I've repurposed a 32 GB M.2 SATA SSD as a bootable "USB stick" and I'm putting useful tools on it. So far I've got memtest, seatools, gparted live, system rescue, clonezilla, and a live install iso of the distro installed on my PC. What other great bootable tools am I sleeping on?
10 Comments
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 2y
Not spesifically a tool to put on a USB stick, but Ventoy is worth checking. I've had a bit mixed results with it on older hardware but when it works it's pretty easy to manage your carry-on-tools.
hiddenSin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I second Ventoy.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Ventoy is pretty great. Ive screwed quite a few usb sticks by flashing isos and now i can just put all the isos on one drive. Its a good tool.
disheveledWallaby@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
Testdisk, clamxTK, rkhunter or chkrootkit, mobile verification toolkit, lshw, time shift maybe deja-dup.
I think your idea is a good one. Like a linux Swiss Army knife. You can have lots of tools that you don't need all the time but might be handy in a pinch. Especially if you don't have internet.
TarquinNimrod@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Testdisk is great. I recently cleaned a drive with diskpart and after the initial 100bpm "oh shit, wrong drive" moment, I fixed the partition structure with testdisk. Took a while, but pretty simple and easy to use.
pokexpert30@lemmy.pussthecat.org · 4 pts · 2y
Medicat
Sanguine@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
This is the best answer on the thread.. It uses ventoy and is like hirens on steroids.
Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Hiren's boot disk is the only answer to this question. I heard they updated it a few years ago.
trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
netboot.xyz
Nica@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
chntpwd (Reset credentials on a Windows disk)