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Overview
Current release: 5.0.2
Ultimate Boot CD is completely free for the download, or could be obtained for a small fee. If you had somehow paid a ridiculous amount of money for it, you have most likely been fleeced. The least you could do is to make as many copies of the offical UBCD and pass it to your friends, relatives, colleagues or even complete strangers to minimize the per unit cost of your loss! 
*For those of you interested in a Windows version of the Ultimate Boot CD, you might want to check out this project initiated by Ben Burrows.
*Please note that some of the freeware on UBCD explicitly prohibits redistribution for commercial purposes eg. DIMM_ID. If you intend to resell UBCD for commercial gains, please contact the respective authors for their permissions.
You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:
- Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.
- Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.
- Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn't you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!
- Run Ultimate Boot CD from your USB memory stick. A script on the CD prepares your USB memory stick so that it can be used on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. You can access the same tools as you would from the CD version.
New features in UBCD V5.0 include:
- New! The Linux-based distro Parted Magic is now included with UBCD V5.0. This should be the method of choice when you need to resize/rescue partitions, access NTFS filesystems or work with USB storage devices.
- New! UBCD V5.0 now supports both syslinux/isolinux and grub4dos. This helps improve the chances that UBCD will boot on any particular machine.
When you boot up from the CD, a text-based menu will be displayed, and you will be able to select the tool you want to run. The selected tool actually boots off a virtual floppy disk created in memory.
Tools currently included with the Ultimate Boot CD are:
| Name of Tool | Version | License | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOS | |||
| !BIOS | 3.20 | Freeware | |
| BIOS | 1.35.0 | Freeware | Website says V1.35.1, but program displays V1.35.0. |
| CMOSPWD | 5.0 | GPL | |
| KEYDisk | n/a | GPL | |
| WipeCMOS | 1.2 | Freeware | |
| CPU | |||
| CPU Burn-in | 1.00 | Freeware | The Linux version which is included in UBCD is at V1.00. V1.01 applies to Windows only. |
| CPUinfo | n/a | GPL | |
| Intel Processor Frequency ID | 7.2.20041115 | Freeware | |
| Intel Processor Identification Utility | 4.22.20100302 | Freeware | |
| Mersenne Prime Test | 24.14 | Public domain | |
| Stress | 1.00 | GPL | |
| StressCPU | 2.0 | Freeware | |
| x86test | 0.10a | GPL | |
| Boot Management | |||
| Boot Partition | 2.60 | Freeware | |
| boot.kernel.org (BKO) | n/a | Freeware | |
| EditBINI | 1.01.1 | Freeware | |
| GAG (Graphical Boot Manager) | 4.10 | GPL | |
| Gujin | 2.8.1 | GPL | |
| MBRtool | 2.3.100 | Freeware | |
| MBRWork | 1.07b | Freeware | |
| netboot.me | n/a | Freeware | |
| PLoP Boot Manager | 5.0.10 | Freeware | |
| Smart BootManager | 3.7.1 | GPL | |
| SPFDISK | 2000-03t | Freeware | |
| Super Grub Disk | 0.9799 | GPL | |
| Super Grub2 Disk | 1.30 | GPL | |
| XFDISK | 0.9.3 beta | Freeware | |
| XOSL (Extended Operating System Loader) | 1.1.5 | GPL | |
| Data Recovery | |||
| Offline NT Password & Registry Editor | 080802 | n/a | |
| PhotoRec | 6.12-WIP | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
| TestDisk | 6.12-WIP | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
| Hard Disk Information & Management | |||
| AMSET | 4.00 | Freeware | |
| ATA Password Tool | 1.1 | Freeware | |
| ATAINF | 1.3 | Freeware | |
| Change Definition Utility (for Fujitsu M16xx/M2915 HDDs) | n/a | Freeware | |
| DiskCheck | 3.8 | Freeware | |
| DISKINFO | 1.02 | Freeware | |
| ESFeat | 2.30 | Freeware | |
| Feature Tool | 2.15 | Freeware | |
| SMARTUDM | 2.00 | Freeware | |
| UATA100 | 3.06 | Freeware | |
| UDMA Utility (for Fujitsu MPD/MPE/MPF series HDDs) | n/a | Freeware | |
| UDMA Utility (for Fujitsu MPG series HDDs) | n/a | Freeware | |
| Ultra ATA Manager | June, 2003 | Freeware | |
| Hard Disk Diagnosis | |||
| ATA Diagnostic Tool | 7.0 | Freeware | |
| DLG Diagnostic | 4.15 | Freeware | V5.x has been reported not to work on some older machines, so V4.15 has been included as a backup. |
| DLG Diagnostic | 5.04f | Freeware | |
| Drive Fitness Test | 4.16 | Freeware | |
| ES-Tool | 3.00g | Freeware | |
| ESTest | 4.50 | Freeware | |
| GWSCAN | 3.15 | Freeware | For IDE hard drives 10GB or smaller. |
| GWSCAN | 5.12 | Freeware | For IDE hard drives larger than 10GB. |
| HDAT2 | 4.7.1 | Freeware | |
| HUTIL | 1.21 | Freeware | From soeren: "HUTIL 2.00 lacks the possibility to view the SMART values and it appears to be a lot slower than 1.21. It's only needed for the newest Samsung drives, the "older" ones still work with 1.21." |
| HUTIL | 2.10 | Freeware | |
| MHDD32 | 4.5 | Freeware | |
| MHDD32 | 4.6 | Freeware | |
| PowerMax | 4.09 | Freeware | |
| PowerMax | 4.23 | Freeware | |
| SCSIMax | 1.21 | Freeware | |
| SeaTools for DOS | 2.20 | Freeware | |
| SeaTools for DOS | 1.10 | Freeware | |
| SHDIAG | 1.25 | Freeware | |
| ViVARD | 0.4 | Freeware | |
| Hard Disk Cloning | |||
| CopyWipe | 1.14 | Freeware | |
| EaseUs Disk Copy | 2.4 | Freeware | |
| g4u | 2.4 | BSD | |
| HDClone | 3.9.2 | Freeware | |
| partimage | 0.6.8 beta 1 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
| Partition Saving | 3.80 | Freeware | |
| PC INSPECTOR clone-maxx | 1.0 | Freeware | |
| Hard Disk Low-Level Editing | |||
| Disk Editor | 3.0 | Freeware | |
| DISKMAN4 | 4.01 | Freeware | |
| DiskSpy Free Edition | 2.0 | Freeware | |
| PTS DiskEditor | 1.04 | Freeware | |
| Hard Disk Wiping | |||
| Active@ KillDisk Free Edition | 4.1.2393 | Freeware | Free Edition. Supports "One Pass Zeros" method only. Note that KillDisk V5.x is Windows only. |
| CopyWipe | 1.14 | Freeware | |
| Darik's Boot and Nuke | beta.2007042900 | GPL | |
| Fujitsu Erase Utility | n/a | Freeware | |
| HDDErase | 4.0 | Freeware | |
| MAXLLF | 1.1 | Freeware | |
| PC INSPECTOR e-maxx | 0.95 | Freeware | Actual version is 0.95 Build 775, but is referred to as 1.0 on product website. |
| SUTIL | 1.01 | Freeware | |
| Hard Disk Installation | |||
| Data Lifeguard Tools | 11.2 | Freeware | |
| DiscWizard 2003 | 10.45.06 | Freeware | |
| DiscWizard | 10.0.5077 | Freeware | MaxBlast V5.0 is essentially the same thing i.e. OEM version of Acronis TrueImage. Startup Recovery Manager not included. Didn't see much use for it on the bootable CD, plus it can be activated in the Win32 program itself if required, or you can copy over the "Recovery Manager" folder youself. |
| Disk Manager | 10.42 | Freeware | |
| MaxBlast | 4.0 | Freeware | |
| Partition Management | |||
| Cute Partition Manager | 0.9.8 | Freeware | |
| FIPS | 2.0 | GPL | |
| Free FDISK | 1.3.1 | GPL | |
| GParted | 0.5.2 | GPL | Included in Parted Magic. |
| Partition Resizer | 1.3.4 | Freeware | |
| Partition Saving | 3.80 | Freeware | |
| PTDD Super Fdisk | 1.0 | Freeware | |
| Ranish Partition Manager | 2.40 | Freeware | Using stable version because V2.44 is beta and reported to be buggy. |
| SPFDISK | 2000-03t | Freeware | |
| XFDISK | 0.9.3 beta | Freeware | |
| Memory | |||
| Memtest86 | 3.5 | GPL | |
| Memtest86+ | 4.10 | GPL | |
| TestMemIV | n/a | Freeware | |
| Windows Memory Diagnostic | n/a | Freeware | |
| Others | |||
| AVIRA AntiVir Rescue System | 3.6.9-20100512182845 | Freeware | |
| FileLink | 3.01 | Freeware | This program is part of Caldera OpenDOS V7.03. |
| Parted Magic | 4.10 | GPL | Full list of programs can be found here |
| UBCD FreeDOS | R1.38 | n/a | Based on NwDsk V3.40. |
| Peripherals | |||
| ATAPI CDROM Identification | 2.22 | Freeware | |
| CD Index | 1.1 | Freeware | |
| CHZ Monitor-Test | 2.0 | Freeware | |
| Parallel Port Information System | 1.45 | Freeware | |
| System | |||
| AIDA16 | 2.14 | n/a | Discontinued |
| ASTRA | 5.45 | 14-day Demo | |
| Hardware Detection Tool | 0.3.6 | GPL | |
| NSSI | 0.60.38 | Freeware | |
| PC-Config | 9.33 | Freeware | Discontinued |
| PCI | 1.1 | Freeware | pcidevs.txt: 22-01-2008 |
| PCISniffer | 1.5 | Freeware | |
| System Speed Test 32 | 4.78 | Freeware | |