Storage Tools

Access/Share (also see Storage Services below)

Cleversafe

http://www.cleversafe.com/technology/storage_retrieval

drop.io (real time by web, email, phone, etc.)

http://drop.io/

Ext2/3 file system  for Windows

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43775&package_id=36151&release_id=558396

Ext2 Installable FS for Windows

http://www.fs-driver.org/

Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/iscsi/default.mspx

Microsoft iSCSI Target

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/storage/default.mspx

DropBoks

https://www.dropboks.com/

Gladinet (access web apps/data as if local)

http://www.gladinet.com/

Gmail Drive

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/GMail-Drive-shell-extension-Download-15944.html

Omnidrive

http://www.omnidrive.com/

Copy

Copy / Replicate

Amerisoft iPod Copy Manager

http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/Aimersoft_iPod_Copy_Manager/4-202230-1.html

Clonezilla Live

http://clonezilla.org/

Copy Cat

http://www.vcsoftwares.com/cc.html

Copy iPod to Folder

http://www.longfingers.com/ipodfolder/

File Replicator

http://www.tylerretelle.com/released.html

HoboCopy (copies in-use files)

http://www.pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/Craig/HoboCopy.html

MultiCopy, PathCopy, MultiMove

http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~bfriesen/software/console.shtml

Raw Copy

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=22

SuperCopier

http://supercopier.sfxteam.org/modules/mydownloads/index.php?sel_lang=english

Unstoppable copier

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29

Ycopy

http://www.ruahine.com/

Send Large Files

DropSend

http://www.dropsend.com/

File.io (self-destruct)

http://file.io/

Pando

http://www.pando.com/

Podmailing

http://www.podmailing.com/

RapidShare

http://www.rapidshare.com/

sendspace Lite

http://sendspace.com/

SendThisFile

http://www.sendthisfile.com/

YouSendIt

http://www.yousendit.com/

Split/Merge

File Splitter

http://www.dekabyte.com/filesplitter/

Gsplit

http://www.gdgsoft.com/gsplit/index.aspx

PatchOnClick

http://www.2brightsparks.com/onclick/poc.html

SplitJoin

http://www.angusj.com/splitjoin/

Synchronize

Allway Sync

http://allwaysync.com/

Directory Synchronize Pro

http://directorysync.sourceforge.net/

DropBox

http://www.getdropbox.com/

Druvaa inSync

http://www.druvaa.com/products/insync.html (continuously synchronize PC files to a network share)

Gbridge

http://www.gbridge.com/

Memeo Share (photos)

http://www.memeo.com/memeoshare.php

Microsoft Live Mesh

https://www.mesh.com/

MigoSynch (portable, fee)

http://www.migosoftware.com

SugarSync (PC/Mac/Moble Phone)

https://www.sugarsync.com/

SyncBack Freeware

http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html

SyncEXP (portable)

http://syncexp.com/dl/syncexp.html

Syncplicity (sync via peers, phone support)

http://www.syncplicity.com/

SyncToy (v2 Beta)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

SyncBackSE

http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse.html

ZumoDrive (sync via cloud, phone support)

http://zumodrive.com/

Cleaners

Disk Cleaners

Argente Disk Cleaner

http://argentesoftware.blogspot.com/search/label/Argente%20-%20Disk%20Cleaner%201.0.4.0

Belvedere Automated File Manager

http://lifehacker.com/341950/belvedere-automates-your-self+cleaning-pc

CCleaner

http://www.ccleaner.com/

CleanUp!

http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/

Cleanup Assistant

http://www.cleanupassistant.com/

Comodo System Cleaner

http://system-cleaner.comodo.com/

Cookies Manager

http://pmdevigne.home.dyndns.org/

Dedaulus System Cleaner

http://dedaulus.net.ru/index_en.html

DLLArchive

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/dllarch.htm

Duplicate Cleaner

http://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/dupe.html

Easy Cleaner

http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm

Empty Temp Folders

http://danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp/

Expired Cookies Cleaner

http://www.astatix.com/tools/expired-cookies-cleaner.php

Free Internet Window Washer

http://www.eusing.com/Window_Washer/Window_Washer.htm

iISystem Wiper

http://iisoftware.net/

nCleaner

http://www.nkprods.com/ncleaner/

PC Decrapifier (delete bloatware)

http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/download

Privacy Eraser

http://www.privacyeraser.com/

Wise Disk Cleaner

http://www.wisecleaner.com/

Clean other types of “cookies”

Adobe Flash Manager

here (note:  some sites like MTVmusic and Pandora won’t work without 3rd party Local Shared Objects enabled)

DoubleClick DART cookie opt-out

http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx (opt out on each browser you use)

Silverlight Configuration Utility

Right click any location inside a Silverlight Web site (like this) and choose Silverlight Configuration

Link Cleaners

AM-DeadLink

http://aignes.com/deadlink.htm

Xenu’s Link Sleuth

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

Registry Cleaners (but see here and here)

Advanced WindowsCare Personal

http://www.iobit.com/

Argent Registry Cleaner

http://argentesoftware.blogspot.com/search/label/Argente%20-%20Registry%20Cleaner%201.4.3.1

Clean My Registry

http://www.smartpctools.com/clean_registry/index1.html

Comodo Registry Cleaner

http://registry-cleaner.comodo.com/index.html

Eusing Registry Cleaner

http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm

jv16 RegCleaner

http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html#jv16

MV RegCompact (portable)

http://www.velasco.com.br/mvregcompactportable_informations.php

MV RegClean (portable)

here

Registry Clean Expert

http://www.registry-clean.net/download.htm

TweakNow RegCleaner Standard

http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html

WiseCleaner

http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Registry Repair (also see PC > Performance Management)

Dial-a-fix

http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Dial-a-fix#Download_Dial-a-fix

Elder Geek

http://theeldergeek.com/registry_edits.htm

ERUNT

http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

Free Window Registry Repair

http://www.regsofts.com/free_registry_repair/registry_repair.htm

Glarysoft Registry Repair

http://www.glarysoft.com/rr.html

Kelly’s Korner

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

MJ Registry Watcher

http://www.jacobsm.com/mjsoft.htm#rgwtchr

RegAlyzer (editor)

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/regalyzer/index.html

Registry Commander (editor)

http://www.tucows.com/preview/249259

Registrar Lite (editor)

http://www.resplendence.com/reglite

RegScanner (portable)

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html

RegSeeker

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

System32 Folder Opens at Boot

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Uninstallers

Revo Uninstaller

http://www.revouninstaller.com/

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=290301

Zsoft Uninstaller

http://www.zsoft.dk/

Compare / Merge / Deduplicate

Compare and Merge

CloneSpy

http://www.clonespy.com/?Download

Comparer (properties comparison)

http://fenixproductions.dcmembers.com/index.html or here

csDiff (Flat File Differences)

http://www.componentsoftware.com/products/csdiff/download.htm

Diff Doc (Office file differences)

http://www.softinterface.com/MD/Compare-PowerPoint-File.htm

ExamDiff

http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff

WinMerge

http://winmerge.org/

Data Deduplication

Contacts Scrubber for Outlook

http://www.teamscope.com/otherpro/utilities.asp

DeDup (find & delete duplicates)

http://www.emailpayrollservices.com/

DoubleKiller

http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/

DupliFinder (find similar images)

http://www.codeplex.com/DupliFinder/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=13383

Duplicate Music Files Finder

http://www.lcibrossolutions.com/

Easy Duplicate File Finder

http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com/ (portable and install versions)

EZDupeRemover (Outlook)

http://www.sharewarecheap.com/EZDupeRemover_software_1171.html

Fdupes (and other CLI tools)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fdupes

Find Duplicates

http://find-duplicates.net/?version=1.0.1610.19749

Similarity (remove duplicate music)

http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/freeware/t-free-similarity-freeware-rivdaqlh.html

VAitA (Outlook)

http://www.vaita.com/odir.asp

VisiPics (remove duplicate photos)

http://www.visipics.info/index.php?title=Main_Page

Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder

http://www.mindgems.com/products/VS-Duplicate-Image-Finder/VSDIF-About.htm

Compression

References

Blog

http://www.c10n.info/

The Compression Site

http://www.davesite.com/computers/compress.shtml

Data Compression

http://www.data-compression.com/

Data Compression Classification

http://navatrump.de/Technology/Datacompression/compression.html

Data Compressors

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=4&pgno=0

File Types

http://www.fileinfo.net/filetypes/compressed

Inventors

http://squeezechart.freehost.ag/People.html

Learning Tools VcDemo

http://ict.ewi.tudelft.nl/index.php?option=com_sections&id=60&Itemid=124

Tutorial 1

http://www.dspdesignline.com/howto/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199904067

Tutorial 2

http://web.archive.org/web/20060410170411/http://www.vectorsite.net/ttdcmp1.html

Tutorial 3

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/file-compression.htm

.ZIP Format Specification

http://www.pkware.com/support/appnote.html

Benchmarks

CLI Compressors

http://uclc.info/other_compression_tests.htm

Compression

http://www.compression.ca/

Maximum Compression

http://www.maximumcompression.com/index.html

Practical Compressor Test

http://trappist.elis.ugent.be/~wheirman/compression/

Squeeze Chart

http://www.freehost.ag/squeezechart/

Free

7-Zip

http://www.7-zip.org/, 7-Zip Portable

ALZip

http://windowsmarketplace.com/details.aspx?itemid=2846024 or here

bzip2

http://www.bzip.org/

FreeZip

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/

Info-ZIP

http://www.info-zip.org/

IZArc

http://www.izarc.org/

jZip

http://www.jzip.com/

Monkey’s Audio (.ape)

http://www.monkeysaudio.com/download.html

Paquet Builder (self-extractors)

http://www.gdgsoft.com/pb/index.aspx (supercedes GSfx Wizard)

Peazip (portable)

http://peazip.sourceforge.net/

SecureZIP Standard Edition

http://www.pkware.com/software-data-security/free (free for personal use)

TUGZip

http://tugzip.com/

Universal Extractor

http://legroom.net/software/uniextract

ZipCentral

http://zipcentral.iscool.net/

ZipGenius (can create .tar.gz files)

http://www.zipgenius.it/eng/index.php

Windows commands to create .tar.gz files

cd <source dir>, tar.exe –cvf file.tar *, gzip.exe --verbose --best file.tar, how to use tar

Commercial

PKZIP

http://www.pkware.com/

Magic ISO Maker

http://www.magiciso.com Supports .uif (Universal Image Format)

PowerISO

http://www.poweriso.com  Supports .daa (Direct-Access-Archive)

Stuffit

http://www.stuffit.com/

WinZip

http://www.winzip.com/

Content Management

Content Managers

CMS Made Simple

http://cmsmadesimple.org/

CushyCMS

http://www.cushycms.com/

Drupal

http://drupal.org/

Joomla

http://www.joomla.org/

Pixie

http://www.getpixie.co.uk/

Plone

http://plone.org/

Wordpress (publishing platform)

http://wordpress.org/

Content Management Framework

Opencms

http://www.opencms.org/en/index.html

PHP-Nuke

http://phpnuke.org/

WebGUI

http://www.webgui.org/

XOOPS

http://www.xoops.org/

Data Format Converters (also see Multimedia Format Converters)

File Converters

CHM (help file) to Exe

http://www.htmlexe.com/chm2exe/download.html

Converter Tools

http://www.softaward.com (search on “converter”)

OmniFormat

http://www.omniformat.com/

QIF2CSV

http://shamikshah.com/code/qif2csv/Converter.html

Text2Html

http://www.cybermatrix.com/text2html.html

YouConvertIt

http://youconvertit.com/OnlineVideo.aspx

Email Recovery / Converters

Inbox Repair Tool (scanpst.exe)

http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.asp (repairs PST and OST files)

Nucleus Kernel Exchange OST Recovery

http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/download-ost-pst-conversion.php

OST2PST (long discussion thread)

http://hellomate.typepad.com/exchange/2003/07/ost_to_pst.html

MailRecovery > ExchangeRecovery (OST)

http://officerecovery.com/download/erdemo.exe

Smart Email Recovery (DBX)

http://www.smartpctools.com/email_recovery/index1.html

Online

iConv

http://www.iconv.com/

Data Recovery

Avira Unerase Personal

http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/10/avira_unerase_personal.html

DATA Unerase Personal Edition

http://www.octanesoft.com/data_recovery_free_edition.html

DiskDigger

http://dmitrybrant.com/diskdigger

Disk Investigator

http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html

DTI Data NTFS Partition Repair

http://www.dtidata.com/free_data_recovery_software/

FreeUndelete

http://www.officerecovery.com/

Gibson Research

http://grc.com/

Glary Undelete

http://www.glarysoft.com/gun.html

Handy Recovery

http://www.handyrecovery.com/

NTFS Undelete

http://ntfsundelete.com/

Pandora Recovery

www.pandorarecovery.com

PC Inspector File Recovery

http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

Recuva

http://www.recuva.com/

Restoration

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

RoadKil’s Undelete / Unstoppable Copier

http://www.roadkil.net/listing.php?Category=1

SoftPerfect File Recovery (portable)

http://www.softperfect.com/products/filerecovery/

TestDisk / PhotoRec (recover lost partitions)

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

Undelete

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=28

Undelete Plus

http://www.undelete-plus.com/

Uneraser (free trial)

http://www.tech-pro.net/uneraser.html

Vista Recovery Disc

http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/

Defragment

Defrag Shootout (review)

http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/2007/04/great-defrag-shootout-part-1.html

Auslogics Disk Defrag

http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/index.php

Defraggler (defrag a file)

http://www.defraggler.com/

DiskKeeper Lite

http://majorgeeks.com/downloads8.html

Free Registry Defrag

http://download.registry-clean.net/download/registry-defrag.exe

myDefrag (formerly JkDefrag)

http://www.mydefrag.com/Manual-DownloadAndInstall.html (http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/)

JkDefragGUI (portable)

http://www.emro.nl/freeware/

SmartDefrag (background)

http://www.iobit.com/SmartDefrag/download.html

Contig

Example command: "D:\My Documents\My Tools\Sysinternals\Contig\Contig.exe" -v -s "D:\Recorded TV"

CLI

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/Contig.mspx

GUI

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Power_Defragmenter_GUI_d4647.html

PageDefrag

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/PageDefrag.mspx

Microsoft Defrag API

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/information/diskdefragmenting.mspx

UltimateDefrag

http://www.freewaregeeks.com/UltimateDefrag_Free.html (also supports file placement)

UltraDefrag

http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/

WinContig

http://wincontig.mdtzone.it/en/index.htm

Disk Tools

Boot Disks and Rescue Systems

Avira AntiVir Rescue System

http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html

BartPE

http://nu2.nu/pebuilder/, http://www.bootcd.us/

BitDefender Rescue CD

http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/

Downloadable boot disks

http://www.bootdisk.com/

eAR OS

http://www.earos.dk/

Emergency Boot CD

http://ebcd.pcministry.com/

F-Secure Emergency Rescue CD

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001474.html

Hiren’s BootCD

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

Kaspersky Rescue Disk

http://ftp.kaspersky.com/devbuilds/RescueDisk/

Linux

http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

Linux From Scratch

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

LiveCD List

http://www.livecdlist.com/

Microsoft Boot DIsks

http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml

Ultimate Boot CD

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ or http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/

XP Recovery Console (rebuild MBR)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/en-us

Vista/Win7 Recovery Environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us

WinPE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winpe

Disk Managers

Drive Manager (portable)

http://www.alexnolan.net/software/driveman.htm

Edit

Boot Builder

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=3

Sector Editor

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=24

USB Drives

Desk Drive (auto shortcut)

http://blueonionsoftware.com/deskdrive.aspx

EjectUSB (video)

http://www.pocketappreview.com/main/item/17

HP Boot Utility

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/serveroptions/us/download/23839.html

Live USB Creator

https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator

PendriveLinux

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/01/01/usb-knoppix-510/

USBDeview

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html

USB Disk Ejector

http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector

WeetHet

http://www.weethet.nl/english/hardware_bootfromusbstick.php

Clone, Image, Partition (Freeware)

Clone maxx

http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/clone_maxx/info.htm?Language=1

Clonezilla

http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/

DeviceImage

http://www.device-image.de/

Disk Image

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=12

Drive Image XML

http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm (help, articles)

Dubaron DiskImage

http://dubaron.com/diskimage/

EASEUS Disk Copy

http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/

EASEUS Partition Manager

http://www.easeus.com/download.htm (data recovery handbook)

Forensic Acquisition Utilities RC3

http://www.gmgsystemsinc.com/fau/

NFGDump

http://sourceforge.net/projects/windd/

G4L

http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4l/

g4u (backup/restore via ftp)

http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

Ghost for Linux (G4L)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l

GParted

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

HDClone

http://www.miray.de/download/sat.hdclone.html

imageIT Lite Edition (must register)

http://www.synergix.com/v1/imageit.htm

ImageX

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722145.aspx

Macrium Reflect Free Edition

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Miray HDClone Free Edition

http://www.miray.de/download/sat.hdclone.html or http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html#free

Partimage (Linux)

http://www.partimage.org/

Parted Magic

http://partedmagic.com/wiki/PartedMagic.php

Partition Logic

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/

Partition Saving

http://www.partition-saving.com/

Partition Wizard Home Edition

http://www.partitionwizard.com/

PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost)

http://ping.windowsdream.com/

PC INSPECTOR clone maxx

http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/clone_maxx/info.htm?Language=1

Seagate DiscWizard for Windows and Maxtor MaxBlast

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/discwizard

here

SelfImage

http://selfimage.excelcia.org/

Shadow Copy

http://www.runtime.org/shadow-copy.htm

Microsoft Shadow Copy (VSS)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/shadow-copy.aspx

Microsoft Vssadmin

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754968.aspx

ShadowExplorer (browse VSS copies)

http://www.shadowexplorer.com/

SystemRescueCd

http://www.sysresccd.org/

Terabyte Unlmited Image for Windows

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/imagew.html (BartPE plugin)

Tinity Rescue Kit (TRK)

http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12

WinDD

http://sourceforge.net/projects/windd/

WinImage

http://www.winimage.com/

XXClone

http://www.xxclone.com/

Clone, Image, Partition (Commercial)

Acronis Software True Image

http://www.acronis.com/mag/vnu-ati7 (v7 is free: (Login > My Account > Registered Products) (review); v8 here

Active @ Disk Image

http://www.disk-image.net/

Altiris

http://www.altiris.com/Products/DeploymentSolution.aspx

Universal Imaging Utility

http://binaryresearch.net/products/the_universal_imaging_utility

Systems Disk Imager

http://www.deepspar.com/

Tom Ehlert Software Drive SnapShot

http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/index.htm (BartPE plugin)

FarStone DriveClone Pro

http://www.farstone.com./software/driveclone-pro.htm

Mac OS X

Supports .dmg, .toast, historical Mac OS formats, and Windows formats .img and .mds if renamed to .iso

O&O DiskImage Pro Edition

http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oodiskimage/

Software Restore (ASR)

http://developer.apple.com/testing/docs/TNasr.html%29Apple (free GUIs:  Proton Pack Server, Net Restore)

Paragon Drive Backup

http://www.drive-backup.com/ Other related products here.

Quest (ScriptLogic) SecureCopy

http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/securecopy/

R-tools Technology R-Drive Image

http://www.drive-image.com/

Rollback Rx

http://www.horizondatasys.com/169614.ihtml

StorageCraft ShadowProtect

http://www.storagecraft.com/

Backup Exec System Recovery

here

Symantec Norton Ghost

here

UltraBac Disaster Recovery

http://www.ultrabac.com/

Windows Vista ImageX

here

 

Virtual Disc

 

 

Alcohol-Soft (game protection information)

http://www.alcohol-soft.com/, freeware

 

 

Daemon Tools Lite

http://forum.daemon-tools.cc/download.php?catid=5&mode=ViewCategory

 

 

Gizmo Drive

http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/download.html

 

 

ISODisk

http://www.isodisk.com/

 

 

MagicDisc

http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm

 

 

MS Virtual CDROM Control Panel

here

 

 

Pismo File Mount (view folders, not disks)

http://www.pismotechnic.com/pfm/

 

 

Virtual CD

http://www.virtualcd-online.com/

 

 

Virtual CDRom Control Panel

http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=624#comments

 

 

Virtual CloneDrive

http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html

 

Erase

Secure Erase

Active@ KillDisk

http://www.killdisk.com/

Boot Deleter

http://software.bootblock.co.uk/?id=bootdeleter (marks files/folder to delete when Windows restarts)

CyberShredder

http://www.cylog.org/utils_9.asp

Darik’s Boot & Nuke (DBAN)

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

Data Eraser

http://mhtit.hypermart.net/util/dataeraser.html

Disk Wipe

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=14

Eraser

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

File Shredders

http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/security/fwerase.html

Freeraser

http://www.codyssey.com/products/freeraser.html

Guard Dog

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062706-guard-dog.html?t5

HDDErase

http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml

SuperShredder

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/shred.htm

Sure Delete

http://www.wizard-industries.com/sdel.zip

UltraShredder

http://www.xtort.net/xtort-software/ultrashredder/

WinPT Wipe File Utility

http://winpt.sourceforge.net/en/ (front end for http://www.gnupg.org/)

Delete Locked Files

Boot Deleter

http://software.bootblock.co.uk/?id=bootdeleter

Busy* (BDel, BMove, BReplace)

http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~bfriesen/software/console.shtml

(DiamondCS Security Software) DelLater

http://www.brothersoft.com/dellater-40658.html

FileASSASSIN

http://www.malwarebytes.org/fileassassin.php

FreeFile

http://grubletrang.com/Software.aspx?app=FreeFile

MoveOnBoot

http://www.gibinsoft.net/ or http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/moveonboot.html

UnLock IT

http://www.emco.is/products/unlock-it/features.php

Unlocker

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

WhoLockMe

http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/

Self-Destruct

Vanish

http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/

Explore

File Managers

A43

http://www.primitus.us/a43/

AccelMan

http://www.flexigensoft.com/

Ant Commander

http://www.antcommander.com/

CadSoftTools (CAD plug-ins)

http://www.cadsofttools.com/en/products/plugins_for_3d-party_programs.html (for TotalCommander, XNview...)

Commander

http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/

CubicExplorer (unicode)

http://www.cubicreality.com/cubicexplorer/download/

Direct Folders (double-click)

http://www.codesector.com/directfolders.php

ExplorerXP

http://www.explorerxp.com/

Far Manager (file and archive)

http://www.farmanager.com/

FileBox eXtender

http://www.hyperionics.com/files/

Filelister

http://thd.dyndns.org/s_filelister.php

File Organiser

http://thomaswolsey.com/software/jam/index.htm

FileTracker (multithreaded)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftracker/

Folder Guide (right click to folder)

http://www.freeware365.com/desktop/folderguide.htm

Folder Size

http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/

FreeCommander (portable)

http://www.freecommander.com/

Karen’s Directory Printer

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp

NexusFile

http://www.xiles.net/

PowerDesk Free (adware)

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/powerdeskfree.html

Q-Dir (portable, 4-pane)

http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Software/Q-Dir&language=english

Rename “Q-Dir_Installer.exe” to “Q-Dir.exe” to make it portable

SE-Explorer (portable)

http://www.se-soft.com/

SpaceSniffer

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/index.html

TreeSize Free

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Ultra Explorer

http://ultraexplorer.mustangpeak.net/

Universal Viewwer (ATViewer)

http://www.uvviewsoft.com/index.htm

Unreal Commander

http://x-diesel.com/index.php

Xenon File Manager (portable)

http://www.mi3soft.info/?page=noblegas.xenon

xplorer²

http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

XYplorer

http://www.xyplorer.com/

Multi-level pie charts

HDGraph

http://hdgraph.objectis.net/

OverDisk

http://users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/programs/overdisk.html

Scanner

http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/

TreePie

http://sourceforge.net/projects/treepie/

Reporting Tools

FolderSizes

http://www.foldersizes.com/

JDiskReport

http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html

Xinorbis (reporting)

http://www.freshney.org/xinorbis/index.htm

Identify

About File Extensions

http://ext.xiles.net/

Dot What!?

http://www.dotwhat.net/

FileAdvisor

http://fileadvisor.bit9.com/services/search.aspx

FILExt

http://www.filext.com/

File.net

http://www.file.net/

TrID – identify file by content

http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html

Wikipedia list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_systems

Rename

Flexible Renamer

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014830/english/FlexRena/

Ken Rename

http://myprogramspace.blogspot.com/2008/07/krename-multi-file-rename-tool-v0.html

Lupas

http://www.azheavymetal.com/~lupasrename/

Rename Master (portable)

http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/108/

ReNamer

http://www.den4b.com/projects.php

THE Rename

http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=1

Search for files

Locate files on your PC (Desktop Search)

Ava Find

http://www.think-less-do-more.com/avafind/

Copernic

http://www.copernic.com/

Everything (file name search only)

http://www.voidtools.com/

Exalead one:desktop Free edition

http://corporate.exalead.com/enterprise/l=en?p=produits_exalead-desktop_screenshots

Fileseeker (find and list folders on PC/Net)

http://www.sumitbirla.com/software/fileseeker.php

Google

http://desktop.google.com/ (Toolbar: http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar/index.html)

Locate32

http://locate32.webhop.org/

MasterFind (shareware)

http://www.rosecitysoftware.com/MasterFind/

neoSearch

http://www.koshyjohn.com/software/neosearch.html

Seeker

http://www.veign.com/application.php?appid=104

Snowbird

http://www.geocities.com/casablanca2000in/msp/snowbird.html

Spezify

http://www.spezify.com/

Super Finder

http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearch.html

TheSearchMan

http://venussoftcorporation.blogspot.com/2009/08/thesearchman.html

Windows

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/desktopsearch/default.mspx (Toolbar: http://toolbar.live.com/)

X1

http://www.x1.com/

XSearch

http://www.easexp.com/xsearch/

Yahoo

http://desktop.yahoo.com/ (Toolbar: http://toolbar.yahoo.com/)

Locate files in the cloud

50 RapidShare Search Engines

http://www.skidzopedia.com/2009/01/29/50-most-useful-rapidshare-search-engines/

Search for text

Search and/or Replace text within files

A.F.9

http://www.fauland.com/af9.htm

Agent Ransack

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

AstroGrep

http://astrogrep.sourceforge.net/

BareGrep

http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baregrep/index.php

Replace Text (BK ReplaceEm)

http://www.ecobyte.com/replacetext/  or  http://www.orbit.org/replace/

GNU Grep for Windows

http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/grep/

grepWin (regular expressions)

http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/grepWin

InfoRapid Search and Replace

http://www.inforapid.de/html/searchreplace.htm (not a full editor but works on binary files)

Windows Grep

http://www.wingrep.com/download.htm

Data Protection

Data Protection

Backup Review

http://www.backupreview.info/index.php?pid=top25

Abakt

http://www.xs4all.nl/~edienske/abakt/

Amanda

http://www.zmanda.com/

AutoVer

http://www.beanland.net.au/AutoVer/

Back4Win

http://www.back4win.com/

Bacula (Bacula Systems)

http://www.bacula.org/

Cobian

http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

Comodo

http://www.backup.comodo.com/

EASEUS Todo Backup

http://www.todo-backup.com/download/

JaBack

http://hiteksoftware.com/jaba/data-backup-software.htm

Karen’s Replicator

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

ShadowExplorer

http://www.shadowexplorer.com/ (find, browse, retrieve Shadow Copies in ALL editions of Vista)

Uranium Backup

http://www.uraniumbackup.com/index-en.aspx

WinBackup V1.86

http://www.backupanswers.com/freewinbackup/

Laptop Data Protection

Packeteer Mobiliti

http://www.packeteer.com/products/mobiliti/

File Hamster

http://www.mogware.com/FileHamster/

FileKeeper

http://www.yosemitetech.com/filekeeper/overview/

Remote Data Protection (commerical)

Asigra Televaulting

http://www.asigra.com/products/televaulting.php

Signiant Mobilize for Remote Data Protection

http://www.signiant.com/

Symantec NetBackup Pure Disk Remote Office Edition

http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/overview.jsp?pcid=2244&pvid=1381_1

HP StorageWorks D2D BU Sys

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/d2d_bs/index.html?psn=storage

Email Backup

Amic Email Backup

http://www.amictools.com/v-amic_email_backup.html

EZ Email Backup

http://www.retinaxstudios.com/ezemailbackup/overview.php

MozBackup

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/download.php

Storage Services

Online Server protection with local appliance

HP Electronic Vaulting Service for Enterprises

http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/10577-0-0-225-121.aspx

 

Imation DataGuard Vault

http://www.imation.com/products/dataguard_vault/index.html (based on Asigra) (option: Local Restore)

Iron Mountain LiveVault InSync

http://www.ironmountain.com/dataprotection/server/  (option: TurboRestore)

Seagate Evault Protect

http://www.evault.com/ (options:  Continuum, Dualvault, QuickShip)

SonicWALL CDP

http://www.sonicwall.com/us/backup_and_recovery.html

(CDP Series, BMR, Box-to-Box, Offsite Data Backup Service)

Symantec Protection Network

Online Backup

Online Storage for Backup Exec