Tricks n Tips

Antivirus Tools

• F-Prot Antivirus 3.16f (0410): Very good virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu).
• McAfee Antivirus 4.40 (0410): A virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu).

BIOS / CMOS Tools

• !BIOS 3.20: A powerfull utility for bios and cmos.
• BIOS Cracker 1.4: BIOS password remover (cmospwc).
• BIOS Cracker 4.8: BIOS password remover (cmospwd).
• BIOS Utility 1.35.0: BIOS Informations, password, beep codes and more.
• CMOS 0.93: CMOS Save / Restore Tool.
• DISKMAN4: A powerful all in one utility.
• Kill CMOS: A tiny utility to wipe cmos.
• UniFlash 1.40: Bios flash utility.

Collection of Dos Utilities

Disk Clone Tools

• Acronis True Image 8.1.945: Create an exact disk image for complete system backup and disk cloning.
• COPYR.DMA Build013: A Tool for making copies of hard disks with bad sectors.
• ImageCenter 5.6 (Drive Image 2002): Best software to clone hard drive.
• Norton Ghost 8.3: Similar to Drive Image (with usb/scsi support).
• Partition Saving 3.20: A tool to backup/restore partitions. (SavePart.exe)

Dos File Managers

• Dos Command Center 5.1: Classic dos-based file manager.
• Dos Navigator 5.9.0: Dos File Manager, Norton Commander clone but has much more features
• FastLynx 2.0: Dos file manager with Pc to Pc file transfer capability.
• File Maven 3.5: An advanced Dos file manager with high speed PC-to-PC file transfers via serial or parallel cable.
• File Wizard 1.35: A file manager – colored files, drag and drop copy, move, delete etc.
• LapLink 5.0: The smart way to transfer files and directories between PCs.
• Mini Windows 98: Can run from Ram Drive, with ntfs support, Added 7-Zip which supports .7z .zip .cab .rar .arj .gzip .bzip2 .z .tar .cpio .rpm and .deb, Disk Defragmenter, Notepad / RichText Editor, Image Viewer, .avi .mpg .divx .xvid Movie Player, etc…
• Volkov Commander 4.99: Dos File Manager with LongFileName/ntfs support (Similar to Norton Commander).

Dos Tools

• 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.
• SCSI Support: SCSI Drivers for Dos.
• Universal USB Driver 2: Panasonic v2.20 ASPI Manager for USB mass storage.
• USB CD-Rom Driver 1: Standard usb_cd.sys driver for cd drive.

Hard Disk Tools

• Active Kill Disk 1.1: Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive.
• ExcelStor’s ESTest 3.80
• Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 6.61
• Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0
• Gateway GwScan 3.15
• HDAT2 4.5.2: Main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for detected devices.
• HDD Regenerator 1.51: To recover a bad hard drive.
• IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.08
• IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.03
• Maxtor amset utility 4.0
• Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
• Maxtor (or any Hdd) Low Level Formatter 1.1
• MHDD 4.6
• 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.
• Ontrack Disk Manager 9.57: Disk Test/Format/Maintenance tool.
• Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28
• Samsung HDD Utility (HUTIL) 2.02
• Seagate Seatools Desktop Edition 3.02
• SmartUDM 2.00: Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer.
• Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b
• Victoria 3.33: A freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics.
• WDClear 1.30
• Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools
• Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.04f

MBR (Master Boot Record) Tools

• Boot Partition 2.60: Add Partition in the Windows NT/2000/XP Multi-boot loader.
• BootFix Utility: Run this utility if you get ‘Invalid system disk’.
• Bootmagic 8.0: This tool is for multi boot operating systems.
• DiskMan4: All in one tool for cmos, bios, bootrecord and more.
• MBR SAVE / RESTORE 2.1: BootSave and BootRest tools to save / restore MBR.
• MBR Tool 2.2.100: Backup, verify, restore, edit, refresh, remove, display, re-write…
• MBRWizard 2.0b: Directly update and modify the MBR (Master Boot Record).
• MBRWork 1.07b: A utility to perform some common and uncommon MBR functions.
• Partition Table Doctor 3.0: A tool to repair/modify mbr, bootsector, partition table.
• Smart Boot Manager 3.7.1: A multi boot manager.

MultiMedia Tools

• MpxPlay 1.54: A small Music Player for dos.
• Picture Viewer 1.94: Picture viewer for dos, supports more then 40 filetypes.
• QuickView Pro 2.57: Movie viewer for dos, supports many format including divx.

NTFS Ext2FS, Ext3FS (FileSystems) Tools

• EditBINI 1.01: To Edit boot.ini on NTFS Partition
• NTFS 4 Dos 1.4: To access ntfs partitions from Dos
• NTFS Dos 3.02: To access ntfs partitions from Dos
• NTFS Dos Pro 5.0: To access ntfs partitions from Dos
• Paragon Mount Everything 3.0: To access NTFS, Ext2FS, Ext3FS partitions from dos

Other Tools

• DosCDroast beta 2: Dos CD Burning Tools.
• Ghost Walker 2003.793: Utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP.
• Universal TCP/IP Network 5.8: 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 85 different network card drivers.

Partition Tools

• Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0.554: Popular disk management functions in a single suite.
• 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.
• 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.
• Partition Magic Pro 8.05: Best software to partition hard drive.
• Ranish Partition Manager 2.44: A boot manager and hard disk partitioner.
• Smart Fdisk 2.05: A simple harddisk partition manager.
• SPecial Fdisk 2000: SPFDISK a partition tool.
• The Partition Resizer v1.3.4: Move and resize your partitions in one step and more.

Password Tools

• Active Password Changer 3.0: To Reset User Password on windows NT/2000/XP/2003 (FAT/NTFS).
• ATAPWD 1.2: Hard Disk Password Utility.
• NTPWD: Utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password.
• Offline NT/2K/XP Password Changer: Utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password.
• Registry Reanimator v1.02: Check and restore structure of the damaged registry files of NT/2K/XP.
• Registry Viewer 4.2: Registry Viewer/Editor for Win9x/Me/NT/2K/XP.

RAM (Memory) Testing Tools

• DocMemory 3.1b: RAM Test utility.
• GoldMemory 5.07: RAM Test utility.
• Memtest86+ 1.65: PC Memory Test.

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.
• DiyDataRecovery Diskpatch 2.1.100: An excellent data recovery software.
• Lost & Found 1.06: A good old data recovery software.
• Ontrack Easy Recovery Pro 6.10: To Recover data that has been deleted/virus attack.
• PhotoRec 6.5b: File and pictures recovery Tool.
• Prosoft Media Tools 5.0 v1.1.2.64: Another excellent data recovery software with many other options.
• TestDisk 6.5b: Tool to check and undelete partition.
• Winternals Disk Commander 1.1: More than just a standard deleted-file recovery utility.

System Information Tools

• Aida16 2.14: A system information tool, extracts details of all components of the PC.
• Astra 5.21: Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant.
• CPU Identification utility v1.12: Detailed information on CPU (CHKCPU.EXE).
• CTIA CPU Information: another CPU information tool.
• HwInfo 5.0.3: A powerful system information utility.
• Navratil Software System Information 0.59.9: High-end professional system information tool.
• PC-Config 9.33: Complete hardware detection of your computer.
• PCI and AGP info Tool (0410): The PCI System information & Exploration tool.
• SysChk 2.46: Find out exactly what is under the hood of your PC.
• System Analyser version 5.3o: View extensive information about your hardware.

Testing Tools

• Ontrack Data Advisor 5.0: Powerful diagnostic tool for assessing the condition of your computer.
• PC Doctor 3.0: A benchmarking and information tool.
• PC-Check 6.0: Easy to use hardware tests.
• System Speed Test 4.78: It tests CPU, harddrive, etc.
• Test Cpu/Video/Disk 5.6: A tool to test cpu, video, and disk.
• Test Hard Disk Drive 1.0: A tool to test Hard Disk Drive.
• The Troubleshooter 7.02: All kind of hardware testing tool.

Windows Tools

• Active Undelete 5.1.010: A tool to recover deleted files.
• Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (0410): Find and remove spyware, adware, dialers etc. (a must have tool).
• Autoruns 8.53: 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.
• CCleaner 1.33.382: Crap Cleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool.
• Content Advisor Password Remover 1.0: It Removes Content Advisor Password from Internet Explorer.
• CPU-Z 1.37: It gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.
• CurrPort 1.07: Displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your computer.
• CWShredder 2.19: Popular CoolWebSearch Trojan Remover tool.
• Disk Speed 1.0: Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool.
• Double Driver 1.0: Driver Backup and Restore tool.
• Drive SnapShot 1.37: Creates an exact Disk Image of your system into a file while windows is running.
• Drive Temperature 1.0: Hard Disk Drive temperature meter.
• DriveImage Explorer 5.0: To add/remove/extract files from Drive image file.
• EzPcFix 1.0.0.16: Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, and malware.
• GetDataBack for FAT 2.31: Data recovery software for FAT file systems.
• GetDataBack for NTFS 2.31: Data recovery software for NTFS file systems.
• Ghost Image Explorer 8.3: To add/remove/extract files from Ghost image file.
• HijackThis 1.99: A general homepage hijackers detector and remover and more.
• IB Process Manager 1.04: A little process manager for 9x/2k, shows dll info etc.
• MemTest 1.0: A Memory Testing Tool.
• NewSID 4.10: Utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP.
• PageDfrg 2.32: System file Defragmenter For NT/2k/XP.
• PCI 32 Sniffer 1.1 (0410): Device information tool (similar to unknown devices).
• Pocket KillBox 2.0: Can be used to get rid of files that stubbornly refuse to allow you to delete them.
• Restoration 2.5.14: A tool to recover deleted files.
• RootkitRevealer 1.7: Rootkit Revealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility.
• Silent Runners Revision 48: A free script that helps detect spyware, malware and adware in the startup process.
• SpaceMonger 1.4: Keeping track of the free space on your computer.
• Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.4 (0410): Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.
• SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 (0410): Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software.
• 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.
• Unknown Devices 1.2 (0410): Helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are.
• WhitSoft File Splitter 4.5a: A Small File Split-Join 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.