SARDU : Multiple boot disk builder

Hello visitors,

In my previous post I gave a brief tutorial of using a LiveCD, Most of the AV companies update their liveCDs almost often like every 3-4 hrs or after 12hrs or after 1day. Basically I am talking about the frequency of update of their virus definitions. As also NO product is 100% perfect i.e no AV can detect all the viruses that infects a computer. So it may definitely be the case where liveCD of one Antivirus may not detect a virus in your system while other may detect. So this leads to keeping multiple liveCDs.  Also it is not possible to keep multiple liveCDs in one CD/DVD just my adding all the liveCDs as it is i.e merging multiple LiveCDs into one disk will be of no use and also creating multiple CDs for the same is also not advisable.

To overcome this SARDU comes in, Basically SARDU is a free software that is capable of building multiple boot support CD,DVD and USB devices. It combines variety of features that help you in making a custom All-in-one bootable cd/dvd/usb through which you can get your system in working state post infection. It includes liveCDs of different AV companies(many of them I posted here) and in addition to these liveCDs it also includes other tools which also help you in recovering you data incase when your system is highly infected and cannot be cleaned, also it includes certain backup softwares that are used for restoring the system back to a clean state(normally when a case where system restore doesn't work properly)

Main Screen of SARDU

As above is the main GUI here there are list of liveCD that SARDU supports. If you don't have any liveCD then click on any of these liveCD buttons. SARDU will automatically download from the corresponding site.

After the download is complete you can find you ISO as /.../SARDU/ISO/kav_rescue_10.iso .It may also be possible that you already have some of the specified liveCDs with you then you can copy those ISOs in /.../SARDU/ISO folder

  

Utility Section

Windows Section

Other features :

Utility (only notable ones I have posted over here) :

NT Password : Resetting admin password.

Ultimate Boot CD : another excellent CD for recovery purposes.

Gparted : For graphically managing your disk partitions.

(Rest of other softwares like macrium reflect, Redo backuplive, trinity backup CD are good but some of them are system specific. If you know about these software then I wouldn't be required to be giving an explanation in first place)

Linux :

If you are familiar with linux then you have had known the same otherwise if you are not used to linux then this section is not for you.

Windows : 

Contains various recovery disk (for WinXP,Vista,7) and also installers for the same.

Typical boot interface of sardu

SARDU is very easy to use to creating an all-in-one ISO out of it will not be difficult.

Note : All softwares have their buttons and checkboxes i.e SARDU is able to manage only these softwares only. If a checkbox is disabled (grey) the ISO of that software was not found. Pressing the button with an application name causes SARDU to download the bootable ISO from the manufacturer's website. Downloaded make it ready for use (checkbox checked). Downloads can be done manually by disabling the function ' File -- Enable direct download'. User can update the status of the ISO folder from File -- Refresh ISO/IMA menu (Most Imp : user should refrain changing the default names of individual programs because they won't be recognized by the software.) If a checkbox is unchecked (white) the single ISO is disabled and not-active.

Well thats all for now, a very great tool for recovery purposes. If you don't know about other tools then I would just prefer using just the liveCD section. Inshort HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...!

regards,
Ishan ;)