Hiren's
Boot CD is an all-in-one bootable rescue disc solution that contains a
load of useful Windows repair tools you'll want to have when you can no
longer boot into your PC
Imagine issues like hard drive failure,
virus infections, partitioning, password recovery, and data recovery.
Hiren's Boot CD is a Godsend in situations like these. It has a
multitude of tools divided into a number of categories like partitioning
tools, backup, recovery, and BIOS/CMOS tools to name a few
There are literally dozens of utilities in the Hiren’s BootCD package, including TeamViewer for remote access, Malwarebytes for removing malware and viruses, a number of disk and system imaging tools, and tools for recovering accidentally deleted files
And many many more... See below the full list of software
Hiren’s BootCD PE x64 contents:
BCD-MBR Tools
BootIce v1.3.3
EasyBCD v2.3
Hard Disk Tools – Data Recovery
CheckDisk GUI v0.3.1
Lazesoft Data Recovery v4.0.0.1
Puran Data Recovery v1.2.0
Puran File Recovery v1.2.0
Recuva v1.53.0.1087
DMDE v3.8.0
ReclaiMe build 3475
PhotoRec v7.2
Unstoppable Copier v5.2
Hard Disk Tools – Defrag
Defraggler v2.22.33.995
Hard Disk Tools – Diagnostic
GSmartControl v1.1.3
HDDScan v4.1
HDTune v2.55
WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostics v1.37
Crystal Disk Info v8.12.2
Test Disk v7.2
Hard Disk Tools – Imaging
Acronis TrueImage 2021 build 39216
AOMEI Backupper v6.5.1
Lazesoft Disk Image & Clone v4.0.0.1
Macrium Reflect PE v7.3.5925
Runtime DriveImage XML v2.60
Hard Disk Tools – Partition Tools
AOMEI Partition Assistant v9.2.1
Macrorit Partition Extender v1.5.0
Macrorit Partition Expert v5.6.1
DiskGenius v5.4.2.1239
EaseUS Partition Master v14.5
Hard Disk Tools – Security
HDD Low Level Format Tool v4.40
Eraser v6.2
Windows Recovery
Lazesoft Windows Recovery v4.0.0.1
Other Tools
FSViewer v7.5
Free Office rev 703
Sumatra PDF v3.2
7-Zip v21.02
ExamDiff Pro v12.0.1.1
HxD v2.5.0
Notepad++ v8.1
WinMerge v2.16.12
VLC Media Player v3.0.16
Removable Drive Tools
CDBurnerXP v4.5.8.7128
Rufus v3.14.1788
Security – AntiVirus
ESET Online Scanner v3.5.6
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware v2.2.1.1043
McAfee Stinger v12.2.0.268
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool
Security – KeyFinders
ProduKey v1.97
ShowKeyPlus v1.0.7060
Security – Passwords
Lazesoft Password Recovery v4.0.0.1
NT Password Edit v0.7
Windows Login Unlocker v1.6
System Tools
CPU-Z v1.96
GPU-Z v2.40
HWInfo v7.04-4480
Speccy v1.32.774
WinNTSetup v4.6.3
Attribute Changer v10.0
Change Keyboard Layout v1.0.0
Dependency Walker v2.2.6
Registry Backup v4.0.0
Regshot v2.0.1.70
SysInternals Suite
PowerShell Core v7.1.3
Network
Aero Admin v4.7
Acrylic Wi-Fi Home v4.5.7802
Chrome v91.0.4472.106
Mozilla Firefox Quantum ESR v78.11.0.7821
PENetwork v0.59.0.B12
Hiren’s BootCD 15.2 contents:
Antivirus Tools
Avira
AntiVir Personal (18-10-2012): Free anti-virus and anti-spyware
on-demand scanner, detects and removes more than 50000 viruses and
trojans
ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.97.6 (18-10-2012): A free antivirus, GNU GPL Open Source Virus Scanner
ComboFix (18-10-2012): Designed to cleanup malware infections and restore settings modified by malware
Dr.Web CureIt! Antivirus: Free standalone anti-virus and anti-spyware on-demand scanner (downloadable)
GMER 1.0.15: Hidden services, hidden registry, hidden file scanner, Rootkit Detector and Remover
Malwarebytes
Anti-Malware 1.51.1 (18-10-2012): Anti-malware application that can
thoroughly remove even the most advanced malware
Remove Fake
Antivirus 1.82: Tool to remove virus/malware which disguises itself to
be an antivirus and produces fake alert/warnings and urge you to
purchase a useless copy of the fake antivirus
RootkitRevealer 1.7.1: Rootkit Revealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility
Spybot: Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (18-10-2012): Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software
SuperAntispyware: Remove Adware, Malware, Parasites, Rootkits, Spyware, Trojan, and Worms (downloadable)
TDSSKiller 2.8.13: Remove malware belonging to the family Rootkit.Win32.TDSS aka Tidserv, TDSServ and Alureon
Backup Tools
CloneDisk 1.9.6: All in one tool for MBR, Partition, Disk, VMWare Disk images vmdk/vmx/vhd, and much more
COPYR.DMA Build013: A Tool for making copies of hard disks with bad sectors
CopyWipe
1.14: Copy old hard drive to a new hard drive by copying the entire
contents of one drive to another, CopyWipe can also help prevent
confidential or private data from being recovered, by securely wiping
the contents of a drive
DiskImage 1.6: Creates and writes disk images files to hard and floppy disks
DriveImage
XML 2.42: Backup any drive/partition to an image file, even if the
drive is currently in use, a very good freeware alternative to Ghost /
Acronis
Drive SnapShot 1.40: Creates an exact Disk Image of your system into a file while windows is running
FastCopy 2.11: The Fastest Copy/Delete Software on Windows
G4L Ghost 4 Linux 0.34a: A hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tool similar to Norton Ghost
GImageX 2.0.17: ImageX is used to backup/restore WIM images for Windows XP/Vista and Windows 7
Image
For Dos 2.75: Quickly, easily, and reliably create a complete image
backup of all the data located on your hard drive, backups made to
CD/DVD/BD are bootable
Image For Windows 2.75: Backup and restore
utility that creates a snapshot of a selected partition or volume, and
saves it to disk, or burns it directly to most DVD+RW+R-R-RW or CD-R/RW
drives
ImgBurn 2.5.7.0: Lightweight CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray burning
application, supports BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and
PDI, Ability to build DVD/HD/BD Video discs from a
VIDEO_TS/HVDVD_TS/BDAV/BDMV folder, Unicode folder/file names (formerly
DVD Decrypter)
InfraRecorder 0.53: An Open source CD/DVD burning software, also create/burn .iso images
Macrium
Reflect 4.2.3775: Create complete backups of your disk partitions,
including operating system, installed programs and all your settings
ODIN 0.3.4: Open Disk Imager in a Nutshell is similar to Drive Snapshot which supports backing up windows while you are using it
Partition
Image: PartImage 0.6.9: Supported filesystem includes Ext2, Ext3,
Reiserfs, HFS, HPFS, JFS, Xfs, UFS, Fat16, Fat32 and NTFS
Partition Saving 4.00: A tool to backup/restore partitions (SavePart.exe)
RegBak 1.0: A light-weight and simple utility to create backups of Windows registry files
Raw
Copy 1.2: Useful tool to transfer the data directly from a faulty drive
to another drive, built in data recovery function which will also
attempt to recover data from bad sectors
ShadowCopy 2.00: Copy all your files and entire system: even if they are locked by Windows
SelfImage 1.2.1.92: Create image files of any mounted or unmounted hard disk partition
Seagate DiscWizard 11.8326: Backup drive/partition to an image file, for Seagate owners (Powered by Acronis TrueImage)
TeraCopy
2.12: TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at
the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of features
includes pause, resume, auto shutdown, verify, error recovery and
unicode support
WhitSoft File Splitter 4.5a: A Small File Split / Join Tool
XXClone 0.58.0: The simple way to clone a Windows disk to another disk, it makes a self-bootable clone of Windows system disk
BIOS / CMOS Tools
Award DMI Configuration Utility 2.43: DMI Configuration utility for modifying/viewing the MIDF contents
!BIOS 3.20: A powerful utility for bios and cmos
BIOS Cracker 5.0: 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
9.22: File archiver with a high compression ratio Supports 7z, ARJ,
BZIP2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, FAT, GZ, GZIP, HFS, IMA, IMG, ISO, LZH,
LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, TAR, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR, XZ, ZIP
and Z formats
Bulk Rename Utility 2.7.1.2: Rename multiple files, change timestamps and rename using EXIF data with the click of a button
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
EasyUHA 1.1: GUI Tool to create and extract UHA Archives
Everything 1.21: Ultra fast file/folder search tool with ftp/http server
Explore2fs 1.08b: GUI explorer tool for accessing linux ext2 and ext3 filesystems under windows
Ext2Explore 2.2.71: Explore ext2/ext3/ext4 disk/partition, can also be used to view and copy disk and file system images
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
FastLynx 2.0: Dos file manager with Pc to Pc file transfer capability
HashMyFiles 1.90: Calculate MD5/SHA1/CRC32 hashes of your files
Mini
Windows Xp: Portable Windows Xp that runs from CD/USB/Ram Drive to
repair/recover dead windows operating system. It has LAN and WLAN
(Wireless) Network includes 300 WiFi/Ethernet card drivers and can also
be customized easily to add your own drivers in HBCD\Drivers folder.
Added some USB 3.0 and SATA/SCSI/SAS Storage drivers, Dynamic disk
Spanned/Striped/Mirrored/RAID-5 Volume support, PDF Printer and VBS/WSH
scripting support. Supported keyboard layouts are: United States, United
Kingdom, US Dvorak, Arabic, Turkish Q, Turkish F, Swiss German, Swiss
French, Swedish, Suomi Finnish, Spanish, Slovenian, Slovak, Russian,
Portuguese, Polish, Norvegian Norske, Netherlands Dutch, Latin American,
Italy, Icelandic, Hungarian, Hebrew, Germany, German Switzerland
Luxembourg, Francais Cavier AZERTY, Denmark Daenish, Bulgarian Phonetic,
Bulgarian, Brazil Portuguese, Brazil Extended Portuguese and Belgium
Opera Web Browser 12.02: One of the fastest, smallest and smartest full-featured web browser with an email client
SearchMyFiles 2.30: Alternative to ‘Search For Files And Folders’ module of Windows + Duplicates Search
Tor
Browser 2.2.39: Surf the internet anonymously through encryption, even
https sites can be browsed safely where it is blocked by your local ISP
Total
Commander 8.01: A file manager similar to the Windows Explorer features
side-by-side file-browsing panes, built-in FTP, archive management,
file search/compare/synchronize and more
Volkov Commander 4.99: Dos File Manager with LongFileName/ntfs support (Similar to Norton Commander)
WinMerge
2.12.4.0: Differencing and merging tool which can compare both folders
and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy
to understand and handle
Cleaners
All Users Temp Cleaner 1.2: Clean all users temp folders, unwanted windows files from an offline installation
ATF
Cleaner 3.0.0.2: A personal and easy-to-use temp file removal software
to clean all user temp folders, Java cache, Opera/Mozilla browser cache,
cookies, history, download history, saved passwords etc
CCleaner 3.23.1823: Crap Cleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool
CleanUp! 4.5.2: Removes junk files from all user profiles that accumulate over time and litter your hard drive
CloneSpy 2.63: Duplicate file cleanup tool, can optionally create hardlinks to save space
Data Shredder 1.0: A tool to Erase disk and files (also wipe free space) securely
Delete Doctor 2.2: Delete Files that are hard to delete, Option to delete on reboot or via UNC Name
Duplicate
File Finder 3.5: Scans and identify duplicate files, it compares them
based on byte for byte comparison ensures 100% accuracy
McAfee Removal Tool 6.0.152.0: McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool removes all 2005: 2012 versions of McAfee products
MyUninstaller 1.94: Alternative to the standard add / remove control panel module
Norton
Removal Tool 20.0.0.21: SymNRT uninstalls most Norton AntiVirus, Norton
Internet Security, Norton 360, and Norton SystemWorks even when the
uninstaller fails to remove them
PC Decrapifier 2.2.8: Removes
unwanted preinstalled/bundled software from Windows XP/Vista/7 that
usually comes with HP/Dell/Acer etc machines
Print Flush 1.3: Clean the print spool it restarts the print spooler and deletes junk print files
Revo Uninstaller 1.93: Remove unnecessary files and registry entries left behind by incomplete program uninstallation routines
SpaceMonger 1.4: Keeping track of the free space on your computer
SpaceSniffer 1.1.2.0: Find lost space on your disks the easy way
WinDirStat 1.1.2.80: A disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Windows
Device Driver Tools
3DP
Chip 12.09: This tool will help you to find right drivers for your
devices and download the latest device drivers with few simple clicks
Device
Doctor 2.1: Scans the hardware and checks to see if there are new
driver updates available, also checks for the unidentified devices
Double Driver 4.1: Driver Backup and Restore tool
PCI 32 Sniffer 1.4 (18-10-2012): Device information tool which is similar to unknown devices
Remove
Non Present Drivers: Automatically remove all non-present/disconnected
devices from a Windows and can often be useful to prevent
misbehaving/unnecessary drivers from being loaded, cleanup drivers when
you replaced motherboard or used backup image of different hardware
Smart Driver Backup 2.12: Easy backup of your Windows device drivers (also works from PE)
UnknownDevices 1.4.20 (18-10-2012): Helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are
USBDeview 2.16: View/Uninstall all installed/connected USB devices on your system
Editors / Viewers
Atlantis
Word Processor 1.6.5.5: Compact, fast-loading, but still powerful and
efficient, perfect companion for a wide range of your word processing
tasks, supports RTF, MS Word DOC 6.0/95/97/2000/XP/2003 and DOCX
HxD 1.7.7.0: Hex Editor provides tools to inspect and edit files, main memory, disks/disk images
IrfanView 4.33: A free Image Viewer/Editor/Converter and Optimizer
Notepad++
6.2: A text editor and source code editor supports Unicode files,
Regular expression find and replace (also in files), tabbed editing,
Syntax highlighting and Drag-and-drop
PhotoFiltre 6.5.3: A
complete image retouching program (Mini Photoshop) allows you to do
simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of
filters on it
Picture Viewer 1.94: Picture viewer for dos, supports more than 40 filetypes
QuickView Pro 2.58: Movie viewer for dos, supports many format including divx
Spread32
1.18: Mini Excel with all of the basic features of a spreadsheet
program. Run macros, draw objects, generate charts, calculate functions
and formulas, reads and writes xls, csv, text, and pxl formats
SumatraPDF 1.1: A free, open source, lightweight PDF Reader for Microsoft Windows
FileSystems Tools
AlternateStreamView 1.32: View/Copy/Delete hidden NTFS Alternate Data Streams
EditBINI 1.01: Edit boot.ini on NTFS Partition (Dos Freeware).
Ext2fsd 0.51: Linux ext2/ext3 file system driver which supports read and write support in Minixp
FileDisk Mount Tool 25: Mount ISO/BIN/NRG/MDF/IMA/IMG images on windows
Filemon 7.04: Monitors and displays file system activity on a system in real-time
ImDisk 1.6.0: Create/mount virtual hard disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory
Junction 1.04: Create/View/Delete Windows junction/reparse points on an NTFS drive
NewSID 4.10: Utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP
NTFS Access 2.2: Set NTFS permissions recursively and full access rights to a folder/file owner
NTFS Dos 3.02: Read-only access ntfs partitions from Dos .
NTFS4Dos 1.9: Read and write ntfs partitions from Dos
NTFSLinksView 1.07: View list of all symbolic links, junctions and their target paths
Virtual Floppy Drive 2.1: Enables you to create and mount a virtual floppy drive on your NT/2000/XP/Vista
Hard Disk Tools
Active Kill Disk 4.1.2393: Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive
CrystalDiskInfo
4.0.1: HDD health monitoring utility, displays basic HDD information,
monitors S.M.A.R.T. values and disk temperature
Darik’s Boot and Nuke (DBAN) 1.0.7: Completely deletes the contents of any hard disk it can detect
DRevitalize
1.2: Repairs bad sectors (physical defects) on hard drives by
generating a special sequence of high and low signals around the
physically damaged area
DiskView 2.4: View graphical map of your
disk, allowing you to check where a file is located or, by clicking on a
cluster, seeing which file occupies it
DiskWipe 1.2: Securely erases the contents of a disk replacing it with random data or leaving the drive completely blank
ExcelStor’s ESTest 4.50: ExcelStor hard disk diagnostic utility
Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 7.00: Check IDE drives for possible defects/problems
Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0: Low Level Format Tool for Fujitsu Drives
Gateway GwScan 5.12: Gateway hard drive diagnostic utility
Hard Disk Sentinel 1.00.5: Hard Disk health, performance and temperature monitoring tool
HDTune 2.55: HD Tune is a hard disk health, benchmarking, error scanner and information tool
HDAT2
4.9B1: The main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad
sectors for detected devices. A freeware alternative of HDD Regenerator
HDD
Capacity Restore 1.2: This tool allows you to restore factory capacity
of any hard drive. it does not read from or write to the user data area
or perform any kind of formatting, only alters HDD firmware (HPA and DCO
settings)
HDD Erase 4.0: Secure erase using a special feature built into most newer hard drives
HDD
Low Level Format Tool 2.36: Low-level format tool for S-ATA (SATA), IDE
(E-IDE), SCSI, USB, Flash Cards and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures
HDD Scan 3.3: HDDScan is a Low-level HDD diagnostic tool, it scans surface find bad sectors etc
IBM Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.16: Quickly and reliably tests SCSI, IDE and SATA drives
IBM Hitachi Feature Tool 2.15: Allows you to control some of the features of the HDD
Maxtor amset utility 4.0: Utility for changing Acoustic Management on the hard drives
Maxtor Low Level Formatter 1.1: Maxtor’s Low Level Format Utility works on any harddrive
Maxtor PowerMax 4.23: Designed to perform diagnostic read/write verifications on Maxtor/Quantum hard drives
MHDD
4.6: Precise diagnostic of the mechanical part of a drive, perform
Low-level format, Bad Sector Sepair, access raw sectors, manage
S.M.A.R.T (SMART) and other drive parameters such as acoustic
management, security, Host Protected Area, etc.
Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28: Diagnose the disk when suspected to have failures
Samsung ESTOOL 3.01v: Drive Diagnostic, Automatic Acoustic Management, Enable/Disable SMART etc
Samsung HDD Utility(HUTIL) 2.10: The Drive Diagnostic Utility
SeaTools
for Dos: GUI 2.23 Text 1.10 versions to test Seagate or Maxtor Parallel
ATA (PATA and IDE) and Serial ATA (SATA) interface disc drives
SmartUDM 2.00: Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer
Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b: Toshiba hard drive diagnostic utility
Victoria 3.33e and 3.52rus: a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics
Victoria 4.46: Universal program for testing storage devices
ViVard 1.0: HDD low-level diagnostics, Surface test with remap, SMART-attributes etc
WDClear 1.30: Restore/Erases the drive back to a factory condition
WDIDLE3
1.05: Modifies the behavior of a Western Digital Green drive to wait
longer before positioning the heads in their park position and turning
off unnecessary electronics
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools 11.2: For the installation of Western Digital EIDE Hard Drives .
Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.19: Quickly and efficiently verify the status of the drive
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools 1.24: Perform drive identification, diagnostics, and repairs on most WD drives
MBR (Master Boot Record) Tools
BellaVista 1.1.0.71: Formerly BCD Editor with lots of options to configure Windows for a developer
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’ message
BootSect 6.0.6: Boot Sector Manipulation Tool, This tool replaces FixFAT.exe and FixNTFS.exe
BootICE 2012.09.20: A boot sector manipulation utility to edit MBR/PBR/BCD
DiskMan 4.2: All in one tool for cmos, bios, bootrecord and more
FbInst 1.6: A tool to create universal flash boot disk that boots from all computers
Grub4Dos installer 1.1: An universal boot loader GRUB for DOS GRLDR installer
grub4dos
2012-10-02: An universal boot loader based on GNU GRUB, can boot off
DOS/LINUX or via Windows boot manager/syslinux/lilo or from MBR/CD,
builtin BIOS disk emulation
HDHacker 1.4: Load/Save/View MBR and BootSector from a physical/logical drive
isolinux 4.05: A boot loader for Linux/i386 that operates off ISO 9660/El Torito CD-ROMs in ‘no emulation’ mode
MBRWizard 3.0.73: Directly update and modify the Master Boot Record
MbrFix 1.3: Backup, restore and fix the boot code in the MBR
MBR Utility 1.05: Manipulate a drive’s master boot record (MBR) via the command line
MBRWork 1.08: A utility to perform some common and uncommon MBR functions
MBRTool 2.3.200: Backup, verify, restore, edit, refresh, remove, display, re-write and more
MBR SAVE / RESTORE 2.1: BootSave and BootRest tools to save / restore MBR
MemDisk 4.05: Allow booting legacy operating systems, floppy images, hard disk images and some ISO images
PLoP
Boot Manager 5.0.14: Boot different operating systems harddisk, floppy,
CD/DVD or from USB, it can boot from an USB/CD/DVD even without BIOS
support
RMPrepUSB 2.1.620: Partition and format your USB drive and make it bootable
Smart Boot Manager 3.7.1: A multi boot manager
XOSL 1.1.5: A graphical boot manager that supports multi-booting of various operating systems
Ms Dos Tools
1394 Firewire Support: 1394 Firewire Drivers for Dos.
ASUSTeK USB Driver 3: ASUS USB CD-ROM Device Driver Version 1.00
Dos
tools: Collection of dos utilities 7zdec.exe extract.exe pkzip.exe
pkunzip.exe lha.exe gzip.exe uharcd.exe imgExtrc.exe xcopy.exe
diskcopy.com mouse.com undelete.com edit.com fdisk.exe fdisk2.exe
fdisk3.exe lf.exe delpart.exe wipe.com zap.com format.com deltree.exe
more.com find.exe hex.exe debug.exe split.exe mem.exe attrib.com sys.com
smartdrv.exe xmsdsk.exe killer.exe share.exe scandisk.exe guest.exe
doskey.exe duse.exe move.exe setver.exe intersvr.exe interlnk.exe
loadlin.exe lfndos.exe doslfn.com and more
Interlnk support at COM1/LPT1: Access another computer from COM/LPT port
SCSI Support: SCSI Drivers for Dos
SATA Support: SATA Driver (gcdrom.sys) and JMicron JMB361 (xcdrom.sys) 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
Network Tools
Angry IP Scanner 2.21: Scan IP addresses in any range as well as any their ports
Complete
Internet Repair 1.3.1.1315: All in one tool to repair common internet
connection issues, it attempts to repair everything internet related on a
Windows system
CurrPorts 2.02: Displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your computer
Network Password Recovery 1.32: Recover Windows XP/Vista network passwords / Credentials file
PuTTY
0.62-t012: PuTTY Tray is a free and open source terminal emulator
application which can act as a client for the SSH and Telnet
SoftPerfect
Network Scanner 5.4.7: Multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner with
a modern interface and many advanced features
SmartSniff 1.95: Network monitoring utility that allows you to capture TCP/IP packets that pass through your network adapter
TCPView 3.05: Lists TCP and UDP endpoints, including the Local/Remote addresses of TCP connections
TFtpd32
4.0: Tftpd32 is for Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) client,
including DHCP, TFTP, SNTP and Syslog servers, can also be used for PXE
boot
WinSCP 4.3.9: A free and open source SFTP/FTP client to secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer
WifiInfoView
1.05: Wireless networks information including Network Name (SSID), MAC
Address, PHY Type (802.11g or 802.11n), RSSI, Signal Quality, Frequency,
Channel Number, Maximum Speed, Company Name, Router Name/Model and more
WirelessNetView 1.41: Wireless Net View monitors the activity of wireless networks around you
XP TCP/IP Repair 1.0: Repair your Windows XP Winsock and TCP/IP registry errors
Optimizers
Defraggler 2.11.560: Defrag your entire hard drive or individual files
MyDefrag 4.3.1: Free disk defragment and optimize utility (formerly JkDefrag) for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7
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
Calcute 11.5.27: A compact scientific tape calculator with many features
Don’t Sleep 2.82: Temporarily suspend power management and prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart
Fix NTLDR is missing: Fix ‘NTLDR is missing, Press any key to restart’ for Windows Xp
HBCD Customizer 3.0: HBCDCustomizer.exe is a GUI tool to create custom iso images of Hiren’s BootCD
HBCD
Program Launcher 3.2: Hiren’s BootCD Program launcher (HBCDMenu.exe and
HBCDMenu.csv) can be used to launch all these programs from USB/CD
Mouse
Emulator 2.2: You can use your keyboard numpad as a mouse, very useful
if your mouse broken or if you are having USB driver problems
NT 6.x fast installer: Install Windows Vista/7 directly to hard drive/usb external drive
On-Screen
Keyboard: A utility that displays a virtual keyboard on the computer
screen that allows people with mobility impairments to type data by
using a pointing device or joystick
Parted Magic 2012-10-10:
Linux based rescue environment with lots of applications to manage
partitions, backup and recovery such as GParted, Parted, Partition
Image, TestDisk, Partimage, Truecrypt, Clonezilla, G4L, Firefox, ClamAV,
GSmartControl, SimpleBurn, dd, ddrescue, with extensive collection of
file system tools are also included, supports the following: btrfs,
ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs,
reiserfs, reiser4, and xfs
Universal TCP/IP Network 6.5: 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 98 different network card drivers
WinNTSetup 2.3.1.0:
Install Windows 2k/XP/2003/Vista/7/8 x86/x64 from USB/CD under
PE/LiveXp, allows you to apply tweaks and choose driveletter for the new
Windows installation
Partition Tools
eXtended Fdisk 0.9.3: XFDISK allows easy partition creation and edition
Fat32 Formatter GUI 1.01: Windows XP cannot format a volume bigger than 32GB with FAT32
GParted
Partition Editor 0.14.0: Create, copy, paste, delete, hide, resize or
move partitions without losing data, a good freeware alternative to
Partition Magic
Mount Drives 1.1: Auto Mount Drives can be used to mount unmounted/hidden drives
Partition Table Editor 8.0: Partition Table and Boot Record Editor
Partition
Wizard Home Edition 7.0: Free Partition Magic Alternative, Partition
Resize/Move/Copy/Create/Delete/Format/Convert, Explore, etc
Ranish Partition Manager 2.44: A boot manager and hard disk partitioner
Smart Fdisk 2.05: A simple harddisk partition manager
SPecial Fdisk 2000.03v: SPFDISK is 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
USB Format Tool: Format/make bootable any USB flash drive to FAT, FAT32, or NTFS partition
Volume Serial Number Changer 1.2: Allow you to change the drive’s serial number on FAT, FAT32 and NTFS file systems
Password/Key Tools
ATAPWD 1.2: Hard Disk Password Utility
Autologon
3.01: Enables you to easily configure Windows’ built-in autologon
mechanism, so you don’t have to wait on the login screen
BIOS
Master Password Generator: Collection of password generator tools to
reset BIOS Power on Password / Administrator password on Acer, Compaq,
Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, Sony, Hewlett Packard, Phoenix, Samsung and other
generic brand Laptops
BulletsPassView 1.25: Reveal the passwords
stored behind the bullet (asterisk) characters in Windows / IE (Updated
Asterisk Logger)
ClearLock 1.4.0: Lock your desktop with a
transparent layer, allowing you to see what is happening on your desktop
and at the same time prevent access to the computer without the proper
password
Content Advisor Password Remover 1.01: It Removes Content Advisor Password from Internet Explorer
Dialupass 3.16: Find and extract Username, Password, and Domain of DialUp/RAS/VPN networking in Windows
Kon-Boot 1.0: Bypass Login Password of Windows (32bit, any password) and Linux login as kon-usr
LicenseCrawler 1.11.239: Find the license keys and serial numbers of your programs
Mail PassView 1.78: Recovers mail passwords of Outlook Express, MS Outlook, IncrediMail, Eudora, etc
MessenPass 1.42: A password recovery tool that reveals the passwords of several instant messengers
NTPWD: Utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password
NTPWEdit 0.3: Password editor for Windows NT based systems to change or remove passwords for local system accounts
Offline NT Password Changer 2011-05-11: Utility to reset/unlock windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 administrator/user password
Password Renew 1.1: Utility to set/reset windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 (32bit only) passwords
ProduKey 1.54: Recovers lost the product key of your Windows/Office
PST
(Outlook) Password Recovery 1.16: PstPassword is a small utility that
recovers lost password of Outlook .PST (Personal Folders) file
Router
IP/Passwords: The complete list of Default Router Passwords and Default
Router IP Addresses, can be useful if you have misplaced the manual or
lost your router password
SniffPass 1.13: A password monitoring
tool that listens to your network, capture the passwords that pass
through your network adapter, it works on POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and
HTTP protocols and recovers lost Web/FTP/Email passwords
WebBrowserPassView
1.30: Allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Mozilla
Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome and Internet explorer Web
browsers
WindowsGate 1.1: Enables/Disables Windows logon password validation
Windows
Product Key Update Tool 1.7: This tool is from microsoft to change the
key of illegal/pirated installed Xp to legit xp keys from the sticker on
the PC, even if it is oem and not retail/corporate
WirelessKeyView 1.56: Recovers all wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer by WZC Wireless Zero Configuration
XP Key Reader 2.7: Can decode the XP-key on Local or Remote systems
Process Tools
Dependency Walker 2.2: Checks for missing/invalid DLL/modules/functions for any exe/dll/ocx/sys
IB Process Manager 1.04: A little process manager for 9x/2k, shows dll info etc
OpenedFilesView 1.52: View opened/locked files in your system, sharing violation issues
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 15.23: Shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded
Process Monitor 3.03: Monitor real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity, This tool replaces Filemon and Regmon
ProcessActivityView 1.12: Detailed process access information read/write/opened files etc
RKill
(18-10-2012): RKill just kills malware processes, imports a Registry
file that removes incorrect file associations and fixes policies that
stop us from using certain tools
RunAsDate 1.11: Allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify
Unlocker
1.9.1: 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
Recovery Tools
DataRescue DD 1.0: DrDD
is a disk imager intended for data recovery and backup of partially
corrupted storage devices, the main advantages are Range Selection and
Copy Backward Direction
DiskDigger 0.8.3.176: Undelete and
recover lost photos, videos, music, documents and other formats from
your hard drive, memory cards and USB flash drives
DiskGenius
3.2: Restore deleted partition, Rebuild MBR, Rebuild partition table,
Recover files, Restore formatted partition, Backup files by partition,
Disk clone, Backup partition table, Create/Delete/Format Partitions etc
IsoBuster
3.0: CD/DVD/Blu-ray and Disk Image File data recovery tool that can
read and extract files, tracks and sessions from CD-i, VCD, SVCD,
CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, DVD, DVCD BD and HD DVD and other media as well as a
wide variety of disk image formats, it also has retry-mechanisms for
damaged CD/DVD
Partition Find and Mount 2.31: Partition Find and Mount software is designed to find lost or deleted partitions
PartitionRecovery 1.0: A freeware tool to recover accidentally deleted partitions
PhotoRec 6.14b: Tool to Recover File and pictures from Dos/Windows/Linux
Recuva 1.43.623: Restore deleted files from Hard Drive, Digital Camera Memory Card, usb mp3 player etc
Restoration 3.2.13: A tool to recover deleted files
ShadowExplorer
0.8: Shadow Explorer allows you to browse the shadow copies created by
the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and retrieve older versions from
files you accidentally deleted or altered
Smart Partition Recovery 3.3: Find Lost NTFS partitions and restore them back
SoftPerfect File Recovery 1.2: Restore accidentally deleted files from hard drive, USB flash drives, CF and SD memory cards
TestDisk 6.14b: Tool to check and undelete partition from Dos/Windows/Linux
TrID File Identifier 2.10: Alternative of UnChk and FileChk to recover filetype from the file content
Unstoppable
Copier 5.2: Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as
bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data
Registry Tools
ERUNT 1.1j: The Emergency Recovery Utility NT Registry Backup and Restore for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP
Fix HDC: Fix the Hard Drive Controller when replacing your motherboard on an XP system
Glary
Registry Repair 3.3.0.852: An advanced registry cleaner that allows you
to safely scan, clean, and repair registry problems
RegFromApp 1.23: Monitors/exports the Registry changes made by the selected application
Registry Editor PE 0.9c: Easy editing of remote registry hives and user profiles
Registry Restore Wizard 1.0.4: Restores a corrupted system registry from Xp System Restore
Regmon 7.04: A monitoring utility that will show you which applications are accessing your Registry
RegScanner 1.90: Tool to find/search in the Registry of Windows
RegShot
1.8.2: A registry compare utility that allows you to quickly take a
snapshot of your registry and then compare it with a second one: done
after doing system changes or installing a new software product
Registry Viewer 4.2: Registry Viewer/Editor for Win9x/Me/NT/2K/XP
Remote Control Tools
TeamViewer
7.0.14563: Access any remote computer via Internet just like sitting in
front of it, even through firewalls, also included version 6.0.10462
for MiniXp
TightVNC 2.5.2: Cross-platform Remote Desktop Software to view/control remote pc with mouse and keyboard
Security / Encryption Tools
DiskCryptor
0.9: High speed disk encryption tool to encrypt all disk/partitions,
including the system partition encryption support
EncFS 1.7.4:
This should be used for secure online file backup services such as
Google Drive, Dropbox and Sugarsync as the encryption do not occupy a
fixed size containers and backup programs can copy encrypted files and
can be accessed from linux, iPhone/iOS and android using BoxCryptor and
Cryptonite
FreeOTFE 5.21: Free, open source, on-the-fly transparent disk encryption program
TrueCrypt
7.1a: On-the-fly Linux/Windows disk encryption tool, can create a
virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a real disk, can
also encrypt an entire HDD/Partition/USB Drive
Startup Tools
Autoruns
11.34: 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 2.0.5b: A general homepage hijackers detector and remover and more
ServiWin 1.50: Alternative Windows Services/Drivers Tool
Silent Runners Revision 64: 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
Astra 6.01: Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant
BattStat 0.99b: Battery Status monitor and power management freeware for Windows x86/x64
BlueScreenView 1.46: Scans minidump files for BSOD (blue screen of death) crash information
BrowsingHistoryView
1.05: View history data of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google
Chrome, and Safari Web browsers in one table
CPU Identification utility 1.20: CHKCPU.EXE Detailed information on CPU
CPU-Z 1.61: 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
GPU-Z 0.6.5: A lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU
HWiNFO 5.5.2: A powerful system information utility
Navratil Software System Information 0.60.45: High-end professional system information tool
PCI and AGP info Tool (18-10-2012): The PCI System information and Exploration tool
PC Wizard 2012.2.11: PCWizard is a powerful system information/benchmark utility designed especially for detection of hardware
SIW 2011.10.29: Gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings
Speccy 1.18.379: An advanced System Information tool for your PC
System Analyser 5.3x: View extensive information about your hardware
System Explorer 3.9.7: Shows detailed system information about processes, startups, IE addons, drivers, explorer, etc
SysChk 2.46: Find out exactly what is under the hood of your PC
Update Checker 1.039: Scans your computer for installed software and checks for newer releases on FileHippo
Testing Tools
Bart’s Stuff Test 5.1.4: Long term heavy stress testing storage devices
CPU/Video/Disk Performance Test 5.7: A tool to test cpu, video, and disk
Disk Speed 1.0: Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool
GoldMemory 5.07: Memory Diagnostic Tests
H2testw 1.4: Check your USB Flash memory cards, internal/external hard drives and network drives for errors with this tool
HDD Scan 2.8: HDDScan is a Low-level HDD diagnostic tool, it scans surface find bad sectors etc
IsMyLcdOK (Monitor Test) 1.02: Allows you to test CRT/LCD/TFT screens for dead pixels and diffective screens
Memtest86+ 4.20: PC Memory Test
MemTest 1.0: A Memory Testing Tool
Prime95
25.11: This will detect for errors in CPU or RAM within a matter of
minutes if an overclock is not stable, you can run Torture Test
(burn-in) overnight to ensure long-term stability of the hardware
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
Video Memory Stress Test 1.7.116: A tool to thoroughly test your video RAM for errors and faults
Video Memory Stress Test CE 1.21: Tests all video RAM accessible by 32-bit CPU address space from a clean environment
Windows Memory Diagnostic: A RAM Test 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
Disable Autorun: A small tweak which disables processing of autorun.inf to protect your PC from usb autorun viruses
Disable Compress Old Files: This registry tweak is useful when Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
EzPcFix 1.0.0.16: Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, and malware
FileTypesMan 1.62: File Types Manager for Windows to add, edit, and remove actions in the properties and flags of each file type
InstalledCodec 1.25: Disable/Enable Installed Codec drivers and DirectShow filters
KeyTweak 2.3.0: Remap Keyboard Layout, you can even customize a broken key to an unused key
Protect a Drive from Autorun Virus: Protect your pen drive from being infected when you plug it in an infected PC
RemoveWGA 1.2: Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Removal tool
RRT: Remove Restrictions Tool 3.0: Re-enable Ctrl+Alt+Del, Folder Options and Registry tools etc
Shell Extensions Manager (ShellExView) 1.76: An excellent tool to View and Manage all installed Context-menu/Shell extensions
ShellMenuNew 1.01: View/Change the list of all menu items in the ‘New’ submenu of Windows Explorer
Show
Hidden Devices: Device Manager hides nonpresent devices that are not
physically present in the system, but still have configuration
information in the Registry
TweakUI 2.10: This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in Windows Xp
Ultimate Windows Tweaker 2.2: A TweakUI Utility for tweaking and optimizing Windows Vista
Write Protect USB Devices: Tweak your PC to make USB Pen Drive, Memory Card or Thumb Drive as Read Only
XP-AntiSpy 3.98: It tweaks some Windows XP functions, and disables some unneeded Windows services quickly