Ultimate Boot CD 5.0.0

Rated 50/50 by yountmj at Dec 9, 2008

It really doesn't get much better than this. This is an excellent collection of diagnostic tools and utilities. I'm glad this one includes INSERT, too.

Rated 30/50 by dink at Dec 9, 2008

Pfurri, Go f*@k yourself!!! I haven't even used the app., but had to enter something to be able to leave a comment..... Have some common sense you brain-dead f*@khole!!!

Rated 50/50 by Pfurri at Dec 10, 2008

Very good tool & freeware too (great job) !!! "dink" why do you rate (bad rating !)something, that you don't know exactly what it is ??? Are you really so stupid and brainless ?

Rated 50/50 by mjm01010101 at Dec 11, 2008

Helpful and I appreciate the work the author put into it.

Rated 30/50 by SueAmma at Dec 18, 2008

@Pfurri, What you say of others says a lot about yourself. Maybe when you turn 15 you'll understand this.

Rated 50/50 by Stoerpser at Dec 19, 2008

The autorun.inf points to .\upcd\website\index but this path don't exists on the image. I don't know if this nessesary to work as boot-CD.

Rated 50/50 by poundsmack at Dec 31, 2008

@langloisc Hiren's boot CD is also a copywrite and EULA nightmear due to the fact that many of those programs are commercial are not allowed to be distributed that way. As for the ultimate boot Cd, keep up the great work guys!

Rated 30/50 by langloisc at Dec 31, 2008

Hiren's Boot CD is much better in my opinion. It gives you a multitude of great tools for diagnostic use.

Rated 50/50 by aszure at Jan 3, 2009

@langloisc If you took hirens, and substituted it with freeware and GPL software, you would have ubcd. I use this at work constantly. Very easy to dump to a thumb drive and away you go. A bit of a learning curve to customize it. But out of the box, it can fix most problems that one would come across.

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Jan 16, 2009

May not be the Best at what it does, but it's legal and open source and can be extremely helpful. I do think they might want to create a supplemental version with a better interface, sort of like what DigiWiz did with PE Builder. Some of these apps can be pretty hard to figure out for people that are only used to GUI's, and perhaps they could make it more user friendly with more help files and wizard-type assistance. Still, a very solid effort. Too bad they can't bundle Norton Ghost 2003 for DOS and Spinrite 6 in that bad boy. That'd be cool if they could get the companies to donate those tools under the GPL or some such thing. Also, you may want to experiment with this in a Virtual Machine (VirtualBox, VirtualPC, VMware, etc.) until you become familiar with it. Some things can't easily be undone if you do them and they don't work out as expected. Lastly, ALWAYS to a backup before making any significant changes to your rig. Hard drives are less expensive per gig than ever, it seems, so a good backup is well within reach for most computer users, I think. Better safe than sorry. Please keep up the good work. BTW, I do sorta wish we could vote for a 4.5 score. I think it deserves that, but not a 5. But I understand the appeal in keeping things simple.

Rated 50/50 by mjm01010101 at Jan 19, 2009

So vote a 4 for one version, and a 5 the next. repeat. I don't recommend using this on a VM. You could damage a host with this CD. Use only when you know WTF you are doing.

Rated 30/50 by some guy at Jan 21, 2009

while I do prefur the interface of a live cd like barts PE or vista pe this has some nice tools

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Feb 9, 2009

Testing fine, this latest release. Question though - Does this contain any programs that are similar in function to ScanDisk / ChkDsk / Norton Disk Doctor, et-all? I would like to be able to boot to this CD and be able to run such an application, but I'm more familiar with Bart's PE and that interface than I am with this character driven interface and the accompanying contents. I'd really appreciate some help on that information . Thanks.

Rated 50/50 by saper at Feb 10, 2009

If u hv a USB U cn install on it & run from it & Vola u hv the perfect Soft to Recover Data OR LOG in A Protected Cd JUST Wish It Had A simple meathod to install on a cd

Rated 50/50 by beelzebub360 at May 25, 2010

Excellent set of utilities. Have been using Ultimatebootcd since version 1.0. Highly recommended for any PC tech. Not to bad. Its a all in one package. Seems to have most of the bases covered. Nice part is that you can put about 600mb of things on it as well as the main program Not much to say really apart from its a life saver and i wish i discovered it when the first version came out, i have recomended it to everyone i know and they and i all very happy with it :-) A must-have !!! Can save your computer Every computer tech or admin must have this CD in its toolbox. Very usefull to "simple" user too ;)

Rated 20/50 by flared0ne at Jul 27, 2010

Nice if it works -- never got that far. From the literal beginning, things did not go well. Since when does CNet use a BitTorrent download format? The window displayed something about "the download will continue until YOU stop it", even after the file is completely downloaded to YOUR system.

Rated 20/50 by andy2004 at Aug 26, 2010

useless for my needs, WesternDigital HDD software didnt run in version 5.02 of this because of a missing License.txt file so couldnt run that check on it, , spinrite didnt see the drive at all, drive is an usb external, WD MYBOOK, most of the programs are old outdated versions from running the few that i did actually run.

Rated 50/50 by wiebelhaus at Sep 4, 2010

Fantastic been stable and relevant for years now.