[ale] custom LIve CD

[jrtroberts]

I have recently started working very part time as a PC Repair Tech at US 
Gaming Arena in Roswell.  While I was there I saw that they were using a 
hodge podge of tools for working on PCs.  My first day I had to fix a 
computer with a bad hard drive.  All their cd based tools were not 
working, so I used an Ubuntu live cd and with some work fixed the 
problem.  I used a tool called ddrescue to do a bit copy of the damaged 
drive on to a new one and went from there.

While I was doing this work I thought it would be a great idea to build 
a custom live CD for PC repair.  There may already be one available; 
however, I would like to learn how to build on myself.  I was thinking 
that running one the boxes as the desktop environment and using a super 
like weight distro like Puppy linux or something would work.

Long story short,  would anyone be able to help me put this together?
I would like help learning about different PC diagnostic tools and PC 
repair tools for Linux.  Most of the computers that are coming in are 
Windows based, presumably because most PC and Laptop users who utilize 
linux already know how to fix a computer.  So the LIve CD would be very 
windows centric in nature if possible, but otherwise focused on General 
PC repair.  I also did not know if Linux would be a good tool from 
troubleshooting MAC issues.

Thanks everyone,

Joshua.