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When comparing MediCat USB vs System Rescue CD, the Slant community recommends System Rescue CD for most people. In the question“What are the best system rescue discs for Windows?” System Rescue CD is ranked 3rd while MediCat USB is ranked 6th.
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Main UsageAIO Windows Rescue Package
Main UsageAIO Rescue Package
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Pros
Pro Has ability to add other ISO to boot from
Pro Lots of options, multi boot other ISO's of all types
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 Some things do not function
Con Pretty large to be a bootable disk, but you got plethora of useful tools
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.