Manipulates, saves and restores the Master Boot Record on a drive.
HDHacker is a free program that was created in order to save and restore the Master Boot Record (MBR) of a hard drive and editing the Boot Sector from a logical drive. It's useful for preparing your system to run other operating systems such as Linux.
The interface of HDHacker is pretty easy-to-understand and features the ability to work with any storage media connected to a PC. The functions are organized into two sections: Read commands and write commands.
HDHacker can read sector from disk, load sector from disk, save sector to file and write sector to file. These commands are complimented by the option of selecting a drive and selecting a sector.
The program is standalone and portable, meaning installation is not necessary as HDHacker can be run without installation;
Features of HDHACKER
- Backup and Restore: Safeguard your important data by creating backups and restoring them effortlessly.
- Command-Line Support: Access advanced features and functions through a command-line interface.
- Data Backup and Migration: Seamlessly transfer data between different storage devices or systems.
- Disk Cloning: Clone entire disks or selected partitions for data duplication or system migration.
- Disk Testing: Perform extensive testing of disk surfaces to identify and resolve disk errors.
- Drive Wiping: Permanently erase sensitive data from disks, ensuring secure data disposal.
- File Recovery: Recover lost or accidentally deleted files from formatted or damaged drives.
- File System Analysis: Analyze and examine file system structures for troubleshooting and data recovery purposes.
- Hex Editor: View and modify disk data in hexadecimal format, enabling low-level disk manipulation.
- Master Boot Record (MBR) Tools: Manage, backup and restore MBR to ensure system bootability.
- Partition Manager: Manage and manipulate disk partitions with ease, including resizing, creating and deleting partitions.
- Password Recovery: Retrieve lost passwords from various Windows applications and operating systems.
- Portable Application: Use HDHACKER conveniently on the go with its portable application format.
- User-Friendly Interface: Enjoy an intuitive and user-friendly interface that simplifies disk editing and management tasks.
- Versatile Disk Editor: Edit, analyze and modify disk sectors, including MBR, boot sectors and file systems.
Compatibility and License
HDHACKER is provided under a freeware license on Windows from hard disk partition software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 1.6.5 is the latest version last time we checked.
Dimio accepts donations for the continued development of this free software.
What version of Windows can HDHACKER run on?
HDHACKER can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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