Trinity Rescue Kit | CPR for your computer
Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues.
It is possible to boot TRK in three different ways:
-as a bootable CD which you can burn yourself from a downloadable isofile
-from a USB stick/disk (optionally also a fixed disk), installable from Windows or from the bootable TRK cd
-from network over PXE, which requires some modifications on your local network (version 3.2). Version 3.3 has the ability to act as a network bootserver itself, without any modifications to your local network.
TRK is a complete commandline based distribution, apart from a few tools like qtparted, links, partition image and midnight commander
Here 's a sumup of some of the most important features, new and old:
-easily reset windows passwords (backup and restore option in 3.3)
-4 different virusscan products integrated in a single uniform commandline with online update capability (5 in version 3.3)
-full ntfs write support thanks to ntfs-3g (all other drivers included as well)
-clone NTFS filesystems over the network
-wide range of hardware support (kernel 2.6.19.2 and recent kudzu hwdata)
-easy script to find all local filesystems
-self update capability to include and update all virusscanners
-full proxyserver support.
-run a samba fileserver (windows like filesharing)
-run a ssh server
-recovery and undeletion of files with utilities and procedures
-recovery of lost partitions
-evacuation of dying disks
-UTF-8 international character support.
-2 rootkit detection uitilities (version 3.3).
-elaborated documentation (+manpages as of 3.3).
-elaborated documentation
Although version 3.3 is still beta, it is recommended you download this version, as most features which were included in version 3.2 are still running just fine (and are more up-to-date) and the new stuff is presumed to be running fine too.
The idea behind Trinity Rescue Kit
Back in 2001, I had this great bootable dos cd I created, packed with all great utilities for offline PC operations called "The Vault".
Unfortunately, the Vault consisted for 90% of software you should pay for. So distributing it in a legal way was certainly no option and I 'm not the guy that wants to spend his time in maintaining something that 's illegal anyway.
So I brewed on the idea of creating a free bootable Linux CD containing all available free tools that can help you in any way of rescueing your Windows installation.
And eventually, this is how far it has gotten now.
Trinity Rescue Kit is based on binaries and scripts from several other distributions, like Timo 's Rescue CD, Mandriva 2005 and Fedora Core 3 and 4, as well as many original source packages and tools from other distros.
Startup procedure and methods, several scripts and concept is completely selfmade or at least heavily adapted.
Here 's a few testimonies from people who have used it before:
From: Chris K.
Subject: Trinity Rocks
As many people may have already told you this disk has saved my butt. I manage the IT department for a small company which means I do a lot of hands on work as well as administration and we have a high turnover rate. The people that we work with are all independent agents that bring their own computers and many times the computer is in pretty sad shape and of course they don't know the admin password. Anyway, I have
tried many different rescue discs and this by far has been the easiest and quickest and most effective one yet. I've sent you a donation, not much but what I can afford right now. My only comment, keep it small and fast. I'm not afraid of the command line, please don't cave to those who are.
From: Bill
Subject: Thanks for TRK
Hello Harakiri,
I sincerely want to thank you for the Trinity Rescue Kit. I think it is
a very useful tool for computer maintenance.
I'm afraid I can't donate, but I am a student and I haven't got much money.
Best Wishes
Massimo
From: Flabdablet
Subject: TRK is my preferred Winbox imaging tool
I mainly use TRK for imaging Windows boxes in the schools where I work. I find it suits me much, much better than proprietary solutions such as Ghost and Trueimage.
...
Many thanks to harakiri for making such excellent tools available.
Trinity Rescue Kit | CPR for your computer
Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues.
It is possible to boot TRK in three different ways:
-as a bootable CD which you can burn yourself from a downloadable isofile
-from a USB stick/disk (optionally also a fixed disk), installable from Windows or from the bootable TRK cd
-from network over PXE, which requires some modifications on your local network (version 3.2). Version 3.3 has the ability to act as a network bootserver itself, without any modifications to your local network.
TRK is a complete commandline based distribution, apart from a few tools like qtparted, links, partition image and midnight commander
Here 's a sumup of some of the most important features, new and old:
-easily reset windows passwords (backup and restore option in 3.3)
-4 different virusscan products integrated in a single uniform commandline with online update capability (5 in version 3.3)
-full ntfs write support thanks to ntfs-3g (all other drivers included as well)
-clone NTFS filesystems over the network
-wide range of hardware support (kernel 2.6.19.2 and recent kudzu hwdata)
-easy script to find all local filesystems
-self update capability to include and update all virusscanners
-full proxyserver support.
-run a samba fileserver (windows like filesharing)
-run a ssh server
-recovery and undeletion of files with utilities and procedures
-recovery of lost partitions
-evacuation of dying disks
-UTF-8 international character support.
-2 rootkit detection uitilities (version 3.3).
-elaborated documentation (+manpages as of 3.3).
-elaborated documentation
Although version 3.3 is still beta, it is recommended you download this version, as most features which were included in version 3.2 are still running just fine (and are more up-to-date) and the new stuff is presumed to be running fine too.
The idea behind Trinity Rescue Kit
Back in 2001, I had this great bootable dos cd I created, packed with all great utilities for offline PC operations called "The Vault".
Unfortunately, the Vault consisted for 90% of software you should pay for. So distributing it in a legal way was certainly no option and I 'm not the guy that wants to spend his time in maintaining something that 's illegal anyway.
So I brewed on the idea of creating a free bootable Linux CD containing all available free tools that can help you in any way of rescueing your Windows installation.
And eventually, this is how far it has gotten now.
Trinity Rescue Kit is based on binaries and scripts from several other distributions, like Timo 's Rescue CD, Mandriva 2005 and Fedora Core 3 and 4, as well as many original source packages and tools from other distros.
Startup procedure and methods, several scripts and concept is completely selfmade or at least heavily adapted.
Here 's a few testimonies from people who have used it before:
From: Chris K.
Subject: Trinity Rocks
As many people may have already told you this disk has saved my butt. I manage the IT department for a small company which means I do a lot of hands on work as well as administration and we have a high turnover rate. The people that we work with are all independent agents that bring their own computers and many times the computer is in pretty sad shape and of course they don't know the admin password. Anyway, I have
tried many different rescue discs and this by far has been the easiest and quickest and most effective one yet. I've sent you a donation, not much but what I can afford right now. My only comment, keep it small and fast. I'm not afraid of the command line, please don't cave to those who are.
From: Bill
Subject: Thanks for TRK
Hello Harakiri,
I sincerely want to thank you for the Trinity Rescue Kit. I think it is
a very useful tool for computer maintenance.
I'm afraid I can't donate, but I am a student and I haven't got much money.
Best Wishes
Massimo
From: Flabdablet
Subject: TRK is my preferred Winbox imaging tool
I mainly use TRK for imaging Windows boxes in the schools where I work. I find it suits me much, much better than proprietary solutions such as Ghost and Trueimage.
...
Many thanks to harakiri for making such excellent tools available.
Trinity Rescue Kit | CPR for your computer
