It was designed by a team led by François Dupoux, and is based on Arch Linux since version 6.0.

[9] SystemRescue is capable of graphics using the Linux framebuffer option for tools such as GParted.

It has options such as connecting to the Internet through an ADSL modem or Ethernet and graphical web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox.

The CD can also boot from a customized DVD which has almost 4.6 GB of free space for backed-up files.

This makes it good for storing all the information that is needed from a hard drive and then formatting it.