The "2017" in the name signifies the peak era of this tool's popularity, a time when Windows 7 and Windows 10 were the dominant operating systems, and the need for portable, cross-platform troubleshooting tools was at an all-time high.
For system administrators in 2017, HKBoot was the "Holy Grail" of recovery tools. Here is why it was so highly regarded: HKBoot 2017 - Windows Live USB -By Huang Contro...
Because HKBoot 2017 was stripped of the bloatware found in standard Windows installations, it was incredibly fast. It could boot from a USB 3.0 drive in under a minute and ran entirely from the RAM (Once loaded), ensuring that the USB drive didn't become a bottleneck during intense operations. The "2017" in the name signifies the peak
USB 3.0/3.1 compatibility for faster data transfer during recovery. 3. Integrated Toolset It could boot from a USB 3