PC Maintenance & Utility Software

Auslogics Disk Defrag– Easy to use, free, and fast. Features optimization, consolidation of free space, automatic defrag and scheduler. Portable version available.

EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition – Excellent free and comprehensive hard disk partition management; Resize, move, create/delete, hide/unhide, format, copy, merge, wipe, convert.

PrivaZer – Excellent free cleaning and privacy tool. Deep cleans many areas. Securely erases all traces for enhanced privacy. Best in its class. Portable version available.

CCleaner – Very popular free privacy and cleaning tool. Removes temporary files, internet traces, and includes basic registry cleaner. Very safe and easy to use.

Diskeeper 2011 – Will keep your hard drive operating like when it was new! Diskeeper runs in the background constantly working to keep your drive defragmented when your computer is idle. Diskeeper also offers scheduled defrags, Master File Table defragmentation, and paging file defragmentation. Diskeeper allows boot time defragmentation, which can defrag the files, MFT, and paging file before Windows even starts. What does this mean? The most thorough defragmentation possible.

Recuva – Recuva is free software which helps recover accidentally deleted files from hard drive, camera card, MP3 Player or flash drive.

Revo Uninstaller – A free uninstaller that goes above and beyond the uninstaller built into Windows. Will search for and delete leftover files and registry items. Includes a couple of handy tools and has a portable version too. *Free edition does not include support for 64-bit applications.

Geek Uninstaller – Terrific free portable uninstaller. Fast scan and removal of leftovers. ‘Force Removal’ mode for broken or stubborn programs. Full support for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

HWiNFO – Free portable system information and diagnostics utility. Displays information relating to the system’s hardware. Real time monitoring, including core temps. Available in 32-bit and native 64-bit portable editions.

MooO System Monitor – The most comprehensive free system monitoring tool with more than 70 fields to choose from. Extensive, portable, and highly customizable.

TeamViewer – is remote control software that connects to any PC or server around the world within a few seconds. You can remote control your partner’s PC as if you were sitting right in front of it. This is a great tool to troubleshoot and fix computers without having the computer in front of you!

WinPatrol – A versatile startup manager with a free version. Disable startup processes and prevent software from adding itself without your knowledge/permission.

WinRar – Is my pick for compressing files. WinRar offers better compression rates and faster operation than its competition. WinRar also comes with a lifetime license. WinRar supports more zip formats than WinZip and is full featured without requiring add-ins to function. Great for emailing large files and securely archiving your data. Give it a try.

PeaZip – Free Zip files utility – Open RAR TAR 7Z ZIP ZIPX files, 150+ formats supported
Supported systems: Windows 9x, Windows NT/2K/XP, Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 (32 and 64 bit), ReactOS, Wine

7Zip – You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don’t need to register or pay for 7-Zip. Supported formats: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM.

Bandzip – Easy to use archiver, simple extraction. Supports all popular formats. Supports 30 formats for extraction, including RAR, ISO, and IMG. Portable version available!
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