As the title says. This is very useful when trouble shooting a damaged hd and trying to recover files: "Knoppix is a fully featured Live Linux version that contains plenty of additional tools and applications. Basic essentials: * A 1GB or larger USB flash drive * HP-USB Format tool * USBKP.zip The tutorial: Warning: DO NOT RUN makeboot.exe from your local hard drive!! It is intended to be run from your USB device. 1. Download the HP-USB Format tool and format your flash drive using the Fat or Fat32 option. 2. Download the USBKP.zip 3. Extract the contents of the USBKP.zip to your “flash drive”. 4. Browse to your “flash drive” and click the Makeboot.exe 5. follow the on screen instructions. 6. Reboot your computer and set your system BIOS to boot from USB-HDD or USB-ZIP. Also set the boot priority if necessary. Please note: This tutorial has been tested to work from a Windows XP computer with .Net framework. Other operating environments may or may not support the use of the installer..Net framework is required in order to run the Makeboot.exe application. Enjoy! Author: PDLA Source: http://pendrivelinux.com and http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/01/01/usb-knoppix-510/" Knoc
For those that wants to make their own customized recovery drive, you can also use BartPE. It's a little challenging for some but you can customize it with almost any application you want.
