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program that helps you image your entire computer and restore single
drives. O&O DiskImage Express is freeware application which will
enable you
to easily image your entire system and restore single drives. It is
recommended you save the O&O DiskImage Express program folder on an
external hard disk and the image too. This avoids saving the image to a
drive you later wish to restore. You cannot restore a drive storing the
image or parts thereof, as this will be completely overwritten during a
restoration and all the data on it will be replaced by the image. download
Comodo Time Machine
 Comodo Time Machine (CTM) is a powerful system rollback utility that
allows users to quickly restore their computers to an earlier point in
time. CTM 'snapshots' are a complete record of your entire system
(including the registry, critical operating system files and user
created documents). Layered Security: Schedule automatic snapshots to be taken at regular intervals. Roll back to the last known working state in the event of virus attacks or crashes. Take snapshots of your computer before large installations or system maintenance. Software Developers and testers can easily restore
test systems to the defaumlt configuration after each deployment without
the need to manually uninstall each application. download
DriverMax
 DriverMax is a new tool that allows you to download the latest driver
updates for your computer. No more searching for rare drivers on discs
or on the web or inserting one installation CD after the other. Just
create a free account, log in, and start downloading the updates that
you need. You can also export all your current drivers (or just the
ones that work ok) to a folder or a compressed file. After reinstalling
Windows you will have everything in one place! Most of the situations when Windows is running slower are caused by
faulty driver installations. Windows stores all versions of older
drivers just in case you want to go back; sometimes it messes up older
versions with more recent ones. download
Paragon Partition Manager Express
 Discover why we hold a global market share in data safety technology with our latest Free Partitioning Software. The main focus of Paragon Software Group is providing top level,
professional hard disk management and repartitioning solutions.
Partitioning is not for amateurs. That is why millions of people have
trusted our safe, stable technology and professional software solutions
for over 14 years. Our newest Express Edition easily organizes your
hard drive and redistributes free space to enhance system perfomance.
Best of all, you can now enjoy the benefits for free! Achieve complete hard disk control with the most advanced
partitioning tool! It provides a full range of features that meet your
specific partitioning needs. download
Virtual CloneDrive
 Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive,
however it exists only virtually. Image files generated with CloneDVD
or CloneCD can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or
from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into
a normal CD/DVD drive. Probably the best virtual drive software, Virtual CloneDrive allows you
to enjoy the freedom of a virtual drive and is completely free. Virtual CloneDrive allows you to run CD/DVD
applications from the hard disk no more need for physical CD/DVD drives
or the actual CD/DVD media. download
EASEUS Partition Master Home Free
 As Partition Magic alternative, EASEUS released updated version EASEUS
Partition Master Home Edition with new features: convert File
System from FAT to NTFS and explore FAT/NTFS partition. EASEUS
Partition Master Home Edition is an excellent partition management
freeware. With its help, you can resize, move, copy, create, convert,
explore, delete and format partitions quickly and safely! The most
attractive feature is it can resize/move partition without destroying
data. This free partition software works perfectly with hardware RAID
and Windows Operating Systems. It not only provides
convenient user-interface to simplify your job but also enables you to
configure and manage partitions of hard drive. download
Secret Disk
 Secret Disk is a software to create secure hard disk on your computer which may be
locked and unlocked with a password to store your private files. When
locked Secret Disk doesn't appear in Windows system and completely
invisible with all contents. When unlocked Secret Disk appears as usual (one more) hard disk on your
PC. You can keep any files and folders there as usual. Works with any
third-party software, games and media, and no additional hardware
required! It is freeware. download
MagicDisc
 It is very
helpful utility designed for creating and
managing virtual CD drives and CD/DVD discs. For
anyone who deals with CD-based programs it is
a MUST. MagicDisc
allows you to use almost all CD/DVD image
without burning them onto CD or DVD in order to
easily access your favorite games, music, or
software programs. It works like a real
CD/DVD-ROM: You can run programs, play games, or
listen to music from your virtual CD-ROM.
Allowing you to run your game images at over
200x faster than from a conventional CD/DVD-ROM. MagicDisc is
a powerful utility that uses a unique
combination of options to ensure a perfect
back-up every time. Partner with MagicISO, Your
original games/program discs can be safely
stored away, MagicISO mean that you always have
your expensive media stored safely as CD/DVD
image file on your hard drive, and use
them with MagicDisc
just like using the original discs. download
Security Process Explorer
 Security Process Explorer is an enhanced task manager, that provides
advanced information about programs and processes running on the
computer. It displays all the standard information, including file
name, directory path, description, CPU usage etc. as well as a unique
security risk rating. This rating is conclusive and relies on the
expertise of the user to determine whether the process should be
terminated or removed. Security Process
Explorer allows you to monitor CPU and memory usage graphs per process,
view detailed processes information (with descriptions), stop and start
new processes, set priorities and much more. download
TrueCrypt
 Protect your sensitive data with this free open-source disk
encryption software. Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and
mount it as a real disk. Encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a
device, such as USB flash drive. Automatically and transparently
encrypt in real time. TrueCrypt provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case
an adversary forces you to reveal the password: a hidden volume
(steganography- more information may be found here); no TrueCrypt
volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random
data). TrueCrypt uses encryption algorithms AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit
key), CAST5, Serpent, Triple DES, and Twofish. download
Daemon Tools Lite
 With Daemon Tools you can back up your physical CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray
discs into "virtual discs" or so called "disc image" files, which run
directly on your hard drive. You can also work with images created by
other burning programs! DAEMON Tools supports variety of image types.
Use CD/DVD image converter to have one format images in your Image
Catalog! An advanced application for Microsoft Windows which provides one of the
best optical media emulation in the industry. DAEMON Tools enables you
to convert your physical CD/DVD discs into "virtual discs" so called
"images". It also emulated up to 4 virtual CD/DVD drives, so you can
mount (insert) and unmount (eject) images. download
KeePass
 KeePass is a free password manager which helps you to manage your
passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one
database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you
only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk
to unlock the whole database. Databases are encrypted using very secure
encryption algorithms (AES and Twofish). KeePass allows you to use strong, hack-proof passwords without
hindering your PC's performance. For this purpose, the program provides
a built-in password generator. The application boasts a number of
features that help enforce protection of your data. download
Password Safe
 Password Safe allows you to
manage your old passwords and to easily and quickly generate, store,
organize, retrieve, and use complex new passwords, using password
policies that you control. Once stored, your user names and passwords
are just a few clicks away. Using Password Safe you can organize your passwords using your own
customizable references - for example, by user ID, category, web site, or
location. You can choose to store all your passwords in a single
encrypted master password list (an encrypted password database), or use
multiple databases to further organize your passwords (work and home,
for example). And with its intuitive interface you will be up and
running in minutes. download
Gizmo Drive
 Is a virtual device simulator which allows you to create
password protected hard disk images with its proprietary GDRIVE format.
Gizmo Drive also supports a number of standard image formats including:
ISO, VHD, BIN, IMG, NRG, CCD, MDS, and MDF. These images can be mounted
to any of the 26 virtual devices made available by Gizmo Drive's
virtual device driver. When an image is mounted, it appears as an
actual hard drive or CD/DVD-ROM device in Windows Explorer. These
devices can be used to achieve a superior performance increase whenever
a CD/DVD-ROM disc is extracted to its ISO form and mounted from the
hard drive instead. Virtual devices are great for archiving purposes as
well, and generally they are good at freeing up desk space by
eliminating the need of having discs scattered all over the office. download
SIW
 SIW is a free System Information for Windows. SIW is a system
information tool that gathers detailed information about your system
properties and settings. It includes detailed specs for CPU, Network, TCP/IP, Memory,
Hardware, Users, Network Shares, and more, as well as real-time
monitors for CPU, Memory and network traffic.
SIW also displays currently active network connections, installed
codecs and more. A standalone tool that does not require installation. It is freeware. download
Quick Startup
When you turn on your computer certain applications, drivers, and
services are automatically started at the beginning of each Windows
session. The information that tells Windows to automatically start
these items can be located in a number of places, ranging from a
program group on your Start Menu, to certain initialization files that
are executed when Windows starts, to one of many places in the system
registry. The StartUp manager tool lets you centrally manage all of
these items using one single interface. Using the StartUp manager you
can easily add, remove, edit, disable, and enable any and all of these
"startup items" in order to keep your system's boot-up process as fast
and efficient as possible. download
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