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HawkPE-42 - The PC Tech's Swiss Army Knife Live DVD
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Applications > Windows
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632.43 MB

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WinPE LiveCD HawkPE Linux Slax
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Uploaded:
Jan 7, 2009
By:
greyhawk3



A fully-functional WinPE (Windows XP SP2) + Linux (Slax-6) live CD/DVD
ISO.  Comes w/ AdAware SE + McAfee AV + ClamAV + SpywareDoctor updated
as of 29-Dec-08, Windows Explorer, SmartDriverBackup, PCITREE, FoxIt
PDF Reader, FileZilla FTP Client, Ghost 8, UltraVNC, Partition Magic
8, CHNTPW (now Vista-compatible), WIPECMOS, MEMTEST, the
IBM/Seagate/WD hdrive diagnostics, etc.  Boots to WinPE by default.
Download README-HAWKPE.TXT or HAWKPE-CHANGES.TXT in advance, for
details about the package.

What *is* WinPE, you say ?!?  WinPE is a limited version of Windows
XP, which boots and operates from a CD, DVD, or USB thumb drive.
WinPE doesn't work quite as well as normal Windows XP/2K3/Vista, that
is, (for example) it doesn't do wireless or multimedia, but WinPE has
*all* of the capabilities you'll need prepare and repair your PCs.
Let's say your PC has been overwhelmed by malware or the PC has
crashed and Windows won't boot any more.  Armed with a copy of HawkPE,
you *may* be able to: repair the issue that causes the boot failure
(replace a broken registry with a backup copy), transfer your data to
a USB external drive in anticipation of reinstalling Windows, remove a
forgotten Windows login password, or clean the malware infestation
(among other things.)  OTOH, if you have a new PC and want to give it
a custom configuration beyond the conventional single hard disk
partition (like yours truly !), then you can boot HawkPE to
pre-initialize the PC as desired, prior to running the OS installer.

From the HawkPE main menu, you will also have direct access to a suite
of excellent utilities for identifying hardware problems, recovering
data, and initializing your PC in preparation of a new operating
system.

For those who've been asking, there's now a procedure to transfer
HAWKPE to a USB thumb drive and make it bootable, along w/ other
additions to the HAWKPE-CHANGES & README-HAWKPE text files !

Slax is an excellent example of a portable Linux, which comes w/
Firefox-2+Flash-9, KDE's KOffice suite, multimedia goodies, and the
latest K3B CD/DVD burning application.  So with a USB thumb drive and
your HAWKPE CD/DVD, you can carry a multimedia-enabled computer
system, with you at all times.  Enjoy....

As a recap, here's the most up-to-date inventory of what's on the
disc:

A2Hijack
AdAware SE Pro 
AusLogic Defrag
AutoRuns (!! from SysInternals !!)
Broadcom 44xx-NIC Drivers
Broadcom Extreme-NIC Drivers
Change NT/2K/XP/2K3/Vista Passwords
Clamwin AV
CPUZ
Darik's Boot and Nuke
Driver Genius
Filezilla
FoxIt PDF Reader
Ghost 8
HWPnP
IBM/Hitachi Disk Fitness Test
Intel-10-100-1000MHz NIC Drivers
Intel-810 Display Drivers
Intel-Extreme Display Drivers
Microscope 2005
McAfee AV Scanner
Memtest86
MemtestPlus
MHDD Freeware Hard Drive Repair/Analysis Utility
NSSI
nVidia Display Drivers
Partition Magic 8
PCITree
PowerDefragmenter
PuTTY
Python
Sala Password Renew-Beta
Samsung HUTIL [2.10] Hard Drive Diagnostic
SeaTools (Seagate/Maxtor) Drive Diagnostics
Smart Driver Backup
TFTPD32
Treesize Pro
UltraVNC
ViewCHM
Vista Recovery System (New for #42 DVD Edition)
WCPUID
Western Digital Drive Diagnostics 5
Windows File Explorer
WinRAR

**  From HAWKPE-CHANGES  ************************************************

4-Jan-09  -  Changes to HAWKPE-42 from HAWKPE-41:

**  Updated BartPE/WinPE w/ the latest McAfee, AdAware, and ClamWin
defs, somewhere around 29-Dec to 4-Jan.  Removed Norton Security Scan
bec the current one needs some custom programming, before it can be
restored to the collection.  Hopefully, next time out.

**  Added the Vista Recovery System to the DVD edition.

**  Replaced Ghost 8 executables w/ Ghost 11 executables.  Ghost 11 is
probably the last cmd-line based Ghost (from 2007) that can make Vista
NTFS partitions.

**  Have changed the archiver to 7-Zip from WinRAR, for a free archiver
solution that even newbies can obtain.  Get the utility from  
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

********************************  Notes  ********************************

It appears that BTS Driver Mass Storage Pack, while part of the
system, wasn't working at all.  I was trying to add additional BTS
drivers when this was encountered.  As always, I got feedback from
HawkPE users, which made me curious and here we are.

Had hoped to add other things to this update, but there was no time to
evaluate anything beyond the Vista Recovery System.  This is the
official Microsoft Vista recovery tool, for doing basic repairs of
broken Vista installations.  I haven't had the opportunity to use this
from the disc, but I have used it directly from Vista systems using
[F5] at boot time.  When you launch the 'Vista Recovery System' menu
pick, you will see a prompt: 'Press any key to boot from CD or DVD'.
Press a key to actually launch the system, otherwise just like a
Windows boot CD/DVD, it will launch the OS on the hard drive.

C'ya next time.

:--  The Hawk  --:

==========================================================  4-Jan-09  ==

PS:  Download *ALL* components in order to use HAWKPE....

PPS:  Better than UBCD, better than Hiren's CD.  This is a true Swiss
Army knife for repairing and setting up PCs.

**  Snapshots:  **
The HawkPE boot screen: 
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll101/greyhawk516/HawkPE-42-Boot-480.png

The HawkPE/WinPE screen: 
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll101/greyhawk516/HawkPE-42-BartPE-480.png

Comments

For the record, there's a slimmed-down CD edition, also avail on TPB:

http://thepiratebay.ee/torrent/4628877/HawkPE-42_-_The_PC_Tech_s_Swiss_Army_Knife_CD
This sounds very useful.. thanks!

Btw, you mention that you've included the Vista Recovery System.. but I don't see an option for that in the boot screen snapshot you provided. Where is that? Is that included in the Windows PE environment? If so, shouldn't it be part of the boot screen? Or maybe I'm thinking of a different Vista Recovery System than you. Here's what I'm referring to: http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/

Is that what you're referring to as well? If so, that should be part of the boot screen options, no?

Also, why use an old-school program like Partition Magic for partioning when you could use Acronis Disk Director or Paragon?
Awesome job. I got this on a 4 gig flash drive so I find it very useful when I'm on different computers. One question though and that is it possible for me to update Slax with the updated core modules? I tried but I keep getting errors on bootup. It worked fine with the modules that come on the disc but I don't see why it wouldn't work with an update. I do see though that you have some proprietary modules specifically for your HawkPE release are these there to help the boot process or is there a little bit of code i need to change somewhere?
/***

Btw, you mention that you've included the Vista Recovery System.. but I don't see an option for that in the boot screen snapshot you provided. Where is that? Is that included in the Windows PE environment? If so, shouldn't it be part of the boot screen? Or maybe I'm thinking of a different Vista Recovery System than you. Here's what I'm referring to: http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/

Is that what you're referring to as well? If so, that should be part of the boot screen options, no?

Also, why use an old-school program like Partition Magic for partioning when you could use Acronis Disk Director or Paragon?

***/

The boot screen snapshot is from the CD edition, so VRS isn't shown, but it's definitely in the DVD ed as reported. The included VRS is the same as the one from your link.

I'll take the comment about Acronis Disk Director under advisement. PM8 is kinda long in the tooth and doesn't work as well as I'd like sometimes.

:-- The Hawk --:
/***

Awesome job. I got this on a 4 gig flash drive so I find it very useful when I'm on different computers. One question though and that is it possible for me to update Slax with the updated core modules? I tried but I keep getting errors on bootup. It worked fine with the modules that come on the disc but I don't see why it wouldn't work with an update. I do see though that you have some proprietary modules specifically for your HawkPE release are these there to help the boot process or is there a little bit of code i need to change somewhere?

***/

Glad you like. Yes, Slax _could_ be updated, but you'd need to replace the core Slax modules **AND** /boot/slax/vmlinuz6 and /boot/slax/initrd6.gz. Rename the new initrd.gz to initrd6.gz as well as vmlinuz vmlinuz6, then update your thumb drive. Bet you forgot to update the kernel....The Hawk
as always thanks for the update. can i request spybot and malwarebytes programs be included in the next release? i ran hiren's hawk 41 and neither one was able to fix my laptop that was hijacked with an insipidous program that hijacked my web browsers (both IE and Mozilla). Registries were cleaned, XP was repaired installed, etc. Only thing that finally fixed it was I removed the drive and scanned it with both the mentioned programs that removed all traces of it. I didnt keep track of what it was exactly but it fixed it. Some sort of TDSS variants.
oh yes, i ran smitfraud, adaware, ccleaner, spyware doctor, and a few others too; pretty much all the crap on Hiren's didnt do squat; it was more confusing navigating to the different programs than anything. to top it off, some programs are avalable in dos and some are only in windows. what a waste. crappies program ever. my laptop came with mcafee enterprise installed. didnt do diddly.
Hi guys,
I am a newby; your torrent seems to be great and I downloaded it but --pardon my lack of knowledge-- in what format are the files? because it says file type: file001 (002, 003) What soft I need to open it? Thanks!
@preludexl

About new anti-spyware programs: I'd like to, but anti-spyware programs are hard to move into the BartPE/WinPE world. I've had limited success, but that **could** be related to my own skillz. Hard limitations are the programs that rely on XP services to operate: those can **never** be ported. However, I'm planning a major platform update for #43, so there mite be interesting new additions.

If I can find something really good that comes in an **offline-updateable** Portable format, then it'll be included for sure. It **must** be offline-updateable, bec you can't rely on Internet access when doing a job. Portable, bec those programs are relatively easy to port into the BartPE/WinPE world. Even if it isn't portable, if I can cook up/find a BartPE plugin for *any* really good app, I'll add it. I was planning on looking into Super Antispyware, from some glowing reviews. SpyBot might come in Portable form, so I'll give that a look, too.

Truthfully, I don't do **any** malware cleanup jobs that aren't wipe-and-do-overs (whole OS reinstalls) anymore. Don't have the time to scan, clean, and not be sure of the end result. A system restore is guaranteed to clean the infestation on the 1st try. I added Sysinternals AutoRuns and a2-Hijack, bec their interfaces are the best at displaying **all** of the hiding places for malware. So, occasionally I'll do a job for a friend where I'll try a cleanup **once**. But if I recommend a cleanup at my **day job**, it's always a restore.

Having said all of that, HawkPE is great for archiving drivers and documents **prior** a wipe job, using either Smart Driver Backup or Driver Genius. This way, one can quickly reconsititute a working system (minus the apps, of course.)

As always....The Hawk
Have been trying everything to burn this. does not seem to work. am I doing something incorrect. tried easy cd creater as well as nero
Hey guys (Hawk, Preludexl, anybody) I need some help please. No software recognize the file type (file 001,002,003) how do I burn it? am I doing something wrong? I will appreciate it :-)
@1morelia

Rather than tell you, I'll let you figure it out. You'll notice that the file extension before the 001, 0002, etc. is .7z . Go to google.com, and search ".7z extension".

@r0dietrich

Have you tried ImgBurn?
And thanks greyhawk3.
@ SaberFuerza78

Gracias! You were right. It was really nice & wise of you . . . si un hombre tiene hambre, no le des un pescado, enseƱalo a pescar.
Thanks.
Happy fishing :)
1morelia: that's usually a winrar file. after renaming the first file with the .rar extension (or a couple more, i dont know why some ppl do that with rar files, but most of us have seen them...usually with game files, like command and conquer), those numbered ones usually will be unrared withe the rest. those defintely are not a 7zip format. i usually do a cmd and then rename those files individually to .rar file extensions, and keep naming them and renumbering, until it starts to unrar the whole thing.


Hawk: thanks for the reply. I hear you about the restore thing. I hate doing it myself, but usually when they want all their settings, etc. Not much I can do in restoring that.

I find a trusty little external enclosure goes a long way sometimes. I have yet to try the geek squads mri. might give it a try, one day. :) will look forward to the next 43 release. I think it might be helpful to make a guide on using Hawkpe. It's quite powerful and even I havent really fully utilized all the tools.

Please please dont add stupid programs in there like Hiren's, just for the sake of having a lot of programs. What a nightmare it is to find anything on that stupid thing.
@ preludexl:

The .001, .002 etc. naming convention comes from back in the DOS/Win 3.1 days around the time ARJ was the popular format. Imagine it: You've got 7+3 file names and an *entire CD* of data to archive in 15MB chunks (or whatever the standard was).

Just associate .001 with your archiver of choice.
i am having trouble using the clamwin in this... it gives me weird errors. when i googled it, some bartpe users said that the ramdisk is too small for the clamwin to work. anybody else having this problem, or am i just missing something?
@preludexl
I have yet to try the geek squads mri. might give it a try, one day. :) will look forward to the next 43 release. I think it might be helpful to make a guide on using Hawkpe. It's quite powerful and even I havent really fully utilized all the tools.

Please please dont add stupid programs in there like Hiren's, just for the sake of having a lot of programs. What a nightmare it is to find anything on that stupid thing.

***

Geek Squad's MRI disc is no big deal. You don't get WinPE, so you're still relying on the host OS for cleanups. However, I haven't looked at it for a while, so maybe they have something new.

As far as Hiren's (or other PE "distros") is/are concerned, more isn't better. One thing that *must* make it's way into the next release is an update capability: so users can update virus/spyware defs and reburn their disc. *And* more documentation....

@Sm4:

i am having trouble using the clamwin in this... it gives me weird errors. when i googled it, some bartpe users said that the ramdisk is too small for the clamwin to work. anybody else having this problem, or am i just missing something?

***

Dunno. I *did* have trouble w/ the RAMDrive size a while back (mentioned it in the CHANGES file, in fact), but I'll do a test and post something here. Maybe the host PC doesn't have enuf RAM ? HawkPE will boot on really small PCs (128MB), but you can only use disc-based tools. RTFM for more details....
For the record, when you install 7-Zip, you get a context menu. Hilite *any* file of the split archive, then right-click it for a 7-Zip menu, which will offer several ways of opening/extracting the archive contents....The Hawk
I love this CD, I wish there was a way to add custom network drivers, I use this cd to boot with network boot for ghost 11. Is there a way to add the Lan Driver Packets, so i can net boot into almost any computer. I would be great to add on to a new version. Or make a exe or file for adding network drivers to the current cd with a iso editor or something.

Thanks love your CD
Great job greyhawk3
just tried the dvd image out today
did the clone as i needed since ghost wouldnt boot on there system *ODD*

seemed sluggish with 2.8ghz 512mb but what ya expect from 512 lol.

superantispyware is great.
im authorized thru them if ya like ask for mike and see about a solution for us.
im working on getting files translated for them now.
Hey, I downloaded this and tried to get it to work
on my 8 GB USB Stick.... But it couldn't install.

So to all users that own USB sticks >4GB
Don't download unless you want to partition
your USB drives
>seemed sluggish with 2.8ghz 512mb but what ya expect from 512 lol.

Some systems work better than others. 512MB is enuf, however (for example) I had a 512MB Dimension E521 in my shop that didn't work at all (ie. boots til it gets to the wallpaper then dies.) OTOH, recently I've been able to boot use HawkPE on 128MB ancients, to get them back up and running. WinPE itself can sometimes be flaky.

> superantispyware is great.
> im authorized thru them if ya like ask for
> mike and see about a solution for us.

Not sure what you're talking about, but I have a HawkPE thread going on suprbay, so if you (or any other HawkPE user) wants two-way interaction, leave msgs over there....:-- The Hawk --:
> Hey, I downloaded this and tried to get it to work on my 8 GB USB Stick.... But it couldn't install.

> So to all users that own USB sticks >4GB
> Don't download unless you want to partition
> your USB drives

I *think* this has already been covered ! TO ALL, try RTFM before posting comments ! I hope to address the ** > 2GB boundary ** soon, but this is an [idiotic] limitation of WinPE itself. MSOFT only recently (w/ Vista) has appreciated the idea of a CD/USB-bootable WinPE environment for repairs, etc. I *may* migrate to a newer platform (eg. based on Vista), but we're talking *a lot* of work, so don't hold your breath....:-- The Hawk --:
Go to http://suprbay.org/showthread.php?t=11758 for the HawkPE announcement thread....:-- The Hawk --:
When's #43 coming out??

U said it's coming in the 1st weekend in may...
where has greyhawk gone? ...... :(
I booted the cd and dvd version just to test it, when I go through bartspe/winpe it's starts to load shows the windows xp screen and then a BSOD. I'm running vista nothings wrong, I was just testing the cd/dvd, anybody else have this problem.
Nevermind, found the problem. It's because the BTS drivers weren't working, I have a sata drive and since the drivers weren't working BSOD popped up. Either add the drivers yourself or go in the bios and change the sata drive mode to ata or compatible.
tnx looks great!!!!