What is Reddit's opinion of MediCat USB?

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My drive has:

Medicat - Mini Win10, a ton of diagnostic software, linux, portable chrome and other programs etc.

And backups of all the software I use, music programs, drivers, bootable usb creator software etc.

Hiren's contains NT Offline which is the password reset tool we've all used for ages, still works pretty great but there's a caveat - It hasn't been updated since 2012.

A good alternative that's mostly up to date would be the MediCat DVD - Yes I know it looks like dork-ass Reddit stuff but it works pretty well. Note that its larger size does require a 16GB USB but I mean, those are like 10 bucks on Amazon if that.

Have to +1 this. Medicat has saved my butt many times. It's fairly easy to use and yes, it has a large footprint, but the software suite is worth it.

Brief overview and always up-to-date download links.

Here is the folder with all the ISOs, changelogs and tools of the matter.

The official thread is here.

I'm guessing by "drivers" you actually mean "firmware"; otherwise that doesn't make sense.

Apart from updating your SSD firmware (depending on the manufacturer), you probably won't encounter any hardware that requires Windows to have its firmware updated. If you have something that needs to be updated through Windows, you could always boot from the live Windows 10 in MediCat USB.

Windows 10 will run without registration, it just locks a few features. You can download the iso directly from Microsoft and install it to a virtual machine to run the chkdsk. Or you can download WinPE iso that is typically users for Windows repair/recovery as a liveCD.

There are various tools online and other methods.

Hiren's BootCD looks like it has some applications with it, though I haven't used this new version.

Also I think Medicat has some stuff for that

I highly suggest MediCat instead of Hiren's.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/

Medicat is all I ever need. I keep it on one of these on my keys.

If you can get to a computer to burn a DVD then try Medicat and download the naked version, much smaller. The google drive download is really fast one.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/

The difference? You don't have to spend hours getting some of the distros to just work with YUMI. While YUMI handles some distros well by itself, getting other distros to actually work often requires changing file paths, changing boot parameters, adding sometimes tricky USB persistence parameters, swapping out boot files for versions that work with YUMI, and installing unlisted distros which YUMI can't handle by itself. Since one does not have to go through the slow process of installing one distro at a time, it also saves a lot more time.

If one is not interested or curious enough to audition different Linux distros, such a collection would not be for you. If all you are interested in are a few recovery tools then the collection is obviously not for you. Why even ask?

For a collection focused on just recovery, I would recommend <strong>MediCat (2015) DVD and USB</strong>

For a smaller USB collection mostly focused on recovery and utilities, try <strong>Multiboot (2014) Kudos Rescue</strong>

Medicat, a PC repair tool. I always leave the 3 torrents in my seedbox and when they release a new version I swap them out. I've had 500 ratio multiple times. This is with the full downloads though (4GB, 10GB, and 1GB) currently have 241, 196, and 180 ratio in the same order as I typed the sizes.

CCleaner screwing the pooch again.
Back up your Windows folders to an external drive with Ubuntu. Reinstall Windows.
Got a flash drive? You may be able to fix Windows with MediCat or Mini Windows 10.

Sure, you can run a Linux distro off of a flash drive to move your files to another external drive or the cloud. I know Ubuntu and Mint can access NTFS partitions.
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/
OR, you could use Mini Windows 10 from Jayro - her distro is great - https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/

El otro día usé mini windows 10 de Medicat https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/ y no andaba mal. Aaaunque no suele estar muy de más probar algún linux que seguro es más liviano que esas 4 gB del que viene Medi.

Hay que descargar la iso, agarrar un pendrive y usar Rufus para cargarlo ahí adentro. Hay bastantes tutos por internet <3.

Use GParted on a flash drive with the excellent MediCat USB. I recommend the naked version, unless you want 8GB of PortableApps.

I had the same problem when I needed to dump my 1080's ROM. Those messages in the vfio-users list you were linked to on /r/linuxquestions actually worked for me. But even then all I could get was an incomplete dump (128.5 KiB instead of the full 250.5 KiB).

What I did in the end was restore an old bare metal Windows 7 image and use GPU-Z to dump the ROM. I also had to strip the IFR section from the ROM before I could pass it to the VM (I wouldn't use the dumps from TechPowerUp).

If you don't have a previous Windows image backup or can't be bothered to install it just to dump the ROM, you might try booting from a live Windows 10 image like MediCat and dump from there.

If you'd still like to give it a shot using the sysfs method, here's what I had to do: (I'm on openSUSE Tumbleweed mind you, but it should work regardless of your distro)

(Also, just in case you are not aware, you should only dump the VGA's bios, e.g. 01:00.0, not 01:00.1 which is the audio device)

(01:00.0 may be different for you, lspci will show)

per Alex Williamson's mail:

Booted with kernel parameter "vfio-pci.disable_idle_d3=1" (no quotes)

setpci -s 01:00.0 COMMAND=2:2

echo 1 > /sys//sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/rom

cat /sys//sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/rom > /path/to/whatever.rom

echo 0 > /sys//sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/rom

setpci -s 01:00.0 COMMAND=0:2

Removed kernel parameter "vfio-pci.disable_idle_d3=1", rebooted.

Good luck.

Can't speak for OP but I (semi) recently discussed these enclosures in another thread. Here's a list of what I have on mine:

• Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (1809 and LTSB) installers
• Windows 10 To Go (for testing)
• Windows server 2008-2019
• Ubuntu / Manjaro / RHEL
• MediCat multiboot (akin to Hiren's Boot CD but far more up-to date -- mostly used on personal machines)
• Parted Magic (the paid version, although an older version is included with MediCat)
• Clonezilla (included with MediCat)

Edit to add: You don't need a 1TB drive, I used a spare 240GB SSD :-)

Why dont you try https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/

Medicat is an AIO tool that should help at least recover the users domain admin PW. From there, there may be documentation on that persons computer regarding Host login info.

Ooh, thanks! This is an excellent list of tools. :-)

I hadn't heard of the StorageCraft ones, but I suppose it's for the best since they seem to require a license key...

>[...] You will need your ShadowProtect or SPX product key to execute the download, and you’ll need to accept the End-User License Agreement.

Fancy. I hope someday I get to work at a shop big enough to use it!

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I did have some suggestions, but after taking a look at your list, I think that Bob-Ombs PE will replace them for the most part. (Sadly I couldn't find an official download for it -- is this the right page?).

Most of my other tools overlap with yours anyway (Clonezilla, Memtest86, Password Reset Tool, Windows images, Sysinternals utilities).

As an alternative/complementary AIO image to Bob-Ombs, check out MediCat, which I have employed in the past. It has a lot of interesting tools, but it's a fairly large image at ~15GB for the full version (or ~9GB without portable apps)

Removing the hard drive is probably the easiest way to do this but I understand if disassembly a laptop seems like a daunting task. Your other option is Medicat, it will allow you to clear the password, even if it's for a MS account.

I discovered MediCat last year. I work in the SMB market and I have found that I've stopped relying on most everything else (e.g. Clonezilla, MemTest, PWDRESET). I also keep Kali and Tails on a USB, but that's mostly just for fun.

You can use this multitool setup and install it to a usb drive with rufus if you using windows or etcher is you are using linux. https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/

I would download Medicat and burn to dvd and use the utilities to do a real format with overwriting so nothing is recoverable then I would reinstall Windows and if its on a hidden partition Medicat can help with that install also if something got corrupted. If you have a 32 bit boot partition then DO NOT overwrite that whatever you do, you need that intact to reinstall. Save Medicat, it can be a PC saver if something unknown happens to cover your ass. Get the naked version because it has what you need but is a lot smaller download.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/

Download and burn this program to dvd and boot to it and it has a password reseter built right in and then you can bypass all the bullshit and get in. https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/

https://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/19/medicat-dvd-bootable-toolkit-with-windows-10-winpe/
says it has ocronis image creation tool, so it may be able to take the image and either copy it or activate it for you.

Download here. https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/

Worse come to worse you might be able to use this to copy the image from the drive to the windows partion and then use rufus to burn it to a usb or cdburnerxp to burn it to dvd and then try to install that way.

So you don't get stuck again search on Google for Medicat, it's an ISO of windows admin tools you run off a DVD or usb. I myself prefer DVD so I got the Medicat64 naked meaning it's the barebones version but still has tons of stuff to use and boots into a mini windows10 environment and is super simple to use.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-dvd-a-multiboot-linux-dvd.361577/ just scroll down to the google drive or mega buttons and choose one to download from.