Porteus

Porteus USB just requires toor. No need to worry how partition is mounted. But really IMHO Porteus not needed, any rescue disk should do the trick. Encrypt disk with something like TrueCrypt for peace of mind, maybe 8)

Wow. Breaking news.
In the old days when the first ubuntu release came out i used the cd for similar things.
Since windows xp crashed a lot i used ubuntu live cd to copy data to an external HDD and to make backups.
Of course also works with a windows PE cd / USB.
Nowadays i prepared some USB sticks with aomei backupper, lazesoft recovery (includes a very good PE maker) and aomei PE builder. Another USB stick holds clonezilla.

Some wise words from James Bond himself, from one of my games where it involved a computer hacking mission: "Anything can be penetrated with the proper tool."

I wouldn't worry about it though. It all comes down to how and who uses the tool. I think... Porteus is just an awesome os that kept my daily failed laptop computering alive for me though.

This citation, is it from James Bond or Donald Trump? 8)

moved this topic to general chat > seemed more appropriate..
on topic: linux(based OSs) are powerful tools capable of good or evil or pointless even..
and not invulnerable.. but its open source nature encourages speedy fixes..

Is our newest kernel 4.8.7 Dirty COW vulnerable?