User:GSMR/Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset

The Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (generally abbreviated as MSDaRT) is a WinPE-based recovery suite for Microsoft Windows operating systems. As with most repair environments, it is entirely run from CD and DVD drives as a bootable operating system. Portions of this suite, including the ERD Commander, were produced by Winternals, but ownership of this product was transferred to Microsoft with its full acquisition of the former company.

This environment includes an offline Registry Editor for the OS being repaired, a crashdump analyzer, Windows Explorer, SFC Scan, and Locksmith, which allows for any password, including the Administrator password, to be changed without previous knowledge of any of these passwords.