I used Hiren's for years but then found "Sergei Strelec"! It is basically Hirens, plus a bunch more and being updated on the regular. It has been solid. Curious how Medicat compares. Great post!
One great thing about medicat is that you can remove all tools you don't use or you don't want to use and add tools you use. Since it utilizes Ventoy you can add any other tool you use but it's not included so you can literary tailor it to your needs. I am gonna make something like medicat usb for myself but i will tailor it for my needs.
I still have several different versions on CD in my old (and hopefully never to be used again) CD case (it has a handle and holds 80 disks, was a lifesaver / everyday work tool back in the day), plus a USB DVD-Drive (and a couple of working SATA, and even ATA drives), plus many other CD's and DVD's from back in the day before booting from USB and installing/running things from USB was possible or realistic. It is amazing, shocking and stunning as to just how much has changed and how far we have come in just the last 20-years.! PS: Just subscribed.
What a great little tool all in one form or another, some recognizable from others. I remember having image files on DVD and CD's i've burned then it all got stolen, glad to know i can get it all back again all in one neat package.
I personally know the guy that makes this tool. It’s pretty good at that and very kind to share for free no profit or donations requested. Do him a favor and give him a thanks on the Gameboy community where he post it to download.
Just curious, since the tool seems interesting. How can it be free, when there's software as Killdisk, EaseUS applications (etc.), when they costs money? Do you have to subscripe to these yourself manually or are they cracked? I dont suppose he'll be able to like lent the software to us, or am I wrong?
Outstanding! I’ve been using Hirens Boot CD for as long as I can remember. My first one was 4. something. I can’t count the times that boot disk saved my bacon. This looks like an amazing bit of kit. I’m definitely adding this to my toolbox. Thanks for the great video.
I did not catch mention of the size of the download or the required USB size. For anyone else wondering, the download size as of December '23 is 22 GB. I would guess a minimum of a 64 GB USB would suffice for install. An ISO that we could boot from DroidDrive on our phones would be awesome and I expect with some tinkering is totally possible. Thanks for the tip on a cool tool!
Have you tried Sergei's Stelec Windows 8, 10, 11 PE? (Yes, it has 4 boot images: W8x86, W10x86x64,W11x64)... Natively compatible with UEFI and Non UEFI boot. Not so bundled as MediCAT, but still fit in a 8GB Flash Drive.
Those games are useful, as someone who did tech support and had to sit around waiting for progress bars to finish wishing there was some way to help pass the time.
That would a must for computer users, However the question is how sure are we that it doesnt have a malware embeded on the USB? If you can find a way to check that for malware, viruses please do share it with us.
This is from a very respected member of the community... Sure, there could still be a virus, but his goodwill and respect in the community is too high for him to consider risking it. And people have been scanning this for viruses from a long time. Nobody has yet found anything.
My antivirus/malware (windows defender) went crazy while installing this, with 5+ issues HackTool:Win64/Passview HackTool:Win32/ProductKey!MSR HackTool:Win32/Defendercontrol. etc.... It might make sense to turn off defender while installing...assuming you trust.
@@bfmvshinigami you know, medicat uses ventoy, and ventoy is quite suspicious because of the closed source blobs issue that is currently being investigated.
Windows 11 is a virus in itself. Forced updates the best example, deleting your files when it thinks it's a virus without your permission . You own nothing and have no rights. Continue on.
I agree with you. I was using Hiren's BootCD and live linux isos when it comes to resque files etc. I wanted to try out Medicat but it was pain in the a**! 1) Download size is too large. 2) It didn't load Win10 PE in my case. 3) I think there is not enough tools and programs . Sergei Strelec is best so far. I can even add more programs in to it.
When I was in IT the field techs had these flash drives, including images of all the PCs & Laptops we had deployed in our company. Our in office Helpdesk were able to do a network boot a remote PC into this image from their desk. Real TIME SAVER.
I Always used UBCD 4 Windows it is useful when it comes hard drive issues. Also Ghost Symantic. Its very old one but still useful. I can customize even I can put menu wallpaper or even your picture.
Thanks for sharing. I’m a Linux guy, so I use mostly Linux rescue isos, but I’m gonna spin this up so I’m ready when mom needs help! I can just add isos that I prefer. That being said, a great LINUX collection of rescue tools is long in the tooth - maybe I’ll get motivated. :)
Medicat Rescue has several linux isos and distros with tools as well...just fire it up...I run it on a 500GB ssd and add additional iso as I see fit besides what comes already with Medicat...its awesome...
@@quesengar yea; I noticed that it already had most of the rescue tools that I use. I did have some issues with adding folders, but got thru that too. Nice!
I'm wondering the same thing as some of those apps are not free so they must have been cracked. We have no way to know if their is a malicious trojan horse as it boots right from the device. I hear people saying that the one who created Medicat is trustworthy, but he has EaseUS software on their, etc. and that is a paid app.
I tried to create this Medicat usb and it was clearly a danger, I've never in my life seen so many trojans and malware packed into one place in my life. All virus databases say medicats is not safe, yet... why are youtubers pushing it like a great tool? I don't understand it. I'll just stick to the Hirens boot dvd, not this icky feeling, unsafe feeling, made by a greasy fat criminal looking... Medicats usb.
I no longer can find a good boot disk and UBCD can’t be found anymore either and could only find HBCD for a good toolkit. Wow thanx for this!! Well needed for a tech.
im a basic and maybe up to average user i find this video a little bit advanced info to digest but anyway its still interesting to explore these kind of topics for non it pc users.
This would've been handy a couple years ago - but now I'm in a more corporate job where, if anything goes wrong, we just reimage the device. But if the CEO loses data and we need to do more intensive stuff, I'll have this on my stick.
@@gtarules1Ransomware also tends to take Onedrive files into account, therefor it is important that you have an external backup provider for that (with snapshot support). When it comes to a network drive, I'm assuming a NAS, make sure it also supports snapshots. So you see, it all boils down to snapshots :)
@@frankfix247 If he is in a larger company, wouldnt they have like an RMM and a Rescue & Disaster Recovery or whatever its called. Didn't OneDrive fix that issue with ransomware encryption years back with a simple recover-function btw?
@@s1n802 I'm working for a company and have M365 global administrator-role, I've yet to see any function for protecting files in a Onedrive account. You have the embedded Personal Vault, which is more resistant to being prone to malware, but is not totally safe since it defaults to be open for 20 min. after unlocking it. We use Veeam for both machine and M365 backup/recovery. Highly recommended service with good support.
You break into a safe alarms will go off. Have other tools to monitor process. .. like some sort of tool that monitors stuff on your computer. It's like note pad, but it monitors all the process running on your machine. Sorry can't remember what this other tool for monitoring process that are running actively on your computer is. Maybe chatgpt knows.
The better way of doing this is using a tool that is a windowsPE that is actually safe and the name i think it was winbuilder and you cna customize what things to install on that PE
good content but it just imparts importance of doing backups - both os and data - with so many tools and so much complexity you may run into some issues like - is the os really fixed entirely? with an image of a clean install you never run into these issues - still a great to have to see what the repair ecosystem is like - all in wonder tools are great - why not just make it into an iso - maybe some other commenters can shed some light on this - just give me the iso
I'll have to give it a try but I remember that often times, a lot of the included utilities wouldn't do that much unless you bought the paid for versions. Some of them just didn't work at all.
EaseUS Partition Master works great for cloning OS drives among many other facilities it provides. I've been using it for years. I am an IT professional for over 35 years.
This looks amazing but maybe too much for most users. First there are too many apps that all do the same thing. It would be useful if you could pick and choose your favorites while installing. Second many of the tools are buried deep inside other tools/apps like those buried inside portable apps in mini windows 10.
The issue i was facing was windows ISO didn't boot i tried a bunch of them that they claim are tested but no luck at all .i just add them to ISO directory they start but stuck for ever .
@@quesengar converting iso to WIM was mentioned by someone in Cat forum but i didn't try it, i will keep use other multi boot USB disk for windows installation or made my own with mulitboot software
a user on the forum said this: Thursday at 8:47 PM #3,802 I came across this project from a UA-cam video who gave it a glowing review as an IT tool. I decided to take a look at the files before I installed it and it is full of malware. Yes, I know there's bound to be a few false positives b/c it contains password cracks, but it is far more than that. The files contain spy ware, exploits, viruses, and trojans. Why in the world would an IT tool contain spy ware and browser exploits in a help guide? Many of the files have been obfuscated in way that is used to hide from AV scanners. Do NOT go plugging this into your work computers unless you are trying to get yourself fired! If you want an IT tool build it yourself or buy it from a reputable company. Scan results attached.
I will suggest this to other friend. This will or is one of the best tool that we will have in IT industry rather bring may external hard drive for installations and file checking. 🥰
nice work... kinda reminds me of the old geek squad recovery tool, except it had multiple malware scanners that would run consecutively. perhaps you could implement something like that?
Probably because it has cr@cked apps, such as EaseUS apps, etc. Many of those softwares are paid. Also, a lot of system tweaker tools could be detected as threats or deemed dangerous.
I just built a MediCat USB repair drive on a cheap 30gb drive. It took 3 days for the build and verify to complete on my W11 system. I guess the cheap drive must be appallingly slow but three days seems a bit much. Anyhow, the Acronis utility then found unreadable sectors on a brand new 500gb Sovereca SSD I was diagnosing on my neighbour's brand new "gaming" computer. I thought SSDs were basically immune from bad sector reads, especially if new. They are sending a new SSD but I think this PC may be going back to Amazon.
I have my reservations about this tool. The moment the instructions on the Medicat Website ask you to disable your virus scanner "trojan alarms" tiger in my head.
@@scudsturm1 If it was OpenSource you can see the source code. I am just saying buyer, in this case down loader beware. Plenty of trojans have been downloaded with good intentions. I am not saying it's a bad tool or concept. What I am saying is be very careful. As a sys admin I will not deploy this in a corporate / production environment.
Cool utility. I always back my important files outside of the system on external usb, so my way of fixing my computer is just to reformat my drive and reinstall. But I can see how useful this would be for I.T. professionals.
You better off looking into a full backup solution like Acronis TrueImage, Macrium reflect etc. Way better than reformat and install all over and over again.
@@repairman2be250 both of those are good. Macrium comes with an option for self installation of the software needed bundled with the backup image for portability.
Is there a way to put ISO on it as well. For example a bunch of OS systems to download onto new computers if I wanted to? I use ventoy for that but would love for all these tools and additiona bootable ISO (Windows 10, 11, Linux min etc.)
@@linghuu2023 Right now I have a Ventoy USB with a few operating systems for fun. When i get old computers from work, i have options to run different systems in it. It also has a few recovery tools. But Mediacat seems much better for recovery. I think i will just keep one usb for operating systems and one as recovery.
Dont forget the Trinity Rescue Kit ;), not as comprehensive, but very useful if your windows password reset tool doesnt work (for whatever reason) TRK is my backup in that situation
Such "builds" likely, violate the licenses of most bundled software. Also, some of the apps can be plain cracked. For example, see the watermark at 5:55. Not sure if it is a good idea to advertice such utilities.
Awesome utility to have. Could you make a video in how to do it from Linux? It starts off on the correct drive but then everything goes somewhere else and not onto the selected drive.
What he doesnt show is the how massively infected with malware, trojans and viruses it is, a few might be false postives... But hundreds, HELL TO THE NO...
@@repairman2be250 to each there own and just cause it’s only 4gb doesn’t mean it sucks medicat tool has a bunch of garbage baked in that I don’t care for either.
A good review of this software BUT I cannot get it to install onto a USB stick using Ventoy or Rufus. It would have been good if you showed how to get the iso or whatever is needed to make the bootable drive.
It asks so because antivirus and the medicat can clash your antivirus can stop it from working this is why....the whole point off these things is refreshing your computer...your only turning it off for the time your using it then put back on you be fine
@@jshaw4757that's still highly suspicious :/ It has too many "false positives" to install with confidence. The Lock Picker program might attribute to some of the false positives, but what about the rest? They could easily be trying to trick people into thinking its safe to download by having such a vast amount of programs on it with malicious files hidden inside them (e.g. the games, multiple versions of ransomware recovery tools, cracked tools, etc). Once a malicious program is fully installed on your system, your anti-virus is not going to fair well against it. So if it actually does contain something bad, you won't be fine when you reenable your anti-virus. Giving a program free rein to do absolutely anything on your computer (e.g. disguise and embed itself in your registry) is a red flag, let alone multiple programs. Personally, I'm not touching it.
Ghost 2003 or version 8 was the last version of product line, after that Acronis took over. Are some of the tools came from companies that are questionable? I wouldn't use some of them.
Linus dropped his video where he covers Medicat as well as a number of other tools. The poor Medicat site is getting CRUSHED and the webmaster is currently at work and can do very little to resolve it.
I have to admit I tend to be a "Nuke it till it glows" tech. I CAN fix stuff, but over the years a a Wipe and reinstall is just so much easier - and faster. No, that is not the professional approach, and we all know that you ALWAYS miss data during the pre-nuke data collection. But unless it's for a special someone, I nuke first, ask questions later. Yes, I know all the reasons and have used all the toys to make systems work again without a reinstall. And when you're 25, thats fun. When you're 50 you can't be arsed with that shit - nuke it, reinstall, done - go see Jill at the pub. And yes, Jill is the one person I would actually take the time to fix her PC correctly... I know HOW to do it... I just can't be bothered...
It's also efficient, when I ran a repair shop , there was a point where it didn't make sense for my guys to spend anymorw time (which is $$$) trying to repair and OS that likely will still have problems. There is a point where the logical fix is to wipe it
The "games" made me laugh. Maybe there's a tech reason for some specific arbitrary issue that needs them, but sticking a few games for the bored admin is awesome.
I remember making a usb just like then when I was 11 years old it was a life saver I would use computer at school and reinstall windows since kids would uninstall windows
Great video. Does this have a way to remove the bios branding. When I boot my laptop it has the previous company owners name that displays on the screen, and from what I understand that’s called bias branding.
If you're an IT professional you're probably working in an enterprise environment where drives all are encrypted. Any repair, modify or backup utilities will be worthless.
I was literally about to say the same thing. I don't like services that openly pirate other software. At the very least, such software should be considered compromised and not to be trusted.
Which tools do you mean exactly? Also: a lot of tools have free versions with limitations - and some tools are free for personal use but have to be paid for if being used commercially. Therefore I have to assume that you falsely accuse someone of committing crimes.
"what about viruses". Get the system back up and running, then do a full scan with your normal protection. "What about the paid software without licenses". Shhhh. 😂
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This reminds me of the good old "Hiren's boot CD". Back in the day I carried that thing everywhere.
Still kickin'!
Fixed lsppy the other day with it lol
Still USE Hiren's DVD.And also the Geek Squad Official Boot Disc.
And you can put Hiren's in ventoy love it
I used Hiren's for years but then found "Sergei Strelec"! It is basically Hirens, plus a bunch more and being updated on the regular. It has been solid. Curious how Medicat compares. Great post!
One great thing about medicat is that you can remove all tools you don't use or you don't want to use and add tools you use. Since it utilizes Ventoy you can add any other tool you use but it's not included so you can literary tailor it to your needs. I am gonna make something like medicat usb for myself but i will tailor it for my needs.
I still have several different versions on CD in my old (and hopefully never to be used again) CD case (it has a handle and holds 80 disks, was a lifesaver / everyday work tool back in the day), plus a USB DVD-Drive (and a couple of working SATA, and even ATA drives), plus many other CD's and DVD's from back in the day before booting from USB and installing/running things from USB was possible or realistic. It is amazing, shocking and stunning as to just how much has changed and how far we have come in just the last 20-years.! PS: Just subscribed.
What a great little tool all in one form or another, some recognizable from others. I remember having image files on DVD and CD's i've burned then it all got stolen, glad to know i can get it all back again all in one neat package.
I personally know the guy that makes this tool. It’s pretty good at that and very kind to share for free no profit or donations requested. Do him a favor and give him a thanks on the Gameboy community where he post it to download.
Just curious, since the tool seems interesting. How can it be free, when there's software as Killdisk, EaseUS applications (etc.), when they costs money? Do you have to subscripe to these yourself manually or are they cracked? I dont suppose he'll be able to like lent the software to us, or am I wrong?
I'm sure he'll be nice and spare your bank info because he knows you so well.
All cracked. It is basically a bunch of pirated tools. Hiren is legit free software at least.
Outstanding! I’ve been using Hirens Boot CD for as long as I can remember. My first one was 4. something. I can’t count the times that boot disk saved my bacon. This looks like an amazing bit of kit. I’m definitely adding this to my toolbox. Thanks for the great video.
oh coool! Been on the IT career for over 25 years. Let me put in my tool belt :) Hello from Brookyn :)
I did not catch mention of the size of the download or the required USB size. For anyone else wondering, the download size as of December '23 is 22 GB. I would guess a minimum of a 64 GB USB would suffice for install.
An ISO that we could boot from DroidDrive on our phones would be awesome and I expect with some tinkering is totally possible.
Thanks for the tip on a cool tool!
32gb flashdrive is enough and maybe with write protect switch to prevent external attack such virus.
Have you tried Sergei's Stelec Windows 8, 10, 11 PE? (Yes, it has 4 boot images: W8x86, W10x86x64,W11x64)... Natively compatible with UEFI and Non UEFI boot.
Not so bundled as MediCAT, but still fit in a 8GB Flash Drive.
I still have my Hirens disk Utilities, but this does seem to be much more complete in a lot of different ways. Thank you for sharing.
Could you please elaborate your pov. It would be a great help...
"Giant thanks to Novaspirit for overloading the main file server. 28k hits in 7 days..." - A shoutout from the Medicat installer
Those games are useful, as someone who did tech support and had to sit around waiting for progress bars to finish wishing there was some way to help pass the time.
That would a must for computer users, However the question is how sure are we that it doesnt have a malware embeded on the USB? If you can find a way to check that for malware, viruses please do share it with us.
Thought malwarebytes was in it?
This is from a very respected member of the community... Sure, there could still be a virus, but his goodwill and respect in the community is too high for him to consider risking it.
And people have been scanning this for viruses from a long time. Nobody has yet found anything.
My antivirus/malware (windows defender) went crazy while installing this, with 5+ issues
HackTool:Win64/Passview
HackTool:Win32/ProductKey!MSR
HackTool:Win32/Defendercontrol.
etc....
It might make sense to turn off defender while installing...assuming you trust.
@@bfmvshinigami you know, medicat uses ventoy, and ventoy is quite suspicious because of the closed source blobs issue that is currently being investigated.
Windows 11 is a virus in itself. Forced updates the best example, deleting your files when it thinks it's a virus without your permission . You own nothing and have no rights. Continue on.
Always appreciate your content and the work you do. Thanks so much!!
Regarding unencrypting a Pc hit with ransomware, how do you determine which Decrypt to use?
Have you heard about Sergei Strelec? It is a very nice tool, I have been using it for the last 7 years at least, and it is the best I tried so far...
Use it myself.
I agree with you. I was using Hiren's BootCD and live linux isos when it comes to resque files etc. I wanted to try out Medicat but it was pain in the a**! 1) Download size is too large. 2) It didn't load Win10 PE in my case. 3) I think there is not enough tools and programs . Sergei Strelec is best so far. I can even add more programs in to it.
When I was in IT the field techs had these flash drives, including images of all the PCs & Laptops we had deployed in our company. Our in office Helpdesk were able to do a network boot a remote PC into this image from their desk. Real TIME SAVER.
Could you tell me more about doing a network boot a remote PC into this image from their desk?
waiting
@@gtarules1 "waiting" = 🤡
google on how to insert network boot address into custom firmware.
@@gtarules1still waiting?
Too much waiting bruh
I Always used UBCD 4 Windows it is useful when it comes hard drive issues. Also Ghost Symantic. Its very old one but still useful. I can customize even I can put menu wallpaper or even your picture.
Thanks for sharing. I’m a Linux guy, so I use mostly Linux rescue isos, but I’m gonna spin this up so I’m ready when mom needs help! I can just add isos that I prefer.
That being said, a great LINUX collection of rescue tools is long in the tooth - maybe I’ll get motivated. :)
is it possible to install a Linux System on a laptop that uses Win10 as an operating system?
@@nabilmajdi7672 yes
Medicat Rescue has several linux isos and distros with tools as well...just fire it up...I run it on a 500GB ssd and add additional iso as I see fit besides what comes already with Medicat...its awesome...
@@JoeLeeKha could you briefly tell me the difference between using Linux and Windows?
@@quesengar yea; I noticed that it already had most of the rescue tools that I use. I did have some issues with adding folders, but got thru that too. Nice!
This USB tool is incredible. Thanks to developers.
I'm a DLC user. 3.6 was most stable. I really like the media creation tools built in.
dlc much better
You didn't mention it, but "Spinrite" is one of the BEST repair/recovery tools out their! From Gibson Labs.
How "clean" is this utility? Anyone check to see if this "phones home"? for some of these not-free apps?
compile or build it yourself if u dont trust the source
@@ArthursHD Fool, its called false positive.
I'm wondering the same thing as some of those apps are not free so they must have been cracked. We have no way to know if their is a malicious trojan horse as it boots right from the device. I hear people saying that the one who created Medicat is trustworthy, but he has EaseUS software on their, etc. and that is a paid app.
I have this tools already, but manually copying them one by one on my flash drive..but this all in one is a great
I have never needed more than Hiren's boot CD... ever.
I tried to create this Medicat usb and it was clearly a danger, I've never in my life seen so many trojans and malware packed into one place in my life. All virus databases say medicats is not safe, yet... why are youtubers pushing it like a great tool? I don't understand it. I'll just stick to the Hirens boot dvd, not this icky feeling, unsafe feeling, made by a greasy fat criminal looking... Medicats usb.
Medicat's final size in USB Flash is 25 GB, and it does the same things with HirenbootCD with an ISO of 2.5 GB.
I like the way you explain the tools quick and effective
I no longer can find a good boot disk and UBCD can’t be found anymore either and could only find HBCD for a good toolkit. Wow thanx for this!! Well needed for a tech.
I loved it! thanks..as always , this channel is an incredible source of good info.
im a basic and maybe up to average user i find this video a little bit advanced info to digest but anyway its still interesting to explore these kind of topics for non it pc users.
This would've been handy a couple years ago - but now I'm in a more corporate job where, if anything goes wrong, we just reimage the device. But if the CEO loses data and we need to do more intensive stuff, I'll have this on my stick.
he should be saving in OneDrive or network drive lol
@@gtarules1Ransomware also tends to take Onedrive files into account, therefor it is important that you have an external backup provider for that (with snapshot support). When it comes to a network drive, I'm assuming a NAS, make sure it also supports snapshots. So you see, it all boils down to snapshots :)
@@frankfix247 If he is in a larger company, wouldnt they have like an RMM and a Rescue & Disaster Recovery or whatever its called. Didn't OneDrive fix that issue with ransomware encryption years back with a simple recover-function btw?
@@s1n802 I'm working for a company and have M365 global administrator-role, I've yet to see any function for protecting files in a Onedrive account. You have the embedded Personal Vault, which is more resistant to being prone to malware, but is not totally safe since it defaults to be open for 20 min. after unlocking it. We use Veeam for both machine and M365 backup/recovery. Highly recommended service with good support.
Awesome buffet of Tools a.k.a swiss knife ! Thanks for sharing this
What’s the source, and how has it been verified free of Trojan/RAT?
Got a trojan warning as soon as it downloaded and more when I unzipped it
It's filled with Trojans 🙃
It's giving bunch of trojan and virus error because most of them need for changing system files.
You break into a safe alarms will go off. Have other tools to monitor process. .. like some sort of tool that monitors stuff on your computer. It's like note pad, but it monitors all the process running on your machine. Sorry can't remember what this other tool for monitoring process that are running actively on your computer is. Maybe chatgpt knows.
The better way of doing this is using a tool that is a windowsPE that is actually safe and the name i think it was winbuilder and you cna customize what things to install on that PE
What your teaching I did 35 years ago, You got nothing new --- but keep it up !!!! it's all good
shut up kid
Have you tried Hiren's Boot CD or Ventoy?
They're both superb and CLEAN!
He mentioned both in the video. This tool is like Ventoy on steroids like he says 😎 but never tried it.
@@ACOnetwork This is actually a customized Ventoy.
@@dm1i thx. I've been using Ventoy for a year now, just 1 month ago bought 64GB flash key to accomidate all I need 😁
Ventoy is just a bootloader for booting any ISOs of your choice off a USB drive. You can use anything on top of it.
capacity needed for flash drive?? thank you
good content but it just imparts importance of doing backups - both os and data - with so many tools and so much complexity you may run into some issues like - is the os really fixed entirely? with an image of a clean install you never run into these issues - still a great to have to see what the repair ecosystem is like - all in wonder tools are great - why not just make it into an iso - maybe some other commenters can shed some light on this - just give me the iso
truth. Nothing nothing better than a solid backup. time tested. lol
I'll have to give it a try but I remember that often times, a lot of the included utilities wouldn't do that much unless you bought the paid for versions. Some of them just didn't work at all.
Nice! But what about licensing? Surely not all tools are 100% free?
shh shhhhhh... NGaF
@@tektel sure no one gives a flute... Until you're in a situation where you need that specific tool and it is sitting behind a paywall
For example, Ultra ISO is pre-activated. 🏴☠
Neither was Hirens
they are not
EaseUS Partition Master works great for cloning OS drives among many other facilities it provides. I've been using it for years. I am an IT professional for over 35 years.
Do you recommend Acronis or Aoemi Backupper?
This looks amazing but maybe too much for most users. First there are too many apps that all do the same thing. It would be useful if you could pick and choose your favorites while installing. Second many of the tools are buried deep inside other tools/apps like those buried inside portable apps in mini windows 10.
You don't install it, it's a live boot environment
Can this be put on a small USB SSD? Like a 512 GB m.2 in a USB 3.x case? That would be much faster as well as more durable.
yes
I do this already...if you go to large though you have disk partitioning issues but it still manageable...you just have to tweak ventoy settings first
The issue i was facing was windows ISO didn't boot i tried a bunch of them that they claim are tested but no luck at all .i just add them to ISO directory they start but stuck for ever .
@@jeanmichel9207 if I remember correctly windows iso or wim need special files however medicat puts those in their distribution...
@@quesengar converting iso to WIM was mentioned by someone in Cat forum but i didn't try it, i will keep use other multi boot USB disk for windows installation or made my own with mulitboot software
i wonder, why it is not provided as iso file (and simple creating usb boot drive with rufus tool for example).
That installer and the website itself really looks shady. That aside, thanks for sharing.
Cause it is :D
hey i worked hard to develop that site, please let me know how i can improve.
Looks like a girls bedroom.
a user on the forum said this: Thursday at 8:47 PM
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I came across this project from a UA-cam video who gave it a glowing review as an IT tool. I decided to take a look at the files before I installed it and it is full of malware. Yes, I know there's bound to be a few false positives b/c it contains password cracks, but it is far more than that. The files contain spy ware, exploits, viruses, and trojans. Why in the world would an IT tool contain spy ware and browser exploits in a help guide? Many of the files have been obfuscated in way that is used to hide from AV scanners. Do NOT go plugging this into your work computers unless you are trying to get yourself fired! If you want an IT tool build it yourself or buy it from a reputable company. Scan results attached.
@@RetroPillowcase Heh. Called it.
I will suggest this to other friend. This will or is one of the best tool that we will have in IT industry rather bring may external hard drive for installations and file checking. 🥰
nice work... kinda reminds me of the old geek squad recovery tool, except it had multiple malware scanners that would run consecutively. perhaps you could implement something like that?
windows defender goes nuts detecting hundreds of trojans, viruses and malware from this medicat usb installer. Didnt expect THAT MANY!
Probably because it has cr@cked apps, such as EaseUS apps, etc. Many of those softwares are paid. Also, a lot of system tweaker tools could be detected as threats or deemed dangerous.
That many though...
@@StayMadNobodycares yeah THAT many coz it has A LOT of apps
I have my own kit and essentially is just a very lightweight Linux medikit.
Does your kit have some tools like this ? Do you give the link for testing please
I just built a MediCat USB repair drive on a cheap 30gb drive. It took 3 days for the build and verify to complete on my W11 system. I guess the cheap drive must be appallingly slow but three days seems a bit much. Anyhow, the Acronis utility then found unreadable sectors on a brand new 500gb Sovereca SSD I was diagnosing on my neighbour's brand new "gaming" computer. I thought SSDs were basically immune from bad sector reads, especially if new. They are sending a new SSD but I think this PC may be going back to Amazon.
Afaik all storage media have bad sectors, even new ones.
I have my reservations about this tool. The moment the instructions on the Medicat Website ask you to disable your virus scanner "trojan alarms" tiger in my head.
if this is the case u shouldn't trust any source unless u compiled or build it yourself
These are false positives
@@scudsturm1 If it was OpenSource you can see the source code. I am just saying buyer, in this case down loader beware. Plenty of trojans have been downloaded with good intentions. I am not saying it's a bad tool or concept. What I am saying is be very careful. As a sys admin I will not deploy this in a corporate / production environment.
@@MrDanlinux obviously, there is this common therm, Never touch a running system
the other one is read the f ing manual
@@scudsturm1 You missed my point. Have a great day 😀.
THANKS !!! Can't seem find anywhere what size USB stick I need to hold All That ?
Cool utility. I always back my important files outside of the system on external usb, so my way of fixing my computer is just to reformat my drive and reinstall. But I can see how useful this would be for I.T. professionals.
You better off looking into a full backup solution like Acronis TrueImage, Macrium reflect etc. Way better than reformat and install all over and over again.
@@repairman2be250 both of those are good. Macrium comes with an option for self installation of the software needed bundled with the backup image for portability.
Thank you, I have been looking for one for a long time.
Next to HIRENS, this one seems more perfect.
More malware, more Trojans, and more viruses.
Is there a way to put ISO on it as well. For example a bunch of OS systems to download onto new computers if I wanted to? I use ventoy for that but would love for all these tools and additiona bootable ISO (Windows 10, 11, Linux min etc.)
Just divide the USB into 2 partions i guess? One for this, and one for Ventoy.
How about Ventoy ? Do you have many bootable like winxp, win 7, win 10 and Linux mint? I am looking it too
@@MellowDk I guess thats a good work around.
@@linghuu2023 Right now I have a Ventoy USB with a few operating systems for fun. When i get old computers from work, i have options to run different systems in it. It also has a few recovery tools. But Mediacat seems much better for recovery. I think i will just keep one usb for operating systems and one as recovery.
When he was showing the video, he showed that they were on there.
We dont defrag ssds, we TRIM them which pretty much just dumps "deleted" files in an efficient manor. Windows does it by default weekly.
Dont forget the Trinity Rescue Kit ;), not as comprehensive, but very useful if your windows password reset tool doesnt work (for whatever reason) TRK is my backup in that situation
Sergei Stelec is my favorite tool
Such "builds" likely, violate the licenses of most bundled software. Also, some of the apps can be plain cracked. For example, see the watermark at 5:55.
Not sure if it is a good idea to advertice such utilities.
Its already 2023. Many people are into piracy.
For a Windows client machine, does it work if the client drive has Bitlocker enabled? ... I would assume not?
Awesome utility to have. Could you make a video in how to do it from Linux? It starts off on the correct drive but then everything goes somewhere else and not onto the selected drive.
from Thailand,
I’m very excite this utility bootable usb !!!
Thank you so much for presentation 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Very impressive tool. Thanks for making this video!
What he doesnt show is the how massively infected with malware, trojans and viruses it is, a few might be false postives... But hundreds, HELL TO THE NO...
Thanks for the video ,so with an 8GB USB would be enough for all this? thanks
I personally use sergestrelec, medicat might be a good alternative.
I’ve been using them for I don’t even know how long. Decade or more it feels.
bro...did you scan this to see if there were any trojans?
You know this. When something seems too good to be true.
This is a good tool and also tutorial man. I used Dban a lot back in the days. I will start using ShredOS to wipe old hds. Thanks!
Definitely a tool to keep in your pocket
Awesome video! This thing is the freaking swiss knife of IT!
Nothing beats Sergei Strelec.
Don't know about that part, but I use it as well. And Strelec is only 4GB of download.
@@repairman2be250 to each there own and just cause it’s only 4gb doesn’t mean it sucks medicat tool has a bunch of garbage baked in that I don’t care for either.
A good review of this software BUT I cannot get it to install onto a USB stick using Ventoy or Rufus. It would have been good if you showed how to get the iso or whatever is needed to make the bootable drive.
This is very new and will be useful but why would you buys this when you can just use a regular usb and make your own version of this.
It's free, but I just find it suspicious that it requires you to turn off your anti-virus to install it..
awesome tool bro but can we use it Mini Windows 10 when your OS is running with Windows 11?
Yes
At the beginning of the Medicat Installation it tells me to switch off the Windows Defender Antivirus ....
Is it safe to do this ???
Not at all. :)
It asks so because antivirus and the medicat can clash your antivirus can stop it from working this is why....the whole point off these things is refreshing your computer...your only turning it off for the time your using it then put back on you be fine
@@jshaw4757that's still highly suspicious :/ It has too many "false positives" to install with confidence. The Lock Picker program might attribute to some of the false positives, but what about the rest? They could easily be trying to trick people into thinking its safe to download by having such a vast amount of programs on it with malicious files hidden inside them (e.g. the games, multiple versions of ransomware recovery tools, cracked tools, etc). Once a malicious program is fully installed on your system, your anti-virus is not going to fair well against it. So if it actually does contain something bad, you won't be fine when you reenable your anti-virus.
Giving a program free rein to do absolutely anything on your computer (e.g. disguise and embed itself in your registry) is a red flag, let alone multiple programs. Personally, I'm not touching it.
Ghost 2003 or version 8 was the last version of product line, after that Acronis took over. Are some of the tools came from companies that are questionable? I wouldn't use some of them.
I've had corrupt images with Acronis. Been using Macrium Reflect since and it's been great.
Which tool you are using for screen recording on boot up and while formatting the PC
Might be an inline capture card, video goes from one computer to through the capture then to the monitor
Probably booting a virtual pc. As it's a window in windows (or mac), just screen record an area or second monitor using any capture app.
Yeah, I hope he will answer how he has done it too
Great video as always, thank you. Can I install this Medicat ON an Yumi multiboot usb pendrive? 😅
Linus dropped his video where he covers Medicat as well as a number of other tools. The poor Medicat site is getting CRUSHED and the webmaster is currently at work and can do very little to resolve it.
What do you mean getting crushed?
@@Criticalmaze Quite literally DDoSed. So many people went to their site it crashed. Then they did it again on the WAN show too lol
I never knew about medicat tbh, im looking into implementing it but because it includes other recovery tools, theres so much redundant stuff.
@@renderedpixels4300 I know I sound dumb but can you tell me difference between this and ventoy usb?
@@Criticalmazethis uses ventoy, but extra features on top, basically it's ventoy + extra utilities in one usb
Thanks for providing this information. I'm curious... are the backup & recovery tools free or trial based?
I have been making and using a customised ubuntu live usb to do all of this for years all with tools that are free on linux
Can you suggest me the tools please?
Sorry if someone asked this already. Is this a specific USB device or can it be placed on any USB device?
I have to admit I tend to be a "Nuke it till it glows" tech. I CAN fix stuff, but over the years a a Wipe and reinstall is just so much easier - and faster. No, that is not the professional approach, and we all know that you ALWAYS miss data during the pre-nuke data collection. But unless it's for a special someone, I nuke first, ask questions later. Yes, I know all the reasons and have used all the toys to make systems work again without a reinstall. And when you're 25, thats fun. When you're 50 you can't be arsed with that shit - nuke it, reinstall, done - go see Jill at the pub. And yes, Jill is the one person I would actually take the time to fix her PC correctly... I know HOW to do it... I just can't be bothered...
Bro what 😂
It's also efficient, when I ran a repair shop , there was a point where it didn't make sense for my guys to spend anymorw time (which is $$$) trying to repair and OS that likely will still have problems. There is a point where the logical fix is to wipe it
@@Esphurwhat is this guy on about...
@@causeoflife4166 🤷
I know how to do it, I just don't want to. LOL-OK.
Just got around to viewing this video you did an excellent job. I love Medicat USB has another tool in the toolbox. Thank you!
The "games" made me laugh.
Maybe there's a tech reason for some specific arbitrary issue that needs them, but sticking a few games for the bored admin is awesome.
Awesome video! Too bad now there is no ISO to download anymore, and this USB has to be build from a script
I remember making a usb just like then when I was 11 years old it was a life saver I would use computer at school and reinstall windows since kids would uninstall windows
Uninstalling windows is too far. For trolling, I just changed the MOTD to be an ASCII middle finger for everyone in the lab xD
@@projector7141 The what? MOTD?
@@gtarules1MOTD - Message Of The Day.
Great video. Does this have a way to remove the bios branding. When I boot my laptop it has the previous company owners name that displays on the screen, and from what I understand that’s called bias branding.
I think Recova is supposed to be pronounced like a Bostonian would say "recover". Recovah.
The mini win doesn't work and I noticed a bunch of ads like adware after dl and install
If you're an IT professional you're probably working in an enterprise environment where drives all are encrypted. Any repair, modify or backup utilities will be worthless.
I don't. I work for the company that runs the chain of small offices, most of it using consumer grade equipment. IT encompasses a wide spectrum.
@@Juelz87 q7😅
I’m an IT professional since 1999 and I have multiple small bussiness that just run normal windows on normal laptops I also don’t have a boss 😂
8:33 probably to pass the time while other background processes are running.
I dunno man. A lot of those tools aren't free. This seems a bit dodgy. Not that I'm a saint myself when it comes to software but I'm just sayin'......
You ain't "saying" much....
I was literally about to say the same thing. I don't like services that openly pirate other software. At the very least, such software should be considered compromised and not to be trusted.
To be fair most of those apps have free tier versions with limited functionality
I've been using medicat to fix computers for years. Its free so you need to research more before you speak
Ease US is sketchy and would never use, trial is useless
I just had some grub issues this could probably have fixed. Wish I knew about this years ago lol Thanks man.
Alot of the tools are not free so how are they all bumbled into one nice package. Without paying. Seems a bit sus 🤔🤔🤔🧐
Which tools do you mean exactly? Also: a lot of tools have free versions with limitations - and some tools are free for personal use but have to be paid for if being used commercially.
Therefore I have to assume that you falsely accuse someone of committing crimes.
If it's anything like many other of these types of toolkits the programs are shareware and pretty much useless.
Some people are beyond PAINFUL...FFS..
Does it have a linux distro with zfs support for recovery purposes?
no but you can add a VHD with one installed.
Ugh, I wish it had a direct ISO download … so I could just pop it on to my IODD ST400
Direct iso download ? What is?
@@laboratorioassembler iso file for burning to cd/usb
SOME OLD TOOLS ARE GOLD
To install Medicat, your USB drive needs to be 32GB, and needs to be USB3.0 not USB2.0 - just a heads up.
What's the malware hidden that defender picks up?
"what about viruses". Get the system back up and running, then do a full scan with your normal protection.
"What about the paid software without licenses". Shhhh. 😂
Try scanning a medicat USB with another Medicat USB for viruses haha
@@Rightly_Divided😂😂