Data recovery boot discs

The products shown on this page are bootable discs that you can use to start your computer and perform data recovery without installing any software on the computer itself. These tools may enable you to recover data from a drive when the computer operating system won't boot up.

The downloads on these product pages are quite large, and must be used to create a CD before you can begin data recovery. This should be done on a different computer than the one containing the lost data. Some products offer the option of ordering a ready-to-run CD as an extra at the time of purchase.

Data Rescue PC

Data Rescue PC is data recovery software that runs from a bootable CD. It can recover deleted files from hard drives and many other kinds of media. It can restore lost files even when the computer will not boot up. More information...

DiskInternals Data Recovery CD

The DiskInternals Recovery CD is a program that enables you to create a bootable CD containing the latest data recovery software from DiskInternals Research, ready to run. It allows you to recover deleted or lost data from a computer hard drive without installing any software on the computer itself. It lets you recover files even if Windows won't boot up.  More information...