SystemRescue (Previously known as "SystemRescueCD") is a

Linux distribution A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading on ...

for x86 64 and x86 computers.DistroWatch: SystemRescue, 17 January 2022
/ref> The primary purpose of SystemRescue is to repair unbootable or otherwise damaged computer systems after a

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. SystemRescue is not intended to be used as a permanent

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. It runs from a

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, a

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or any type of hard drive. It was designed by a team led by François Dupoux, and is based on

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since version 6.0. Starting with version 6.0, it has systemd as its init system.

Features

SystemRescue is capable of graphics using the

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option for tools such as

GParted GParted (acronym of GNOME Partition Editor) is a GTK front-end to GNU Parted and an official GNOME partition-editing application (alongside Disks). GParted is used for creating, deleting, resizing, moving, checking, and copying disk partiti ...

. It has options such as connecting to the Internet through an

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and graphical

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s such as

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. SystemRescue features include: *

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and

to partition disks and resize partitions, including

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and

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to edit the disk

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software which copies only used sectors * TestDisk - to recover lost partition and PhotoRec to recover lost data * smartmontools - a S.M.A.R.T. suite for HDD health reporting and data loss prevention * ddrescue - to extract recoverable data from physically damaged HDD and listing damaged sectors * FSArchiver - a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a file-system to a compressed archive file * nwipe - a secure

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tool (fork of DBAN) for harddrives to remove

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, supports Gutmann method plus other overwriting standard algorithms and patterns. * A CD and DVD burner - dvd+rw-tools * Two bootloaders -

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and SYSLINUX * Web browsers -

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* File manager - emelFM2 * Archiving and unarchiving abilities * File system tools - file system create, delete, resize, move * Support for many file systems, including full NTFS read/write access (via

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) as well as FAT32 and

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HFS * Support for Intel x86 and

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systems, including Macs * Ability to create a

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for operating systems * Support for

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editing and password changing from Linux * Can boot

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, hardware diagnostics and other boot disks from a single CD

Burning DVDs and system backup

The CD can also boot from a customized DVD which has almost 4.6 GB of free space for backed-up files. This makes it good for storing all the information that is needed from a hard drive and then formatting it. To burn the DVD, one must burn the image file first and then add all the separate files and folders. This should not affect the general way in which the DVD works. The DVD can then be used to insert those files into the hard drive using Midnight Commander.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Systemrescuecd Arch-based Linux distributions Free data recovery software Free security software Linux distributions Live USB Operating system distributions bootable from read-only media

Features

Burning DVDs and system backup

See also

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