A few weeks ago at the local user group meeting (MUGOO - Ottawa Ontario), as part of a presentation on Boot Camp and Parallels, the presenter asked the question: Who here thinks I can boot this Intel-based Mac using an emergency CD designed for Windows machines?
We were pretty dubious, but in the end we saw it happen. As I recall, it was the "Ultimate Boot CD for Windows" that we actually saw demoed. Of course, like any time you boot off CD, it was very slow. It was pretty amazing that it worked at all, though. Here's a bit more info on the Windows emergency CDs. I don't know of the state of Intel-compatible disaster recovery software for the Mac -- the market may be difficult with good free competition.
The designers of these packages don't seem to know that they might work on Intel Macs, so don't expect much support. Plus the disk fixing/backup software isn't designed for Mac files systems. But after all else has failed, they might help.

