Ultimate boot CD 4 for Windows (UBCD4Win) es un cd de arranque que contiene software necesario para reparar windows, restaurar o diagnosticar casi cualquier problema de las computadoras. La mayoría de las herramientas incluidas en UBCD4Win son freeware para windows.

Entre los programas que incluye para reparar windows se encuentran:

Programas antiespias Antivirus Aplicaciones Programas de grabación Herramientas de disco (para copiar y hacer copias de seguridad) Defragmentadores Herramientas de diagnostico Herramientas para particionar Software de seguridad Compresores Exploradores de archivos Herramientas de recuperación Herramientas de red Aplicaciones para recuperación de passwords Herramientas de registro Herramientas varias para el sistema Entre otras.

Ultimate Boot CD si deseas ejecutar desde tu CD-ROM utilidades basadas en disquetes. Líbrate de una vez por todas de la lentitud de las disqueteras, o une todos los programas de

diagnóstico que quieras en un solo CD autoarrancable.

Con Ultimate Boot CD podrás evitar el inconveniente de tener que ejecutar disquetes, cuando ya hoy día la mayoría de ordenador no incluyen disquetera. Además, la ejecución será mucho más veloz (ya que se hace desde un CD) con esta disquetera virtual que con una disquetera real. La posibilidad de poder acumular múltiples utilidades de diagnóstico en un mismo CD y ejecutarlas todas de una vez es también una ventaja muy a tener en cuenta.

Cuando arranques tu sistema desde el CD, aparecerá un menú de texto, desde el cual podrás seleccionar la herramienta que deseas ejecutar. La herramienta seleccionada ejecutará un disquete virtual creado en memoria. Ultimate Boot CD para Windows es un CD autoarrancable que contiene todo el software necesario para reparar, restaurar o diagnosticar casi cualquier problema en el PC.

Todo el software incluido en Ultimate Boot CD para Windows son utilidades freeware para Windows, por lo que su descarga y uso es totalmente gratuita. Ultimate Boot CD para Windows está basado en Bart’s PE lo que permite que al arrancar el pc con dicho cd tengamos un Windows “limpio” con las utilidades disponibles para ejecutarse. Evidentemente, no trae un Windows XP integrado, sino que tenemos que crearnos nuestro propio cd con las herramientas de Ultimate Boot CD y nuestro cd original de Windows XP siguiendo el detallado manual que hay publicado en la página oficial.

Ultimate Boot CD incluye muchas herramientas de diagnóstico de hardware y software como AntiSpywares, Antivirus, Herramientas de gestión de discos, Herramientas de Red… en la lista completa puedes verlas todas. Por ello, se convierte en una herramienta imprescindible para cuando aparezcan problemas en tu pc.

Due to increasing "false positives" from AntiVirus software, please view this: FAQ topic.What you need to Build:

1. CD Burner and blank CD'sAlmost every system out there has a CD Burner now, most new computers have been shipping with DVD Burners for at least the past year.

2. Windows® XP CD, with at least Service Pack 1 (SP2 is highly recommended)If your CD does not have SP1 or SP2 included on it you can easily "slipstream" a Service

Pack using a program called AutoStreamer. Instructions for slipstreaming are on the "slipstreaming" page of this site. Do not use a source that was "modified" by programs that claim to stream hotfixes or drivers into your XP CD. Only use a true XP CD or one that is slipstreamed properly with only an official Service Pack from Microsoft.

TIP- Unsure about what Service Pack your CD has? Look at the root of your XP CD for files ending with a .SP1 or .SP2 extention. Whichever extension you find tells you what Service Pack is installed on your CD.

3. Download UBCD4WinClick the "Downloads" link to the upper left of this page and download the project. The project is now only ONE download. Included in the download are our project files, our "drivers" package, and our OEM PE Builder.

Extracting, setting up, and building UBCD4Win:

1. Run the UBCD4Win EXE file.Follow all the instructions/prompts that come up. Do not install to a folder with spaces in its name. Our HashCheck tool checks for this and warns users, however people continue to ignore that warning and end up with errors when they try to build. Please pay attention to any messages that our Installer or HashCheck may produce. Be aware that your antivirus software may report viruses or trojans when you extract UBCD4Win, please view the FAQ topic on this for more information HERE. PLEASE- make sure you run the EXE, do not use any other extraction tool to extract the project files.

2. Insert your XP CD with SP1/SP2 into a CD Rom drive.It is highly recommended that users copy their XP CD to their hard drive. Simply because it helps reduce read errors from your CD drive and it will speed up the build process. If you choose to do this:        a. Create a "XPCD" folder on one of your internal hard drives.        b. In Windows Explorer, select from the menu: Tools > Folder Options > View tab.        c. Check that the [show hidden files and folders] radio button is selected and the [hide protected operating system files] is unchecked.        d. Now copy the folders and files from your CD drive to the "XPCD" folder on your hard drive.

3. Launch UBCD4WinBuilder.exe (located in your C:\ubcd4win folder)

4.If this is the first time you have run UBCD4Win PE Builder you will see this message, please read it:

5. You will then see this message, select NO. The search can take a long time to find your files.

6. This is the main screen. All options are now available from the menus or buttons.

On this main screen you only need to modify a few items, please refer to the image above. The options that really matter to a successful build are in bold below, the others are optional and are designed for more experienced users:"Source" needs to be directed to the folder where you copied your XP CD to or the CD drive where your XP CD is located."Custom", NO information is necessary for that option when building UBCD4Win. Please do not use this option unless you understand what it does!"Output" is where you would like the files that UBCD4Win PE Builder modifies, extracts, and creates located. This is basically the folder that the builder uses to do all of its work, you can keep it as the default "BartPE."-Make sure the "Create ISO image" box is checked and a filename is entered, if not an ISO file will not be created. The path and file will be created if they do not exist. But please remember that the filename must have an "iso" extension or it will not be created.-"Burn to CD", a good option. If you check this option, UBCD4Win Builder burn the ISO image to a CD after the ISO file is generated. You must have a blank CD in your burner in order for this to complete. You can use this option if you wish, however I personally prefer to use Nero, ImgBurn, or another CD burning application to do this. Burning instructions are on the "Burn ISO" page of the site.

7. "Plugins" button. I strongly suggest you click this button to update or customize your build. You may also need to disable and/or enable plugins according to the OS you are using to build with. Almost all of the plugins included in the project are by default set to be

installed. Updating will also be necessary so you have the latest AntiVirus and AntiSpyware definitions included on your CD.

**Version 3.06 driver change. Our "UBCD4Win driver pack" for network devices is still included in the latest version, however mass storage drivers have been removed. In their place we now have BTS mass storage drivers. The BTS driver pack includes drivers for many devices, so you should be able to see any SCSI, SATA, etc., hard drive hooked up to your system.

**You can update many AntiVirus and Malware tools before building the project. You will see a <CONFIG- to update> at the end of the program's name on the "plugin" screen. So, simply click on the plugin to highlight it and then click the "config" button. It will then automatically update that program with the latest definition file available.

There are other times that you need to modify what is enabled or disabled in your build.1. Building with XP SP1a instead of SP2- please view this FAQ topic for more information.

2. Building with Win 2k3 SP1 source- please view this FAQ topic for more information. 3. Finally of course is the fact that you may want to customized your build, but of course that is all up to you. Again though, please build the project as is or only with plugins removed before you start ADDING plugins. That way if you have problems we know if it's a problem with UBCD4Win or your plugin. If there are some tools included in the project that you do not want feel free to disable them.

**Other customization options are discussed on the NEW Customize page of the site. For more details and information on customizing your UBCD4Win build, please visit the new

page.

8. When you are done customizing, "close" the plugin page. Back on the main page go ahead and click "build."

9. If you have built the project previously, you will see this screen (you will want to click

Yes):

10. If this is the first time building, you will see the Windows EULA message:

11. Now the "build" screen:

12. Finished successfully!! Below is the finished screen. You can now click "close", then "exit", and burn your ISO file to CD. Just make sure you select the correct options in your

CD burning software.

Due to increasing "false positives" from AV software, please view this: FAQ topic.List of tools included with Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®

Anti-Spyware Tools

aSquared Free 3.1.0.9 Scans remote hard drives for spyware, etc.

AdAware 1.06 SEScans remote hard drives for spyware, etc.

AVG AntiSpyware

   

CWShredder 2.16 Finds and removes traces of CoolWebSearch hijacker.

EzPCFix ??Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, other troublesome advertising programs, and malware from your computer.

HiJackThis 2Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, other troublesome advertising programs, and malware. Not as good as EzPCFix.

Rootkitty ? Very new tool in development, searches a system for rootkits

Spy Bot 1.5.2 Effectively scans remote hard drives for spyware/malware!

Super AntiSpyware

  Effectively scans remote hard drives for spyware/malware!

WinSock Fix 1.2 Used to repair WinSock errors

AntiVirus Tools

AVG Free 7.5.503 Excellent full featured freeware AntiVirus software

AVPersonal 7.04 Good full featured freeware AntiVirus software

Avast! Tool 1.0.211 Scans for a limited number of viruses

Kaspersky VRT   Free virus Removal Tool from Kaspersky

McAfee Stinger 2.6.0 Scans for a limited number of viruses

Applications

FireFox 2.0.0.11 Internet Browser

Irfanview 3.98 Compact image viewer

NotePad++ 4.7.5 Powerful notepad replacement

Opera 9.25 Internet Browser

PDF Reader 1.3 B519 PDF viewer

Popcorn 1.74 Email Client

Scribe 1.87 Email Client

XPSetupLauncher 1.4Allows you to perform unattended installs of XP from within BPE

CD Burning Applications

DeepBurner 1.5.1.192 Allows you to burn CD's in the BPE environment.

DVD RAM 4.2.2 DVD Burning software

Express Burn 1.08 CD Burning software

SmallCD 1.12 CD Burning software

Commercial software Plugins -note-:requires license and files to build

Ghost 8 & 11 Excellent imaging software

Kaspersky AV 6 & 7 Awesome AV software <Plugins for Version 6 and 7>

Disk Tools

        -Backup/Cloning

CopyWipe 1.14 Copies and/or securely erases hard drives

Disk Copy N/A Floppy disk copier

Disk Image 1.15 Creates and restores images of disks to files

DriveImage XML 1.18 Hard drive backup and cloning

ImgMaker 1.1 Create backup images of your Hard drive, no longer supported?

RawCopy 1.0Used to transfer data directly to another drive when the original is faulty

SelfImage 1.1 Hard drive backup and cloning

        -Defrag

AusLogics Defrag

1.4.11.275 Hard disk defragmenter

Defraggler 1.1.0.50 Hard drive defragmenter

Dirms 1.2.20 Comand Line utility to defragement your entire drive

        -Diagnostic

Bst5 5.1.4Bart's Stuff test. Small Win32 application for long time heavily stress testing storage devices. Supports testing at file and device levels.

chkdsk N/A  

DskChkup 1.1B1005 Allows you to monitor the SMART attributes of a hard drive

Disk Check 1.0.75 Utility to check disks for errors and benchmarking

HDTune 2.5Hard disk utility that will: Benchmark, Error scan, display temperature, SMART heatlh information and provide other hard drive information

WinDLG 1.02 Western Digital HDD diagnostic software for Windows

        -Partition

Boot Build 1.0Create, import, or export your boot sector, useful when damaged by viruses or physical damage

MbrFix 1.0.0.5 Fix or create Master boot record

MBRWiz 1.52 Master Boot Record Wizard

TestDisk 6.9 Tool to check and undelete partitions

        -Security

CCleaner 2.03.543  

Drive Erase 1.02Permanently erases data from hard disks, removable media, partitions, files and folders.

Disk Wipe 1.1 Securely wipes data from discs

Eraser 5.7 Completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by

overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns

Index.dat Suite

2.8.6A unique program that allows you not only to delete the index.dat files, temporary internet files, temp files, cookies and history, but it also allows you to view the index.dat files on your system.

File Management        -Compression

IZArc 3.5 B3 Popular freeware compression tool.

7-Zip 4.57 Popular freeware compression tool.

        -Explorers

a43 2.45 File management

Agent Ransack 1.73 File search

freeCommander 2007.10a File management

Space Monger 1.4 Graphical disk usage viewer tool.

Tiny Hexer 1.6.0.2 Hex editor

WinDir Stat 1.1 Disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool

xplorer2 Lite 1.3.0.2 EXCELLENT File management tool!!

        -Recovery

DBXtract 4.5 Repairs PST files for Outlook express

Disk Investigator

1.31

Display the true drive contents by bypassing the operating system and directly reading the raw drive sectors. View and search raw directories, files, clusters, and system sectors. Verify the effectiveness of file and disk wiping programs. Undelete previously deleted files

Fab's AutoBackup

1.2Backup and restore personal settings like emails, documents, internet browser bookmarks

File Recovery 4.0 Data recovery for damaged files and erased partitions

Floppy Repair 1.0Eliminates bad sectors of Floppy disk surface, does not hide bad sectors in the file system, as Scandisk like utilities, it really restores them

Free Undelete 1.0 Data recovery program for deleted files

Handy Recovery

1.0Designed to restore files accidentally deleted from hard disks and floppy drives

Recovery Manager

1.5Backup & Restore, Duplicate, Recover files accidentally deleted or from corrupted media, and Format Digital Flash Media

Recuva 1.10.223 File recovery program

Restoration 2.5.14File Recovery, restore files that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin

UnChk 3 Recover CHK files

Swiss Knife 3.21 Useful tool to create, delete, and format partitions

Unstop Copier 1.9 Recovers files from disks with physical damage

Games                                                                              sorry, no sound

Arcade! 3.1.0.1 PacMan, Pong, Snake, Space Invaders, Tetris

MS Games n/a Freecell, Hearts, Minesweeper, Pinball, Spider

Same Game 1.0.0.1 Puzzle game

Linux Tools

Explore2fs 1.00 Allows exploration of Linux partitions in the Windows environment

R-Linux 1.0 Recovery utility for the Ext2FS file system

MultiBoot Tools

MemTest86+ 2.0 Memory tester

Vista Recovery Console n/a Recovery console for Windows Vista

Network Tools

FileZilla 3.0.4.1 FTP Client

IP Sniffer 1.91.6 Fast IP scanner for Windows

IPScan 2.21 Fast IP scanner for Windows

LAN Monitor 1.3.5 Karen's

NetStumbler 0.4 Find wireless networks

Network ConfigTool

n/aTom's Network ConfigTool, to help setup network configuration settings before building UBCD4Win

NIC Speed 1.3 Bart's

nwdskpe   Novell's NetWare Client to access NetWare servers by IP/IPX

Putty .60Implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator

Real VNC Server 4.1.2Remote control software which allows you to view and interact with one computer

Quick 'n Easy FTP Server

3.1 Easy FTP Server

Tight VNC Viewer 1.2.9 Remote control software package

UltraVNC 1 RC18 Remotely control a computer over any TCP/IP connection

VNC Neighborhood

1.1.9VNC server TCP scanner, uses Microsoft Windows Networking features to locate computers in Microsoft Windows domains and workgroups

Password Tools

cmos 4.6 Find your CMOS password and/or replace it

PasswordPro 2.4.0.2 MD5, MD4, MySQL, SHA-1 hashes password recovery, password keeper, password generator, hash generator, dictionary generator,

etc

Sala Password Renew

1.1 B(re)set the passwords of any user that has a valid local account, create a new local user with administrator rights, and set administrator rights to existing user on your NT system

Registry Tools

Erunt 1.1i Emergency Recovery Utility -Registry backup and restore

Fix HDC n/aFix the Hard Drive Controller when replacing your motherboard on an XP system, possible replacement for Fix IDE?

Fix IDE n/aFix the IDE Controller when replacing your motherboard on an XP system

RegBrws 1.2.2 Browses local/remote system registry using a specified account

RegCleaner    

RegResWiz 1.0.0.4 Wizard that restores the registry to previous saved states

RegShot    

ServicesPE    

Windows Registry Analyzer

   

Shell Features

ASPI N/A CD Support

AutoRun N/A BPE functionality

atapi_824146 N/A XP Patch

BartPE 5.1.4small win32 application for long term heavy stress testing storage devices at the file and device level

CHM, HLP, WSH, USB Support

n/aAll features are supported/available thanks to the "core" of UBCD4Win

dcomlaunch n/a Launch DComLaunch service first -for SP2

Dialup n/aAbility to use your modem, you will need to create a modem driver plugin for your particular model. Email me for support, I will try to help

DosPE 1.0.6 DOS 16-bit support

GeoShell N/AAdds more "XP" feel, enhanced startbutton, quicklaunch, taskbar, etc.

Keyboard support   Keyboard mapping and "Onscreen keyboard"

MMC Update 2.0 Microsoft Management Console

mstsc N/A Remote desktop client

Mouse support   PS/2, Serial, and USB mouse support

nu2menu   Menu system

peinst   HD installation tool for PE

penetcfg   PE Network Configurator

PPOE2k3   PPPOE dialup network support for Win 2k3

PPOEXP   PPPOE dialup network support for XP

RAM Profiles 1.0Creates a profiles in the RAM drive which allows several tools to work properly

UnxUtils   GNU utilities for Win32

VBdlls 5.0&6.0 Visual Basic DLL's, makes these runtime dll's available in PE

System Information Tools        - Benchmark Tools

CPU Bench 4.0.06 CPU benchmarking software

Dead Pixel Tester 2.30 Used to help dead pixels on your LCD/TFT monitor

MemTest 3.2Memory tester, please read manual.htm for instructions and advice

P95 23.8 Prime95, stress tester, popular with overclockers

Quick Bench    

StraightMark 1.2.1 System benchmarking tool

        -Information & Diagnostic Tools

CPUz 2.44 Gathers information on some of the main devices in a system

Driver Wizard    

KeyFinder 1.41Will find your Windows installation key, both the PE and Windows versions are included

Nero InfoTool 3.0 Detailed drive and system information for your CD/DVD drives

SpeedFan    

System Info 1.73 Provides detailed system information, network info., etc.

Unknown Devices

1.2 Helps discover what unknown devices in Device Manager really are

WinAudit 1.3 Audits your software and hardware configurations

WinCPUID 3.3Displays the CPU information: Shows Frequency, Multiplier, Chipset Info. etc

WUL 1.21 Windows Update list, lists updates and patches installed on a system

UBCD4Win Exclusive Tools

The "Core" n/a

An extremely complex "plugin" that provides a lot of additional XP functionality to UBCD4Win. Many of the "old" plugins have been consolidated into this "core" such as keyboard, onscreen keyboard, USB support, WSH support, and so much more!!

RamDrive   Purchased OEM license for the RamDrive driver. Provides up to

a 2 Gigabyte RAM drive for UBCD4Win

Tom's MyInfo n/aSimilar to BGInfo in the fact that it displays system information on the desktop

RunScanner 1.0.0.20Registry redirector plugin developed by Paraglider. Used for launching spyware detector programs and has been tested with SpySweeper and Ad-Aware

Joshua's Localization

n/aGerman language support and an easy way to change almost all dialogue to your native language

What is the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows?

UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD that contains software used for repairing, restoring, or diagnosing almost any computer problem. Our goal is to be the most complete and easy to use free computer diagnostic tool. Almost all software included in UBCD4Win are freeware utilities for Windows®. Some of the tools inlcuded are "free for personal use" copies so users need to respect these licenses. A few of the tools included in UBCD4Win are paid for and licensed software owned by UBCD4win. On occasion we work with software companies/authors for permission to include their software in our download or have requested their software better support PE. Users can freely share copies of UBCD4Win with friends but selling UBCD4Win for a profit is not acceptable. We have worked hard for many years helping people for free with this project, others should not

make money from our hard work. If you are a dialup user having a hard time downloading UBCD4Win, please visit our ordering page. UBCD4Win is based on Bart's PE©. Bart's PE© builds a Windows® "pre-install" environment CD, basically a simple Windows® XP booted from CD. UBCD4Win includes network support and allows you the ability to modify NTFS volumes, recover deleted files, create new NTFS volumes, scan hard drives for viruses, etc. Our download includes almost everything you need to repair your system problems. This project has been put together to be the ultimate recovery cd and not a replacement OS (Operating System). Please visit the "List of Tools" page for a complete list of what is included in the latest version of UBCD4Win.

There are requirements for building this CD which can and may make it difficult for everyone to build the project. Please understand that these requirements and restrictions are due to copyright laws, etc. When starting this project I wanted it to be as easy as possible. I wanted it to be a simple ISO file download just like the original Ultimate Boot CD. I had to weigh the ease of build and functionality very carefully. After much thought and research I decided that Bart's PE© was the best way to accomplish this task. That decision required a different type of build and more steps for the end user. Yes more complicated, but I prefer to think of these additional steps in a positive way. We provide detailed instructions and our forum for help. Inexperienced users will feel a sense of accomplishment and gain knowledge when they successfully build the CD.

Remember that we are a freeware tool. We still have hosting and other costs to pay every month. If UBCD4Win has helped you and you are able to, please consider donating.

How did this project start?

This project was started because of requests from members of the original Ultimate Boot CD yahoo group. Several members wanted a "Windows®" version of the Ultimate Boot CD. After a few days no one had volunteered, so I decided that I had enough time to do this and it was my way to give something back to the computing community. The "true" and "pure" ideal of helping people quickly spread, after 3 1/2 years the project continues to grow.

April 2, 2004, I created the UBCDWindows group. The first few weeks consisted mostly of discussions on how to accomplish this. We had to decide what should be included and searched for great stuff. After searching and reading a lot of web pages I finally decided that Bart's PE© was the best option.One of the first issues I saw was one of the requirements for Bart's PE©, an XP CD with SP1. I personally had upgraded to XP right when XP came out so I did not have SP1 on my XP CD. I found several solutions for this issue but manually slipstreaming required several applications and would add more complexity to the project. I didn't like this added complexity but figured we would be able to do something about that. A better solution was created and is discussed below.

April 20, 2004, I launched this site. After a few days of getting everything setup I realizing it was easy to setup a forum. So I announced the imminent closing of the yahoo group and requested that everyone join the forum. The project and forum have grown since its start. Member registrations continue to grow and new teams have been created to help the development and support of the project.

The slipstreaming problem needed addressed so I contacted one of my friends that is a programmer. Anonios (author of AutoPatcher) was glad to help and we started working together on creating a slipstreaming application. We worked pretty hard for several weeks creating the application. Well, he did all the coding work and I just helped with testing, minor details, and the dialogue for the prompts. On July 9, 2004 we released AutoStreamer 1.0!!

February 23, 2006 is another great day in the history of this project. Only a week after starting a "donation rally" to purchase an OEM license for Bart PE©, we hit our goal!! We now own a license for Bart PE©! This has helped simplify the project in many ways. Now when you download the project it is ONE download. There are no extra or complicated extraction steps, no "extract this here....delete....extract here", etc. Having the license has given us the ability to change and simplify many other things also. I thank all the great users who helped us purchase the license in order to make it better and easier for EVERYONE!!

February 2007, another donation rally and another OEM license for the project!! Thanks to everyone who donated towards our RamDrive license. That annoying little "popup" asking people to purchase RamDrive or error screen are gone. This is a newer version with few restrictions and is capable of creating up to a 2 Gigabyte RamDrive. Thanks again everyone for helping to make the project better and easier for everyone.

April 3, 2007 yet more capabilities are added to UBCD4Win. After over a year of my development team working with BTS driverpacks driver team, BartPE support is added to the BTS driverpacks! I can't congratulate or thank the members of my development team that worked on this enough. Bashrat has a great driverpack that he has been working hard on for years and we greatly appreciate his help and support. Kudos to OverFlow for all of his work and time spent working on this implementation.

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