SystemRescue
Arch-based live system for disk repair, imaging, and data recovery
SystemRescue has no official, structured tool listing we can auto-sync (unlike Kali, BlackArch, REMnux, and Tails). The tools below are maintained by hand and may be incomplete or outdated — check the official docs for the current tool set.
Last verified September 5, 2026
SystemRescue is a general system-repair and rescue distribution — not pentest-focused — but its bundled data-recovery and disk-imaging tooling (TestDisk, PhotoRec, GParted, ddrescue) gives it a legitimate niche in forensic acquisition and incident-response workflows, alongside CAINE and SIFT.
Use it only against systems/media you own or are explicitly authorized to access — see the disclaimer.
Notable bundled toolsmanually maintained
ddrescue
Data recovery and protection tool
gparted
GNOME partition editor
testdisk
Partition scanner and disk recovery tool
Getting started
SystemRescue ships as a bootable ISO (also installable to a USB stick) and boots into a lightweight Xfce desktop or a text console. Its own "detailed package list" is a flat, alphabetical dump of every Arch package on the image — including ordinary system libraries with no security relevance and no per-package description or link — so it isn't a source this site can sync from; the notable tools above were cross-checked by hand instead. The official manual covers boot options, network configuration, and its bundled disk/partition/data- recovery toolset.