or logical drive
    Create FAT32 partitions greater than 32GB in size (up to 1Tb)
    Mark partition as active.
    Create several partitions on a USB flash memory device
    View the properties of a partition, logical drive or hard drive device

• Network operations utilities

  • Map Network Drive
    Remote Desktop Connection
    Web browser
    FTP Client
    Telnet Client
    Network Configuration Utility

• Other Utilities

• File ExplorerTask Manager
  On-Fly Drivers Loader
  Display Configuration Utility
  Notepad

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