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UltraSearch – fast search for files using Master File Table

http://www.jam-software.com/ultrasearch/

UltraSearch searches files on local NTFS drives and provides the results within just a few seconds. UltraSearch does not use a previously built index or background process, it achieves its speed by working directly on the Master File Table (MFT) of the NTFS partitions. You can enter a file name or a pattern like *.exe and often will see the results already while typing. Additional information like size and last change date will be shown for the listed files. Moreover, the Explorer context menu is available inside UltraSearch.

SpaceSniffer -visualization hard drive usage

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

SpaceSniffer is a freeWare (donations are welcome) and portable tool application that lets you understand how folders and files are structured on your disks. By using a Treemap  visualization layout, you have immediate perception of where big folders and files are placed on your devices. Treemap  concept was invented by Prof. Ben Shneiderman, who kindly permitted the use of his concept into this tool.Start a scan process and see the overall situation. Bigger are the elements on the view, bigger are folders and files on your disk. You need more detail on a big folder? Just single click on it. The selected element will be detailed with its content.

Clean Drive-delete old files

http://www.virtualobjectives.com.au/utilitiesprogs/cleandrive.htm

Clean Drive allows you to find all files under a specified drive or directory (including subdirectories) that are older than a specified number of days. You are then given an option to delete these files including empty directories that match the age you specify.

RichCopy- multithreaded copying with restartability

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx

RichCopy is a free utility that comes to us from Ken Tamaru of Microsoft. The tool was first developed in 2001 and has been updated regularly to keep pace with evolving needs. Trust me when I tell you, this is the answer to all your file copying needs. What you'll find most striking the first time you take RichCopy out for a spin is that it's a multithreaded copying tool. That means that rather than copying one file at a time in serial order, RichCopy can open multiple threads simultaneously, allowing many files to be copied in parallel and cutting the total time required to complete the operation several times over. You can also pause and resume file copy operations, so if you lose network connectivity at any point, you can just pick up where you left off.

CabPack-create Microsoft compressed CAB files

http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/cabpack.htm

On this page you can download the latest version of CabPack, a freeware compression program with which you can create cabinet (.CAB) files. With just a few mouse clicks you specify which files to compress, which compression method to use, where the output files should go and whether or not the cabinet files should span multiple disks. CabPack is able to store subdirectories, and depending on the platform you wish to extract the cabinets on, it can create .CAB files that contain long filenames or store these long filenames in the 8.3 format.New in v1.4: the ability to create spanned .CAB files directly on disk drives.

VhdResize-resize Microsoft's VHD files

http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx

VhdResize will resize Microsoft's VHD files and will also convert between Fixed and Dynamic file types. This is a sector by sector copy operation from one size/type to the other and the source file remains unaltered.

VhdResize requires the Microsoft .Net 2.0 framework available via Windows Update and here.

Back4Sure-backup data to usb device

http://freenet-homepage.de/ukrebs/english/back4sure.html

Back4Sure is a freeware program for making backup copies of your documents, pictures, music, videos and anything you find valuable. The files to copy may be distributed all over your computer, even on different drives. Back4Sure will gather all the files you've selected for backup and make a copy of them into a specified target directory. The folder with the drive drive letter of the source drive and the directory structure will be automatically created in the target directory, so all your files will be stored coorectly and easy to find. In this process, Back4Sure will only copy files that have changed since the last backup, so even a large number of files is backed up as fast as possible.

You can use a USB flash drive, a second hard drive or a network share as backup target. With the built-in compression of Back4Sure you can save space and especially on flash disks lots of time when you make a backup of thousands of files.

Back4Sure does not use a proprietary file format to store your data. All files are simply copied or alternatively stored in standardized Zip or 7Zip containers. This way you don't need Back4Sure to get your files back, your file manager will do the job!

Additionally, Back4Sure has an option to cleanup the target directory. With this option you can remove orphaned files, that only exist in the target directory but do not have correponding source files anymore.

While offering lots of options for the backup process, Back4Sure is still handy and flexible: It occupies less than 1 MB of storage space and can easily be run from a flash disk without installation. It does not leave any traces on the host system and does not install any kind of extensions or services

Advanced Shortcuts Composer

http://www.vasilios-free.gr/freesoft/adv_short_composer.htm

With Advanced Shortcuts Composer you can create shortcuts to run programs with a pre-defined destination, priority and keyboard hotkeys to activate. This means that you can: select the destination where a program's shortcut will be created (Desktop, IE Favorites, SendTo context menu, Start Menu, Start Menu Programs, Windows Startup). define the program's (which a created shortcut is corresponding) running priority (Low, Below Normal, Normal, Above Normal, High, Realtime).set a preferable hotkeys' combination (in order to activate any created shortcut from your keyboard). with Shortcuts Patcher (part of Advanced Shortcuts Composer) you can patch any existing shortcut with a desirable priority level. Advanced Shortcuts Composer can run with no problems in a Win98/Me System but without the priority's advantages.

Simple Backup Tool-automatically folder backup

http://downstairs.dnsalias.net/simplebackuptool.html

Simple Backup Tool is (as implied by the name) a very simple application to automatically backup the content of one or more folders. You can specify the input folder and the backup location, and set the program to perform a backup every X minutes. It also offers the option to delete files in the backup folder that are no longer present in the original folder (mirroring). Suitable for the most basic backup needs, easy to use.

Make SFX-Self-extracting archive

http://74.cz/en/makesfx/index.php

Make SFX is a free program that lets you make self-extracting archives under Win32 platform. You can create a SFX module simple in three steps:   1. Select source folder containing the files you want to pack into SFX module.   2. Select executable file from the source folder. This file will be executed after SFX unpack.
   3. Enter the name of the target SFX file.

Make SFX has command line support.

EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard

http://www.easeus-software.com/drw-beta/

EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard 4.8 Beta – The only Free & Full Functional professional data recovery software all over the market for Windows 2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7! Totally free and with all features of the current popular Data Recovery Wizard 4.3.6, this beta test version of EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard 4.8 beta is Free Data Recovery Software do Partition Recovery, Format Recovery and Recover Deleted Files emptied from the Recycle Bin or restore data lost due to software crash, virus attack, etc. The latest upgrade of EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard 4.8 beta supports Windows 2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7 and offers quick scan, and easier and faster data recovery.

EASEUS Todo Backup

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

EASEUS Todo Backup, supporting Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 and Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, is potent FREE backup software providing system backup & restore, hard disk or partition backup & restore, disk clone to protect your system and disk. It can back up whole PC, including the operating system plus your data, applications, settings and everything!

If your system is crashed or Linux based bootable CD fails to restore the system, we recommend you to restore system with WinPE based bootable CD which is more powerful than Linux one: operate without installation, support Windows 7 and Hardware Raid, etc.

Meanwhile, EASEUS Todo Backup is useful if you want to replace the older smaller hard disk by a newer larger hard disk or migrate/upgrade to Windows 7 without reinstalling the operating system and applications once again.

Disktective-disk-space reporting tool for Windows

http://www.disktective.com/

Running out of disk space? Don't know what's eaten it? Then run Disktective, our award-winning disk-reporting tool, to trace used-up space on your system. With Disktective you can find out the real size of your directories and distribution of used space inside them. Each directory may contain hundreds of subdirectories each containing many files. Simply run Disktective and let Disktective create a complete report displaying the real sizes of all directories and their containing subdirectories. 

HD Tach-low level hard drive benchmark

http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach

HD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software as possible and get as close to the physical performance of the device possible.

The trial version of HD Tach measures the sequential read speed (at various points on the device), the random access speed, interface burst speed and CPU utilization of the drive. The registered version adds sequential write testing.

USB Image Tool – create images of usb flash drives

http://www.alexpage.de/?page_id=3

USB Image Tool can create images of USB flash drives and MP3 players, that are mounted as USB drives. It allows you switch between images with different music styles on your MP3 Player or to make an exact backup image of your USB Stick.

VHD Attach-Add to Windows 7 context menu 

http://www.jmedved.com/default.aspx?page=vhdattach&rendering=xhtml

This is small tool that adds Attach and Detach option to contextual (aka right-click) menu of Virtual disk (vhd) files. That enables those operations to be done without trip to Disk Management console. Detach option is available on hard drive contextual menu also. Additionally program can be used as classic utility in order to see various information about virtual disk, even without attaching it. Do notice that this program only works with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Older operating systems are not supported.

SyncBreeze Free-file synchronization utility

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

SyncBreeze is a free, easy-to-use and fast file synchronization utility allowing one to synchronize files between directories, disks and networked computers. SyncBreeze provides multiple one-way and two-way file synchronization modes, user-defined file synchronization commands and customizable GUI layouts.

Zback – portable backup and synchronize tool

http://titan.fsb.hr/~dzorc/zback.html

1) Synchronize directories for routine backup, for example between hard drive and USB drive or synchronize two computers via USB drive.2) General purpose backup utility to save changes in work directories
– portable – no setup needed. Works from USB stick, does not write to the registry- copy modes: update files, refresh existing files or mirror source to target
– filter files based on extension, size, date, subdirectories
– preview and execute operation
– save backup scripts for routine backups
– manual, batch or command line operation
– small size (150 kB)
– personal freeware

Easy Change MP3 Tags By Folder

http://h.nawrocki.free.fr/soft_hn/Easy_Change_MP3_Tags_By_Folder/

Easy Change MP3 Tags By Folder

SkyDrive Explorer-access from folder in explorer

http://skydriveexplorer.com/index.php

SkyDrive Explorer is a free, easy-to-use, but very powerful extension for Windows Explorer. With SkyDrive Explorer you can make any every-day operations with your documents from Microsoft Live SkyDrive™ service (read more…) using Windows Explorer, as if they were on your computer.

Moreover you don't need to install and configure any additional programs or ActiveX components. SkyDrive Explorer will organize the interaction with the online storage itself.

Directory Monitor

http://www.deventerprise.net/Projects.aspx

    * Monitor directories for file changes, modifications, deletions and new files.
    * Monitor local directories or network shares (including hidden shares).
    * Optionally execute an application when an event occurs.
    * Quickly tell if a directory is available and being monitored.
    * Balloon notifications whenever an event is fired.
    * Auto updating, import/export and more.
    * FREE!

Copy changed files between directories

http://www.copychangedfiles.com/

The copy changed files tool is a free program that lets you copy changed files from one directory tree to another.The program only copies changed files, leaving all other files behind.Download
    * Copy changed files only
    * Save last run time, for incremental backup of changed files only
    * Multi threaded
    * Append current date to destination directory or file for easy version maintenance
    * Set from directory
    * Set to directory
    * Set the from date, to scan for files changed after that date
    * Compare date AND time
    * Maintain directory structure in destination directory
    * Exlcude files from copying, ex. thumbs.db
    * Automatically check for new version

Disk2vhd -convert physical HD to VHD

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx

Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk – Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online. Disk2vhd uses Windows’ Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in Windows XP, to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is on a disk different than ones being converted).

Drive Dumper-Clone Hard Drive

http://www.drfreeware.org/drivedumperIntro.html

Drive Dumper allows you to clone Hard Drive or Partition of a Hard Drive

O&O DiskImage Express Edition

http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oodiskimageexpress/index.html

O&O DiskImage Express Edition is the freeware version of our celebrated data imaging product. Thanks to its being so easy to use, you’ll be able to create images of your entire computer and restore individual data drives in no time at all.