MonkeyTool is a text-based Linux distribution made for system recovery. It may be booted for example from an optical drive or a USB device.

NOTICE: MonkeyTool is no longer maintained. The latest versions of Arch Linux work just as well for system recovery.

Features

• Memtest86+, x86test
• Mount filesystems for reading and writing
• Hard drive partitioning
• Hardware testing and debugging
• Recover Windows passwords and registry (chntpw)

Download

• 32-bit build: MonkeyTool-4b30e9e-i686.iso (183 MB, commit 4b30e9e)
• 64-bit build: MonkeyTool-7aeac54-x86_64.iso (192 MB, commit 7aeac54)
• Hybrid build: MonkeyTool-7aeac54-hybrid.iso (373 MB, commit 7aeac54)
• Source: http://git.ape3000.com/MonkeyTool.git/
• Building requires Arch Linux. If you are not running one, you could use a virtual machine.

Screenshots

TODO

• Add any useful applications
• However, I want to keep the image size under 300 MB.

License

The scripts for building MonkeyTool are licensed under the ISC license. Please note that the software that will be packed into the image is under the copyright of it's respectful copyright holders.

Contact

If you have any feedback, questions, patches or just anything, please contact me with email: ape@ape3000.com