SystemRescueCd是一份可启动光盘Linux系统，它用于在崩溃后修复系统及数据。它的另一个目标是为在你的计算机上完成管理任务提供方便，例如创建和修改硬盘分区。它包含了大量的系统实用工具（parted、partimage、fstools等）及基本软件（编辑器、midnight commander，网络工具）。它面向易用性，只要从光盘引导你就可以做任何事情了。其内核支持大多数最重要的文件系统（ext2/ext3、 reiserfs、xfs、jfs、vfat、ntfs、iso9660），以及网络系统（samba和nfs）。SystemRescueCd基于 Gentoo LiveCd。
SystemRescueCd 1.0.3, a Gentoo-based live CD designed for disk partitioning and data rescue tasks, has been released. From the changelog: "Updated the default kernel to Linux 2.6.25.4 with Reiser4; updated the alternative kernel to Linux 2.6.24.7 with Reiser4; switched from Unionfs to Aufs (another union file system); boot from network via PXE or with docache now works with as little as 256 MB of RAM; updated the btrfs file system support to 0.14 (kernel patch and utilities); updated the graphical environment to xorg-server version 1.4; updated NTFS-3G to 1.2506 (NTFS full read and write support); updated GParted to 0.3.7; improved fonts in the graphical environment (X.Org and Xvesa); added support for 256-byte inode in ext3 file system in GRUB 0.97; added a PDF viewer (ePDFView); fixed shell problem with the serial console." : systemrescuecd-x86-1.0.3.iso (191MB, ).