Hiren's BootCd review

Box art for Hiren's boot cd. Image: google.

Hiren's BootCD -often shortened to HBCD- is a bootable software Cd. Among its features are scanning the host computer's memory for errors as well as its hard drive, partitioning of the hard drive into logical units cloning and imaging. Due to its bootable nature and the fact that it doesn't call for a fully functional operating system, it's a highly regarded tool for professionals looking to repair disk errors which prevent the system starting. However, it is still required that the host computer be able to run at least Linux or ms windows.

Another common feature provided by Hirens is the use of ISO image files to an installed hard drive should it be desired that the hard drive receive the contents on the ISO image file. For those not in the know, an ISO image is a kind of file made up of the contents of every optical disk sector, its file system included. Optical disks can be written by said images.

A 3-d view of the carton in which HBC comes.