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Kits
Ready-made bundles of images for one job — what the nine kits contain and how Download all works.
A kit is a curated bundle of images for one job. Instead of working out which four tools you need to rescue a dead PC, you open Rescue & Recover and the list is already made.
Kits live in the Catalog, in a rail near the top labelled Kits — Ready-made bundles for a job. Everything about them is free; they’re a way of reading the catalog, not a separate product.
The nine kits
| Kit | For | Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Rescue & Recover | A PC that won’t start, or files you’ve lost. Rescue the system, repair the bootloader, recover or clone data. | 7 |
| Linux Starter | Trying Linux for the first time. Friendly desktops to boot live and install. | 5 |
| Wipe & Sell | Erasing a drive for good before you sell, donate or recycle the machine. | 3 |
| Hardware Doctor | Working out why a PC is unstable. Test the RAM, check the disks, stress the hardware. | 5 |
| Old PC Revival | Making an old or slow computer useful again with lightweight desktops. | 5 |
| Windows Admin Rescue | Fixing a broken Windows PC. Bootloader repair, offline malware scans, password resets, disk work. | 5 |
| Forensics & Security | Penetration testing and digital forensics, plus anonymous browsing. | 5 |
| Homelab Day | Standing up a home lab: virtualization host, network storage, firewall/router, server base. | 4 |
| Retro Arcade | Turning a spare PC into a retro gaming machine, for games you own. | 3 |
Inside a kit
Tap one and you get What’s inside: every image in the kit, each with a line explaining why it’s there. A summary above gives the tool count, how many of them download directly, and the total size.
Some members are marked Optional. They’re alternatives or extras rather than part of the core set, so you can skip them and the kit still does its job.
Tap any member to open its full catalog entry. Going back returns you to the kit rather than dumping you at the top of the catalog.
Download all
Download all queues the kit in one action. The hint on the button says what actually happens:
Direct images download automatically; open-page tools you fetch from their official sites.
That split isn’t arbitrary. Some publishers distribute through their own site rather than a stable direct link, so those entries carry an Open page action instead. BootForge never mirrors anyone’s files, so for those you’re sent to the publisher.
Downloading in the app is a Pro feature, and Download all uses the same one. Browsing kits, reading what’s in them, and opening each publisher’s official page are free — the same as the rest of the catalog. You can build any kit by hand for nothing.
After downloading
Kit images land in your library or straight on the drive, depending on your download destination, and are checksum-verified like any other download. From there, copy them to a prepared drive — see Copying images to the drive. There’s no special kit format on the drive; the boot menu just shows the images.