Updated: 6/12/2004
Disk

!!Disk space apps: [Report a dead link]
http://winfiles.cnet.com/apps/98/disk-analyze.html
CD Web Creator: Create a list of files on your CD in HTML format, then print it for a CD cover. [Report a dead link]
http://www.efrance.fr/survivor/text.asp
Dir2file: Dir 2 File is a small utility that allows you to export directory listings to HTML, plain text, CSV, or Excel file's quickly and extremely easily. [Report a dead link]
http://www.it-mate.co.uk/support/dir2file.asp
Dirms , 200kb: Cmd line disk defragger. Also has Buzzsaw for on the fly defragging. for NT, 2000, XP. [Report a dead link]
http://www.dirms.com/index.html
Dirprint: Print the contents of a directory, just folders, just files, or both. [Report a dead link]
http://www.karenware.com/powertools.asp
DirSizeVu: Displays size of directories. [Report a dead link]
http://flymoon.free.fr/file/dsv10us.zip
Disk Investigator: View files directly and undelete files. [Report a dead link]
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/ 0,fid,22917,00.asp
Diskmon: Shows light in systray if the disk is reading or writing. [Report a dead link]
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/diskmon.shtml
Drive Awake: This could be useful for keeping a CDROM spinning. Freeware. [Report a dead link]
http://www.joelryan.com/awake.html
Drive Rescue: Recover lost data even if the partition has changed, and recover from system crashes. Undelete files. Also at http://woundedmoon.org/win32_freeware.html. [Report a dead link]
http://home.arcor.de/christian_grau/rescue/index.html
Drives: Alerts you to disk space available on your drives each time you start up. Set your own alert level. [Report a dead link]
http://www.icc.dk/freeware/
Filex: View and copy files from a remote hard drive from your PC via modem or serial cable. [Report a dead link]
http://www.durand.com/whatwedo/l2filex.htm
Free Fdisk: Free FDISK clone comes with free EasyBoot OS loader. [Report a dead link]
http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/
Fulldisk (sw) , 1,251kb: Show size of directories graphically as a pie graph. This is actually shareware and runs slower each day. [Report a dead link]
http://www.worldlynx.net/pgerhart/
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Geodisk: Defrag hard drive without those annoying "Restarting" messages. Also mvps.org [Report a dead link]
http://www.it-mate.co.uk/main_content/pcmaintanence. asp#geodisk
Hard Disk Indicator: Puts an activity light in your system tray. [Report a dead link]
http://www.lonewolf.gr/software/
Hard Drive health: Be warned when a drive is going bad. [Report a dead link]
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/ 0,fid,22945,00.asp
I.disk: Shows which directory is using disk space. Tree-based display. [Report a dead link]
http://www.memecode.com/
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Offline CD Browser , 2,700kb: Browse list of files from all your CDs or other media. [Report a dead link]
http://www.anderssoftware.com/ocdb/index.html
PageDefrag: Defrag hard drive from command line. [Report a dead link]
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml
Partition Manager , 46kb: Manage disk partitions. [Report a dead link]
http://www.ranish.com/part/
PC inspector clone max: Clone Hard drives. [Report a dead link]
http://www.pcinspector.de/clone-maxx/uk/welcome.htm
Pc inspector file recovery: Recovers erased files on HD and floppies. [Report a dead link]
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm
Scandefrag , 250kb: ScanDefrag is a small windows application that configures Microsoft's or Norton's disk utilities as part of the next Windows' startup process. This can result in less restarts and cleaner runs of these programs. Please read the readme file for more information and features available. [Report a dead link]
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/
Scanner: Find out which directories use the most disk space on your drive. Shows a clickable multi-level bar graph around a circle, kind of like a pie graph. [Report a dead link]
http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/
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Spinrite 5 ($) , 200kb , Rating: 5: This is so important that I added this program even though it is not freeware. It keeps your hard drives in good condition, and if they crash, picks up the pieces and restores the hardware. I used Spinrite 2 in 1991, it disappeared for a while, and now it's back. This program must be run from a DOS prompt, not a DOS window. [Report a dead link]
http://grc.com/spinrite.htm
Visual CD , 2,200kb: Catalog CDs, floppies, search for files in your whole catalog. [Report a dead link]
http://boozet.xepher.net/
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