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Ultimate Boot CD 4.1.1

Freeware

Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from your CD drive. It consolidates a wide array of popular diagnostic tools in to a bootable CD interface. The applications included are: MemTest86 Ver 3.0, Data Lifeguard Ver 10.0 for Western Digital HDD, PowerMax Ver 3.04 for Maxtor/Quantum HDD, Drive Fitness Test Ver 3.40 for IBM/Hitachi HDD and many many more.

Requires: Intel x86 (supplied as a ISO image)

Windows Power Packer RC8

Freeware

Enables to create a customised Windows XP installation disc, with all the drives and various packs you get after you've bought Windows XP. It will do almost everything for you, even hex edit the files needed to be hexed, create the boot directory, boot menu, etc. It makes creating multiboot XP disks a breeze.

Requires: Windows XP only

WinRAR 3.7

Shareware

Archive manager that also enables you to produce your own customised self-extracting archives. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me or XP

Virtual Drive Creator 2.1.4

Freeware

Create your own virtual drive, with its own drive letter, simply by selecting a letter in the "Available Virtual Drive Letters" list. You can use the cursor keys to select your letter or Click the letter with your left mouse button. You can then type in the path in the ôFull path:ö text box or, using the Drive and Folder Lists, browse to the folder you want set to the selected Virtual Drive letter.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me or XP

WinPatrol 12.1

Freeware

Will sniff out worms, adware, keyloggers, spyware, cookies, and Trojan horses. This program puts you back in control of your computer with no need for constant updates. WinPatrol's goal is to help you better understand what programs are running on your computer and to alert you to any new programs added without your permission.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me or XP

ZipGenius 6.03.1130

Freeware

Complete file compression suite that's both free and easy to use, plus it supports more than 20 formats of compressed archives, inlcuded RAR, ARJ, ACE, CAB, SQX and the excellent 7-zip. Note the Suite edition contains additional files, themes and modules.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me or XP