Description

SystemRescueCd is a linux system available on a bootable cdrom in order to repair your system and your data after a crash. It also aims to provide an easy way to do admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system utilities (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic ones (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It aims to be very easy to use: just boot from the cdrom, and you can do everything. The kernel of the system supports most important file systems (ext2/ext3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), and network ones (samba and nfs).

You can use SystemRescueCd for many tasks:

• The first time you use the computer, when no operating system is installed. The first task is creating partitions on the hard disk, and installing the operating system. With this CDRom, you can make partitions easily with graphical partition tools (QtParted and PartGui), and you can install Gentoo Linux.
• After a crash, or a mistake, you may have problems booting. For example, after installing Windows, your bootloader (LILO, Grub) may have been erased from the MBR. With this CDRom, you have all you need for reinstalling Grub or Lilo.
• For windows users that don't have Linux installed, it provides a tiny Linux System with most important system tools. For example, Windows users can backup their system partition using Partimage. They need Linux to run partimage.