When comparing DBAN vs System Rescue CD, the Slant community recommends System Rescue CD for most people. In the question“What are the must have rescue live systems to have on a USB pendrive?” System Rescue CD is ranked 1st while DBAN is ranked 6th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free
DBAN is free for personal use. (The free version of course is not the same as the paid one, in terms of functionality.)
Pro It's UEFI compatible and often updated
Pro Cross-platform
System Rescue CD can troubleshoot both Windows and Linux systems.
Pro Supports a lot of file systems
System Rescue CD supports quite a lot of different file systems, including network file systems (like NFS).
Cons
Con Only use is completely erasing a hard drive
Con Went through a bad OS migration
Dropped all useful features when it migrated from Gentoo to Arch. has been mostly useless for a few years now.
Con Not very user friendly
Sometimes graphically-challenged machines will force System Rescue CD into a text-only mode which can be a bit of a challenge to use.