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Windows Tools

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Hardware Information & Diagnostics

Program Description
CPU-Z Displays detailed information about the computer’s CPU, chipset, and memory
GPU-Z Display detailed information on the current graphics card, it’s driver and sensor data
Hardware Monitor View all sensor data possible on the current system, includes CPU, GPU, motherboard and hard disks
OCCT Portable CPU and GPU stress testing tool. Useful running with HardwareMonitor
Prime 95 Stress test the CPU
FurMark Lightweight but very intensive graphics card / GPU stress test program
CrystalDiskMark Portable Benchmark disk read and write speeds
MemTest86+ Free memory testing utility, choose “Auto-installer for USB Key (Win 9x/2k/xp/7)” on the download page
Speccy Portable Display detailed information on the current system hardware, including manufacturer, hardware model SKUs

.ISO Related Programs

Program Description
Ventoy Tool that creates a USB drive that can boot multiple .ISO files directly without the need to extract their contents
Rufus Portable Tool for writing .ISO and .IMG files to USB drives
HirensBootCD ISO The legendary PE boot tool updated with UEFI for modern systems, see page for full list of software
HirensBootCD USB Guide Instructions for using Rufus to create a bootable Hirens USB drive
HirensBootCD 15.2 ISO The original Hirens tool, see page for full list of software. Use Rufus Portable to write to a USB drive
Portable WinCD Emu Easily mount .ISO and other file types without using the built-in Windows utility
Balena Etcher Tool for writing .ISO and other image files to USB drives

General Software

Program Description
7-Zip The 7-Zip download page
7-Zip Portable Unpacks 7-Zip, can be used to extract all tools if built-in uncompress not available
Autoruns Easily see all programs on startup and many other locations
BlueScreenView Analyze minidump files from bluescreens to help diagnose issues
CCleaner Portable Remove junk files, reg cleaner, uninstall assist, great tool
Display Driver Uninstaller DDU - Tool for fully removing display drivers from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel. Best ran from safe mode
Defraggler Portable Defragment very full hard disks, use on non SSDs only
DesktopOK Utility to remember the location of desktop icons and restore their location if they get moved
Disk2vhd Utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks
Driver Store Explorer View the Windows driver store and remove old and unneeded drivers
Ninite Install and update multiple programs at once. Great to run for monthly updates and new system installs.
O&O Shutup 10 Helps turn off telemetry and other privacy settings in Windows 10
Process Explorer Displays detailed information about current running processes
Recuva Portable Recover deleted files
Revo Uninstaller Portable Helps uninstall programs and cleanup remaining files, also helps remove programs with broken uninstallers
Snappy Driver Installer Origin Snappy Driver Installer Origin - Helps find missing drivers
ShellEx View Display and edit right click context menu for explorer
ShellMenu View Display and edit right click context menu for explorer
Sysinternals Suite A collection of various programs many administrators utilize
TreeSizeFree Portable Analyzes disk usage by directory and displays as a chart
USBDeview View all installed USB devices in the registry, includes devices no longer plugged in!
WinDirStat Portable A very popular disk usage analysis program, displays all files as a large relational graphic
WizTree A small but very fast disk analyzer, useful for systems with millions of files