Tricks n Tips

Antivirus Tools

• Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (0903): find and remove spyware, adware, dialers etc. (a must have tool).
• ClamWin Antivirus 0.94.1 (0903): a free antivirus, GNU GPL Open Source Virus Scanner.
• ComboFix (0903): Designed to cleanup malware infections and restore settings modified by malware.
• CWShredder 2.19: Popular CoolWebSearch Trojan Remover tool.
• RootkitRevealer 1.7.1: Rootkit Revealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility.
• SmitFraudFix 2.400: This removes Some of the popular Desktop Hijack malware.
• Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (0903): Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.
• SpywareBlaster 4.1 (0903): Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software.

Backup 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.
• Double Driver 1.0: Driver Backup and Restore tool.
• Drive SnapShot 1.39: creates an exact Disk Image of your system into a file while windows is running.
• DriveImage Explorer 5.0: to add/remove/extract files from Drive image file.
• DriveImageXML 2.02: backup any drive/partition to an image file, even if the drive is currently in use.
• DriverBackup! 1.0.3: Another handy tool to backup drivers.
• Express Burn 4.25: CD/DVD Burner Program to create and record CDs/DVDs, also create/burn .iso and .nrg images.
• Ghost Image Explorer 11.5: to add/remove/extract files from Ghost image file.
• ImageCenter 5.6 (Drive Image 2002): Best software to clone hard drive.
• Norton Ghost 11.5: Similar to Drive Image (with usb/scsi support)
• Partition Saving 3.71: A tool to backup/restore partitions. (SavePart.exe).
• Smart Driver Backup 2.12: Easy backup of your Windows device drivers (also works from PE).
• WhitSoft File Splitter 4.5a: a Small File Split-Join Tool.

BIOS / CMOS Tools

• !BIOS 3.20: a powerfull utility for bios and cmos.
• Award DMI Configuration Utility 2.43: DMI Configuration utility for modifying/viewing the MIDF contents.
• 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.

Browsers / File Managers

• 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.
• Dos Command Center 5.1: Classic dos-based file manager.
• Dos Navigator 6.4.0: 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, Disk Defragmenter, Notepad / RichText Editor, Image Viewer, .avi .mpg .divx .xvid Movie Player, etc…
• Off By One Browser 3.5d: an independent web browser that runs completely self-contained.
• Volkov Commander 4.99 Dos File Manager with LongFileName/ntfs support (Similar to Norton Commander).

Cleaners

• CCleaner 2.17.853: Crap Cleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool.
• 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.

Collection of Dos Utilities

Dos Tools

• 1394 Firewire Support: 1394 Firewire Drivers for Dos.
• ASUSTeK USB Driver 3: ASUS USB CD-ROM Device Driver Version 1.00.
• Interlnk support at COM1: To access another computer from COM port.
• Interlnk support at LPT1: To access another computer from LPT port.
• SATA Support: SATA Driver (gcdrom.sys) and JMicron JMB361 (xcdrom.sys) for Dos.
• 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 4.1: Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive.
• Data Shredder 1.0: A tool to Erase disk and files (also wipe free space) securely.
• ExcelStor’s ESTest 4.50
• Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 7.00
• Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0
• Gateway GwScan 5.12
• Hard Disk Sentinel 0.04: Hard Disk health, performance and temperature monitoring tool.
• HDAT2 4.53: main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for detected devices.
• HDD Erase 4.0: Secure erase using a special feature built into most newer hard drives.
• HDD Regenerator 1.51: to recover a bad hard drive.
• 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.
• IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.14
• IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.11
• 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) 2.10
• Samsung The Drive Diagnostic Utility (ESTOOL) 2.11
• Seagate Seatools Graphical v2.13b
• SeaTools for Dos 1.10
• SmartUDM 2.00: Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer.
• Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b
• Victoria 3.33e and 3.52rus: a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics.
• WDClear 1.30
• Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools 11.2
• 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 3.5: a tool to repair/modify mbr, bootsector, partition table.
• Smart Boot Manager 3.7.1: a multi boot manager.

MultiMedia Tools

• MpxPlay 1.56: a small Music Player for dos.
• 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.

NTFS (FileSystems) Tools

• EditBINI 1.01: to Edit boot.ini on NTFS Partition.
• NTFS 4 Dos 1.9: 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.

Optimizers

• 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.
• NT Registry Optimizer 1.1j: Registry Optimization for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista.
• PageDfrg 2.32: System file Defragmenter For NT/2k/XP.

Other Tools

• DosCDroast beta 2: Dos CD Burning Tools.
• Ghost Walker 11.5: utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP.
• 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.
• 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.

Password Tools

• Active Password Changer 3.0.420: To Reset User Password on windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (FAT/NTFS).
• ATAPWD 1.2: Hard Disk Password Utility.
• Content Advisor Password Remover 1.0: It Removes Content Advisor Password from Internet Explorer.
• 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.
• Password Renew 1.1: Utility to (re)set windows passwords.
• ProduKey 1.35: Recovers lost the product key of your Windows/Office.
• Registry Reanimator 1.02: 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.
• 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.
• Wireless Key View 1.20: Recovers all wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer by WZC.
• XP Key Reader 2.7: Can decode the XP-key on Local or Remote systems.

Partition Tools

• Acronis Disk Director 10.0.2160: 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.
• Partition Table Editor 8.0: Partition Table and Boot Record Editor.
• Ranish Partition Manager 2.44: a boot manager and hard disk partitioner.
• Smart Fdisk 2.05: a simple harddisk partition manager.
• SPecial Fdisk 2000.03t: SPFDISK a partition tool.
• Super Fdisk 1.0: Create, delete, format partitions drives without destroying data.
• The Partition Resizer 1.3.4: move and resize your partitions in one step and more.

Process Tools

• CurrPorts 1.60: displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your computer.
• IB Process Manager 1.04: a little process manager for 9x/2k, shows dll info etc.
• Pocket KillBox 2.0.0.978: can be used to get rid of files that stubbornly refuse to allow you to delete them.
• Process Explorer 11.33: shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
• 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.

RAM (Memory) Testing Tools

• GoldMemory 5.07: RAM Test utility.
• MemTest 1.0: a Memory Testing Tool.
• Memtest86+ 2.11: PC Memory Test.

Recovery Tools

• Active Partition Recovery 3.0: To Recover a Deleted partition.
• Active Undelete 5.5: a tool to recover deleted files.
• 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.
• GetDataBack for FAT 2.31: Data recovery software for FAT file systems.
• GetDataBack for NTFS 2.31: Data recovery software for NTFS file systems.
• 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.
• Partition Find and Mount 2.3.1: Partition Find and Mount software is designed to find lost or deleted partitions.
• PhotoRec 6.10: File and pictures recovery Tool.
• Prosoft Media Tools 5.0 v1.1.2.64: Another excellent data recovery software with many other options.
• Recuva 1.24.399: Restore deleted files from Hard Drive, Digital Camera Memory Card, usb mp3 player…
• Restoration 3.2.13: a tool to recover deleted files.
• TestDisk 6.10: Tool to check and undelete partition.
• 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.
• Winsock 2 Fix for 9x: to fix corrupted Winsock2 information by poorly written Internet programs.
• Winternals Disk Commander 1.1: more than just a standard deleted-file recovery utility.
• XP TCP/IP Repair 1.0: Repair your Windows XP Winsock and TCP/IP registry errors.

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.
• HijackThis 2.0.2: a general homepage hijackers detector and remover and more.
• 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.

System Information Tools

• Aida16 2.14: a system information tool, extracts details of all components of the PC.
• Astra 5.41: Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant.
• CPU Identification utility 1.16: Detailed information on CPU (CHKCPU.EXE).
• CPU-Z 1.50: It gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.
• CTIA CPU Information 2.7: another CPU information tool.
• Drive Temperature 1.0: Hard Disk Drive temperature meter.
• HWiNFO 5.2.5: a powerful system information utility.
• Navratil Software System Information 0.60.32: High-end professional system information tool.
• PC Wizard 2008.1.871: Powerful system information/benchmark utility designed especially for detection of hardware.
• PC-Config 9.33: Complete hardware detection of your computer.
• PCI 32 Sniffer 1.4 (0903): device information tool (similar to unknown devices).
• PCI and AGP info Tool (0903): The PCI System information & Exploration tool.
• SIW 2009-02-24: Gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings.
• SysChk 2.46: Find out exactly what is under the hood of your PC.
• System Analyser 5.3u: View extensive information about your hardware.
• Unknown Devices 1.2 (0903): helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are.

Testing Tools

• CPU/Video/Disk Performance Test 5.7: a tool to test cpu, video, and disk.
• Disk Speed1.0: Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool.
• Monitor Tester 1.0: Allows you to test CRT/LCD/TFT screens for dead pixels and diffective screens.
• Ontrack Data Advisor 5.0: Powerful diagnostic tool for assessing the condition of your computer.
• PC Doctor 2004: a benchmarking and information tool.
• PC-Check 6.5: Easy to use hardware tests.
• S&M Stress Test 1.9.1: cpu/hdd/memory benchmarking and information tool, including temperatures/fan speeds/voltages.
• System Speed Test 4.78: it tests CPU, harddrive, etc.
• Test Hard Disk Drive 1.0: a tool to test Hard Disk Drive.
• The Troubleshooter 7.02: all kind of hardware testing tool.

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.
• EzPcFix 1.0.0.16: Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, and malware.
• Shell Extensions Manager (ShellExView) 1.36: An excellent tool to View and Manage all installed Context-menu/Shell extensions.
• TweakUI 2.10: This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows Xp.
• Ultimate Windows Tweaker 1.0: A TweakUI Utility for tweaking and optimizing Windows Vista.
• Xp-AntiSpy 3.97.2: it tweaks some Windows XP functions, and disables some unneeded Windows services quickly.