Partition Tools

Partition Magic Pro 8.05

Best software to partition hard drive

Acronis Disk Director 10.0.2160

Por disk management functions in a single suite

Paragon Partition Manager 7.0.1274

Universal tool for partitions

Partition Commander 9.01

The safe way to partition your hard drive,with undo feature

Ranish Partition Manager 2.44

a boot manager and hard disk partitioner

The Partition Resizer 1.3.4

move and resize your partitions in one step and more

Smart Fdisk 2.05

a simple harddisk partition manager

SPecial Fdisk 2000.03t

SPFDISK a partition tool

eXtended Fdisk 0.9.3

XFDISK allows easy partition creation and edition

GDisk 1.1.1

Complete replacement for the DOS FDISK utility and more

Super Fdisk 1.0

Create, delete, format partitions drives without destroying data

Partition Table Editor 8.0

Partition Table and Boot Record Editor

Backup Tools

ImageCenter 5.6 (Drive Image 2002)

Best software to clone hard drive

Norton Ghost 11.5

Similar to Drive Image (with usb/scsi support)

Acronis True Image 8.1.945

Create an exact disk image for complete system backup and disk cloning

Partition Saving 3.71

A tool to backup/restore partitions. (SavePart.exe)

COPYR.DMA Build013

A Tool for making copies of hard disks with bad sectors

DriveImageXML 2.02

backup any drive/partition to an image file, even if the drive is currently in use

Drive SnapShot 1.39

creates an exact Disk Image of your system into a file while windows is running

Ghost Image Explorer 11.5

to add/remove/extract files from Ghost image file

DriveImage Explorer 5.0

to add/remove/extract files from Drive image file

WhitSoft File Splitter 4.5a

a Small File Split-Join Tool

Express Burn 4.25

CD/DVD Burner Program to create and record CDs/DVDs, also create/burn .iso and .nrg images

Smart Driver Backup 2.12

Easy backup of your Windows device drivers (also works from PE)

Double Driver 1.0

Driver Backup and Restore tool

DriverBackup! 1.0.3

Another handy tool to backup drivers

Recovery Tools

Active Partition Recovery 3.0

To Recover a Deleted partition

Active Uneraser 3.0

To recover deleted files and folders on FAT and NTFS systems

Ontrack Easy Recovery Pro 6.10

To Recover data that has been deleted/virus attack

Winternals Disk Commander 1.1

more than just a standard deleted-file recovery utility

TestDisk 6.10

Tool to check and undelete partition

Lost & Found 1.06

a good old data recovery software

DiyDataRecovery Diskpatch 2.1.100

An excellent data recovery software

Prosoft Media Tools 5.0 v1.1.2.64

Another excellent data recovery software with many other options

PhotoRec 6.10

File and pictures recovery Tool

Winsock 2 Fix for 9x

to fix corrupted Winsock2 information by poorly written Internet programs

XP TCP/IP Repair 1.0

Repair your Windows XP Winsock and TCP/IP registry errors

Active Undelete 5.5

a tool to recover deleted files

Restoration 3.2.13

a tool to recover deleted files

GetDataBack for FAT 2.31

Data recovery software for FAT file systems

GetDataBack for NTFS 2.31

Data recovery software for NTFS file systems

Recuva 1.24.399

Restore deleted files from Hard Drive, Digital Camera Memory Card, usb mp3 player

Partition Find and Mount 2.3.1

Partition Find and Mount software is designed to find lost or deleted partitions

Unstoppable Copier 4b

Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors

scratches or that just give errors when reading data

Testing Tools

System Speed Test 4.78

it tests CPU, harddrive, ect

PC-Check 6.5

Easy to use hardware tests

Ontrack Data Advisor 5.0

Powerful diagnostic tool for assessing the condition of your computer

The Troubleshooter 7.02

all kind of hardware testing tool

PC Doctor 2004

a benchmarking and information tool

CPU/Video/Disk Performance Test 5.7

a tool to test cpu, video, and disk

Test Hard Disk Drive 1.0

a tool to test Hard Disk Drive

Disk Speed1.0

Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool

S&M Stress Test 1.9.1

cpu/hdd/memory benchmarking and information tool, including temperatures/fan speeds/voltages

Monitor Tester 1.0

Allows you to test CRT/LCD/TFT screens for dead pixels and diffective screens

RAM (Memory) Testing Tools

GoldMemory 5.07

RAM Test utility

Memtest86+ 2.11

PC Memory Test

MemTest 1.0

a Memory Testing Tool

Hard Disk Tools

Hard Disk Diagnostic Utilities

Seagate Seatools Graphical v2.13b

SeaTools for Dos 1.10

Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools 11.2

Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.04f

Maxtor PowerMax 4.23

Maxtor amset utility 4.0

Maxtor(or any Hdd) Low Level Formatter 1.1

Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 7.00

Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0

Samsung HDD Utility(HUTIL) 2.10

Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28

Samsung The Drive Diagnostic Utility (ESTOOL) 2.11

IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.14

IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.11

Gateway GwScan 5.12

ExcelStor's ESTest 4.50

MHDD 4.6

WDClear 1.30

Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b

HDD Regenerator 1.51

to recover a bad hard drive

HDAT2 4.53

main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for detected devices

Ontrack Disk Manager 9.57

Disk Test/Format/Maintenance tool

Norton Disk Doctor 2002

a tool to repair a damaged disk, or to diagnose your hard drive

Norton Disk Editor 2002

a powerful disk editing, manual data recovery tool

Hard Disk Sentinel 0.04

Hard Disk health, performance and temperature monitoring tool

Active Kill Disk 4.1

Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive

SmartUDM 2.00

Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer

Victoria 3.33e and 3.52rus

a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics

HDD Erase 4.0

Secure erase using a special feature built into most newer hard drives

HDD Scan 3.1

This is a Low-level HDD diagnostic tool, it scans surface find bad sectors etc

HDTune 2.55

Hard disk benchmarking and information tool

Data Shredder 1.0

A tool to Erase disk and files (also wipe free space) securely

System Information Tools

Aida16 2.14

a system information tool, extracts details of all components of the PC

PCI and AGP info Tool (0903)

The PCI System information & Exploration tool

System Analyser 5.3u

View extensive information about your hardware

Navratil Software System Information 0.60.32

High-end professional system information tool

Astra 5.41

Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant

HWiNFO 5.2.5

a powerful system information utility

PC-Config 9.33

Complete hardware detection of your computer

SysChk 2.46

Find out exactly what is under the hood of your PC

CPU Identification utility 1.16

Detailed information on CPU (CHKCPU.EXE)

CTIA CPU Information 2.7

another CPU information tool

Drive Temperature 1.0

Hard Disk Drive temperature meter

PC Wizard 2008.1.871

Powerful system information/benchmark utility designed especially for detection of hardware

SIW 2009-02-24

Gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings

CPU-Z 1.50

It gathers information on some of the main devices of your system

PCI 32 Sniffer 1.4 (0903)

device information tool (similar to unknown devices)

Unknown Devices 1.2 (0903)

helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are

MBR (Master Boot Record) Tools

MBRWork 1.07b

a utility to perform some common and uncommon MBR functions

MBR Tool 2.2.100

backup, verify, restore, edit, refresh, remove, display, re-write

DiskMan4

all in one tool for cmos, bios, bootrecord and more

BootFix Utility

Run this utility if you get 'Invalid system disk'

MBR SAVE / RESTORE 2.1

BootSave and BootRest tools to save / restore MBR

Boot Partition 2.60

add Partition in the Windows NT/2000/XP Multi-boot loader

Partition Table Doctor 3.5

a tool to repair/nonmodify mbr, bootsector, partition table

Smart Boot Manager 3.7.1

a multi boot manager

Bootmagic 8.0

This tool is for multi boot operating systems

MBRWizard 2.0b

Directly update and modify the MBR (Master Boot Record)

BIOS / CMOS Tools

CMOS 0.93

CMOS Save / Restore Tool

BIOS Cracker 4.8

BIOS password remover (cmospwd)

BIOS Cracker 1.4

BIOS password remover (cmospwc)

BIOS Utility 1.35.0

BIOS Informations, password, beep codes and more

!BIOS 3.20

a powerfull utility for bios and cmos

DISKMAN4

a powerful all in one utility

UniFlash 1.40

bios flash utility

Kill CMOS

a tiny utility to wipe cmos

Award DMI Configuration Utility 2.43

DMI Configuration utility for modifying/viewing the MIDF contents

MultiMedia Tools

Picture Viewer 1.94

Picture viewer for dos, supports more then 40 filetypes

QuickView Pro 2.58

movie viewer for dos, supports many format including divx

MpxPlay 1.56

a small Music Player for dos

Password Tools

Active Password Changer 3.0.420

To Reset User Password on windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (FAT/NTFS)

Offline NT/2K/XP Password Changer

utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password

Registry Reanimator 1.02

Check and Restore structure of the Damaged Registry files of NT/2K/XP

NTPWD

utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password

Registry Viewer 4.2

Registry Viewer/Editor for Win9x/Me/NT/2K/XP

ATAPWD 1.2

Hard Disk Password Utility

Content Advisor Password Remover 1.0

It Removes Content Advisor Password from Internet Explorer

Password Renew 1.1

Utility to (re)set windows passwords

WindowsGate 1.1

Enables/Disables Windows logon password validation

WinKeyFinder 1.73

Allows you to View and Change Windows XP/2003 Product Keys, backup and restore

activation related files, backup Microsoft Office 97, 2000 SP2, XP/2003 keys etc

XP Key Reader 2.7

Can decode the XP-key on Local or Remote systems

ProduKey 1.35

Recovers lost the product key of your Windows/Office

Wireless Key View 1.20

Recovers all wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer by WZC

NTFS (FileSystems) Tools

NTFS Dos Pro 5.0

To access ntfs partitions from Dos

NTFS 4 Dos 1.9

To access ntfs partitions from Dos

Paragon Mount Everything 3.0

To access NTFS, Ext2FS, Ext3FS partitions from dos

NTFS Dos 3.02

To access ntfs partitions from Dos

EditBINI 1.01

to Edit boot.ini on NTFS Partition

Browsers / File Managers

Volkov Commander 4.99

Dos File Manager with LongFileName/ntfs support

(Similar to Norton Commander)

Dos Command Center 5.1

Classic dos-based file manager

File Wizard 1.35

a file manager - colored files, drag and drop copy, move, delete etc

File Maven 3.5

an advanced Dos file manager with high speed PC-to-PC file

transfers via serial or parallel cable

FastLynx 2.0

Dos file manager with Pc to Pc file transfer capability

LapLink 5.0

the smart way to transfer files and directories between PCs

Dos Navigator 6.4.0

Dos File Manager, Norton Commander clone but has much more features

Mini Windows 98

Can run from Ram Drive, with ntfs support

Added 7-Zip, Disk Defragmenter, Notepad / RichText Editor

Image Viewer, .avi .mpg .divx .xvid Movie Player, etc

Mini Windows Xp

Portable Windows Xp that runs from CD/USB/Ram Drive, with Network and SATA support

7-Zip 4.65

File Manager/Archiver Supports 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS formats

Off By One Browser 3.5d

an independent web browser that runs completely self- contained

Other Tools

Ghost Walker 11.5

utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP

DosCDroast beta 2

Dos CD Burning Tools

Universal TCP/IP Network 6.4

MSDOS Network Client to connect via TCP/IP to a Microsoft based

network. The network can either be a peer-to-peer or a server based

network, it contains 91 different network card drivers

NewSID 4.10

utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP

Registry Editor PE 0.9c

Easy editing of remote registry hives and user profiles

Dos Tools

USB CD-Rom Driver 1

Standard usb_cd.sys driver for cd drive

Universal USB Driver 2

Panasonic v2.20 ASPI Manager for USB mass storage

ASUSTeK USB Driver 3

ASUS USB CD-ROM Device Driver Version 1.00

SCSI Support

SCSI Drivers for Dos

SATA Support

SATA Driver (gcdrom.sys) and JMicron JMB361 (xcdrom.sys) for Dos

1394 Firewire Support

1394 Firewire Drivers for Dos

Interlnk support at COM1

To access another computer from COM port

Interlnk support at LPT1

To access another computer from LPT port

and too many great dos tools

very good collection of dos utilities

extract.exe pkzip.exe pkunzip.exe unrar.exe rar.exe

ace.exe lha.exe gzip.exe uharcd.exe mouse.com

attrib.com deltree.exe xcopy.exe diskcopy.com imgExtrc.exe

undelete.com edit.com fdisk.exe fdisk2.exe fdisk3.exe

lf.exe delpart.exe wipe.com zap.com format.com

move.exe more.com find.exe hex.exe debug.exe

split.exe mem.exe mi.com sys.com smartdrv.exe

xmsdsk.exe killer.exe share.exe scandisk.exe scanreg.exe

guest.exe doskey.exe duse.exe biosdtct.exe setver.exe

intersvr.exe interlnk.exe loadlin.exe lfndos.exe doslfn.com

Cleaners

SpaceMonger 1.4

keeping track of the free space on your computer

WinDirStat 1.1.2.80

a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Windows

CCleaner 2.17.853

Crap Cleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool

Optimizers

PageDfrg 2.32

System file Defragmenter For NT/2k/XP

NT Registry Optimizer 1.1j

Registry Optimization for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista

DefragNT 1.9

This tool presents the user with many options for disk defragmenting

JkDefrag 3.36

Free disk defragment and optimize utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista

Process Tools

IB Process Manager 1.04

a little process manager for 9x/2k, shows dll info etc

Process Explorer 11.33

shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded

Pocket KillBox 2.0.0.978

can be used to get rid of files that stubbornly refuse to allow you to delete them

Unlocker 1.8.7

This tool can delete file/folder when you get this message - Cannot delete file:

Access is denied, The file is in use by another program etc

CurrPorts 1.60

displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your computer

Startup Tools

Autoruns 9.39

Displays All the entries from startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys

Explorer shell extensions,toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications

auto-start services, Scheduled Tasks, Winsock, LSA Providers, Remove Drivers

and much more which helps to remove nasty spyware/adware and viruses

Silent Runners Revision 59

A free script that helps detect spyware, malware and adware in the startup process

Startup Control Panel 2.8

a tool to edit startup programs

Startup Monitor 1.02

it notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup

HijackThis 2.0.2

a general homepage hijackers detector and remover and more

Tweakers

Dial a Fix 0.60.0.24

Fix errors and problems with COM/ActiveX object errors and missing registry entries

Automatic Updates, SSL, HTTPS, and Cryptography service (signing/verification)

issues, Reinstall internet explorer etc. comes with the policy scanner

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 1.0

A TweakUI Utility for tweaking and optimizing Windows Vista

TweakUI 2.10

This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows Xp

Xp-AntiSpy 3.97.2

it tweaks some Windows XP functions, and disables some unneeded Windows services quickly

Shell Extensions Manager (ShellExView) 1.36

An excellent tool to View and Manage all installed Context-menu/Shell extensions

EzPcFix 1.0.0.16

Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, and malware

Antivirus Tools

ClamWin Antivirus 0.94.1 (0903)

a free antivirus, GNU GPL Open Source Virus Scanner

Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (0903)

Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.34 (0903)

anti-malware application that can thoroughly remove even the most advanced malware

SpywareBlaster 4.1 (0903)

Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software

SmitFraudFix 2.400

This removes Some of the por Desktop Hijack malware

ComboFix (0903)

Designed to cleanup malware infections and restore settings modified by malware

CWShredder 2.19

Por CoolWebSearch Trojan Remover tool

RootkitRevealer 1.7.1

Rootkit Revealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility

Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (0903)

find and remove spyware, adware, dialers etc. (a must have tool)