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Monday, May 7, 2007

Essential Vista Boot Tools Package or any os :)

I found another great pack of essential tools that every sys admin should have stashed away for a rainy day or to fix insane problems that may arise.. check out the description..


A new version of Hiren's BootCD is out and it's now version 9.0 with lots of updated stuff (to see the changelog between version 9.0 and 8.9, read full post).

3 application have been added, 18 updated and Hiren fixed Seagate tools plus he's been working on making Hiren's Boot CD 9.0 booting faster from USB drive! Nice one!

Download Hiren's BootCD v9.0 incl. keyboard patch (71,4Mb)
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What is Hiren's BootCD ? It's a all in one Dos Bootable CD which has all these utilities:

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Partition Tools
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Partition Magic Pro 8.05
Best software to partition hard drive

Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0.554
Popular disk management functions in a single suite

Paragon Partition Manager 7.0.1274
Universal tool for partitions

Partition Commander 9.01
The safe way to partition your hard drive,with undo feature

Ranish Partition Manager 2.44
a boot manager and hard disk partitioner.

The Partition Resizer 1.3.4
move and resize your partitions in one step and more.

Smart Fdisk 2.05
a simple harddisk partition manager

SPecial Fdisk 2000
SPFDISK a partition tool.

eXtended Fdisk 0.9.3
XFDISK allows easy partition creation and edition

GDisk 1.1.1
Complete replacement for the DOS FDISK utility and more.

Super Fdisk 1.0
Create, delete, format partitions drives without destroying data
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Disk Clone Tools
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ImageCenter 5.6 (Drive Image 2002)
Best software to clone hard drive

Norton Ghost 8.3
Similar to Drive Image (with usb/scsi support)

Acronis True Image 8.1.945
Create an exact disk image for complete system backup and disk cloning.

Partition Saving 3.40
A tool to backup/restore partitions. (SavePart.exe)

COPYR.DMA Build013
A Tool for making copies of hard disks with bad sectors
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Antivirus Tools
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F-Prot Antivirus 3.16f (2604)
Very good virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu)

McAfee Antivirus 4.40 (2604)
a virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu)
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Recovery Tools
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Active Partition Recovery 3.0
To Recover a Deleted partition.

Active Uneraser 3.0
To recover deleted files and folders on FAT and NTFS systems.

Ontrack Easy Recovery Pro 6.10
To Recover data that has been deleted/virus attack

Winternals Disk Commander 1.1
more than just a standard deleted-file recovery utility

TestDisk 6.7b
Tool to check and undelete partition.

Lost & Found 1.06
a good old data recovery software.

DiyDataRecovery Diskpatch 2.1.100
An excellent data recovery software.

Prosoft Media Tools 5.0 1.1.2.64
Another excellent data recovery software with many other options.

PhotoRec 6.7b
File and pictures recovery Tool.
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Testing Tools
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System Speed Test 4.78
it tests CPU, harddrive, ect.

PC-Check 6.0
Easy to use hardware tests

Ontrack Data Advisor 5.0
Powerful diagnostic tool for assessing the condition of your computer

The Troubleshooter 7.02
all kind of hardware testing tool

PC Doctor 3.0
a benchmarking and information tool

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
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RAM (Memory) Testing Tools
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DocMemory 3.1b
RAM Test utility

GoldMemory 5.07
RAM Test utility

Memtest86+ 1.70
PC Memory Test
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Hard Disk Tools
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Hard Disk Diagnostic Utilities
Seagate Seatools Desktop Edition 3.02
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools
Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.04f
Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Maxtor amset utility 4.0
Maxtor(or any Hdd) Low Level Formatter 1.1
Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 6.61
Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0
Samsung HDD Utility(HUTIL) 2.02
Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.08
IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.03
Gateway GwScan 3.15
ExcelStor's ESTest 3.80
MHDD 4.6
WDClear 1.30
Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b
SeaTools for Dos 1.08

HDD Regenerator 1.51
to recover a bad hard drive

Ontrack Disk Manager 9.57
Disk Test/Format/Maintenance tool.

Norton Disk Doctor 2002
a tool to repair a damaged disk, or to diagnose your hard drive.

Norton Disk Editor 2002
a powerful disk editing, manual data recovery tool.

Active Kill Disk 3.1
Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive.

HDAT2 4.5.2
main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for detected devices

SmartUDM 2.00
Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer.

Victoria 3.33
a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics
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System Information Tools
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Aida16 2.14
a system information tool, extracts details of all components of the PC

PCI and AGP info Tool (2604)
The PCI System information & Exploration tool.

System Analyser version 5.3q
View extensive information about your hardware

Navratil Software System Information 0.59.14
High-end professional system information tool

Astra 5.31
Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant

HwInfo 5.0.5
a powerful system information utility

PC-Config 9.33
Complete hardware detection of your computer

SysChk 2.46
Find out exactly what is under the hood of your PC

CPU Identification utility 1.12
Detailed information on CPU (CHKCPU.EXE)

CTIA CPU Information
another CPU information tool
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MBR (Master Boot Record) Tools
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MBRWork 1.07b
a utility to perform some common and uncommon MBR functions

MBR Tool 2.2.100
backup, verify, restore, edit, refresh, remove, display, re-write…

DiskMan4
all in one tool for cmos, bios, bootrecord and more

BootFix Utility
Run this utility if you get 'Invalid system disk'

MBR SAVE / RESTORE 2.1
BootSave and BootRest tools to save / restore MBR

Boot Partition 2.60
add Partition in the Windows NT/2000/XP Multi-boot loader

Partition Table Doctor 3.5
a tool to repair/modify mbr, bootsector, partition table

Smart Boot Manager 3.7.1
a multi boot manager

Bootmagic 8.0
This tool is for multi boot operating systems

MBRWizard 2.0b
Directly update and modify the MBR (Master Boot Record)
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BIOS / CMOS Tools
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CMOS 0.93
CMOS Save / Restore Tool

BIOS Cracker 4.8
BIOS password remover (cmospwd)

BIOS Cracker 1.4
BIOS password remover (cmospwc)

BIOS Utility 1.35.0
BIOS Informations, password, beep codes and more.

!BIOS 3.20
a powerfull utility for bios and cmos

DISKMAN4
a powerful all in one utility

UniFlash 1.40
bios flash utility

Kill CMOS
a tiny utility to wipe cmos

Award DMI Configuration Utility 2.43
DMI Configuration utility for modifying/viewing the MIDF contents.
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MultiMedia Tools
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Picture Viewer 1.94
Picture viewer for dos, supports more then 40 filetypes.

QuickView Pro 2.58
movie viewer for dos, supports many format including divx.

MpxPlay 1.55 alpha 2
a small Music Player for dos
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Password Tools
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Active Password Changer 3.0.420
To Reset User Password on windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (FAT/NTFS)

Offline NT/2K/XP Password Changer
utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password.

Registry Viewer 4.2
Registry Viewer/Editor for Win9x/Me/NT/2K/XP

Registry Reanimator 1.02
check and restore structure of the damaged registry files of NT/2K/XP

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

ATAPWD 1.2
Hard Disk Password Utility
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NTFS Ext2FS, Ext3FS (FileSystems) Tools
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NTFS Dos Pro 5.0
To access ntfs partitions from Dos

NTFS 4 Dos 1.4
To access ntfs partitions from Dos

Paragon Mount Everything 3.0
To access NTFS, Ext2FS, Ext3FS partitions from dos

NTFS Dos 3.02
To access ntfs partitions from Dos

EditBINI 1.01
to Edit boot.ini on NTFS Partition
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Dos File Managers
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Volkov Commander 4.99
Dos File Manager with LongFileName/ntfs support
(Similar to Norton Commander)

Dos Command Center 5.1
Classic dos-based file manager.

File Wizard 1.35
a file manager - colored files, drag and drop copy, move, delete etc.

File Maven 3.5
an advanced Dos file manager with high speed PC-to-PC file
transfers via serial or parallel cable

FastLynx 2.0
Dos file manager with Pc to Pc file transfer capability

LapLink 5.0
the smart way to transfer files and directories between PCs.

Dos Navigator 6.4.0
Dos File Manager, Norton Commander clone but has much more features

Mini Windows 98
Can run from Ram Drive, with ntfs support,
Added 7-Zip 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…
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Other Tools
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Ghost Walker 2003.793
utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP

DosCDroast beta 2
Dos CD Burning Tools

Universal TCP/IP Network 5.9.3
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
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Dos Tools
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USB CD-Rom Driver 1
Standard usb_cd.sys driver for cd drive

Universal USB Driver 2
Panasonic v2.20 ASPI Manager for USB mass storage

SCSI Support
SCSI Drivers for Dos

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

1394 Firewire Support
1394 Firewire Drivers for Dos

Interlnk support at COM1
To access another computer from COM port

Interlnk support at LPT1
To access another computer from LPT port
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and too many great dos tools
very good collection of dos utilities
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extract.exe pkzip.exe pkunzip.exe unrar.exe rar.exe
ace.exe lha.exe gzip.exe uharcd.exe mouse.com
attrib.com deltree.exe xcopy.exe diskcopy.com imgExtrc.exe
undelete.com edit.com fdisk.exe fdisk2.exe fdisk3.exe
lf.exe delpart.exe wipe.com zap.com format.com
move.exe more.com find.exe hex.exe debug.exe
split.exe mem.exe mi.com sys.com smartdrv.exe
xmsdsk.exe killer.exe share.exe scandisk.exe scanreg.exe
guest.exe doskey.exe duse.exe biosdtct.exe setver.exe
ntersvr.exe interlnk.exe loadlin.exe lfndos.exe doslfn.com
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Windows Tools
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SpaceMonger 1.4
keeping track of the free space on your computer

Drive Temperature 1.0
Hard Disk Drive temperature meter

Disk Speed 1.0
Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool

MemTest 1.0
a Memory Testing Tool

PageDfrg 2.32
System file Defragmenter For NT/2k/XP

WhitSoft File Splitter 4.5a
a Small File Split-Join Tool

Ghost Image Explorer 11.0
to add/remove/extract files from Ghost image file

DriveImage Explorer 5.0
to add/remove/extract files from Drive image file

Drive SnapShot 1.37
creates an exact Disk Image of your system into a file while windows is running.

Active Undelete 5.1.010
a tool to recover deleted files

Restoration 2.5.14
a tool to recover deleted files

GetDataBack for FAT 2.31
Data recovery software for FAT file systems

GetDataBack for NTFS 2.31
Data recovery software for NTFS file systems

Unstoppable Copier 3.01b
Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors,
scratches or that just give errors when reading data.

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

IB Process Manager 1.04
a little process manager for 9x/2k, shows dll info etc.

Pocket KillBox 2.0
can be used to get rid of files that stubbornly refuse to allow you to delete them

Unlocker 1.8.5
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.

HijackThis 2.0b
a general homepage hijackers detector and remover and more

RootkitRevealer 1.7
Rootkit Revealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility.

Silent Runners Revision 50
A free script that helps detect spyware, malware and adware in the startup process

Autoruns 8.61
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.

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

CurrPort 1.07
displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your computer

Unknown Devices 1.2 (2604)
helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are

PCI 32 Sniffer 1.1 (2604)
device information tool (similar to unknown devices)

NewSID 4.10
utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP

Double Driver 1.0
Driver Backup and Restore tool

DriverBackup! 1.0.2
Another handy tool to backup drivers

CPU-Z 1.39
It gathers information on some of the main devices of your system

CWShredder 2.19
Popular CoolWebSearch Trojan Remover 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

CCleaner 1.39.502
Crap Cleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool

EzPcFix 1.0.0.16
Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, and malware

Content Advisor Password Remover 1.0
It Removes Content Advisor Password from Internet Explorer

WinKeyFinder 1.72
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.

Monitor Tester 1.0
Allows you to test CRT/LCD/TFT screens for dead pixels and diffective screens

Xp-AntiSpy 3.96.4
it tweaks some Windows XP functions, and disables some unneeded Windows services quickly

PC Wizard 2007 1.73
Powerful system information/benchmark utility designed especially for detection of hardware.

Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4 (2604)
Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.

SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 (2604)
Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software.

Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (2604)
find and remove spyware, adware, dialers etc. (a must have tool)

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CHANGELOG
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+ Monitor Tester 1.0
+ Xp-AntiSpy 3.96.4
+ PC Wizard 2007 1.73
HiJackThis 2.0 Beta
Ghost 8.3 (v11 is buggy)
Partition Saving 3.40
System Analyser version 5.3q
QuickView Pro 2.58
MpxPlay 1.55 alpha 2
Unstoppable Copier 3.01b
CCleaner 1.39.502
Partition Table Doctor 3.5
WinKeyFinder 1.72
Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (2504)
F-Prot Antivirus 3.16f (2504)
McAfee Antivirus 4.40 (2504)
PCI 32 Sniffer 1.1 (2504)
PCI and AGP info Tool (2504)
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4 (2504)
SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 (2504)
Unknown Devices 1.2 (2504)
* Fixed Seagate Tools
* Boot from USB Drive Faster

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