Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 10

Important

Extended support for MDOP ends on April 14, 2026. For more information, see Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) support extended.

Documentation for previous versions of MDOP is available with the Windows previous versions documentation.

Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) 10 lets you diagnose and repair a computer that can't be started or that has problems starting as expected. By using DaRT 10, you can recover end-user computers that are unusable, diagnose probable causes of issues, and quickly repair unbootable or locked-out computers. When it's necessary, you can also quickly restore important lost files and detect and remove malware, even when the computer isn't online.

DaRT 10 lets you create a DaRT recovery image in International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Windows Imaging (WIM) file formats and burn the image to a CD, DVD, or USB. You can then use the recovery image files and deploy them locally or to a remote partition or a recovery partition.

DaRT 10 is an important part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP). It's a dynamic solution available to Software Assurance customers that helps reduce software installation costs, enables delivery of applications as services, and helps manage and control enterprise desktop environments.