Tool Bag

When it comes to IT and working on computers and servers you never know what your going to run into. It's always good to be prepared with a good set of tools to handle a variety of problems.

Here is a list of some of my most used tools from my software tool kit.

WinDirStat - A quick way to tell what files are filling up your hard drive. A must have for cleaning up full hard drives

SpinRite Boot CD - Hard Disk recovery tool

CCLeaner - Tool for cleaning up temp files on your computer


GParted Live - Resize partitions


Knoppix 5.11 - Live linux boot CD with a ton of tools.


UBCD for Windows - Run windows xp from a CD. Has a ton of tools


Offline NT Password & Registry Editor - Boot CD that can change local account passwords


Kon-Boot - Log into any local or domain account on a pc without a password. Very cool tool.


Acronis True Image with Universal Restore - Disk Imaging tool


HDClone Pro - Hard Drive cloning tool


Malwarebytes - Anti-Virus/Malware


VIPRE Rescue - Anti-Virus/Malware


JKDefrag-3.36/MyDefrag-4.0 - Hard Drive Defrag program


Sysinternals - An sysadmin's best friend


Putty - Telnet/SSH Client

nmap - Security/Port scanner

Superscan 3.0 - fast little port scanner. A quick way to tell whats on the network.

Wireshark - sniffer

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 - Microsofts updated packet sniffer. Much improved!

Lua BugLight - For finding out where a program hangs when it's run under restricted mode.

NEWT - A very fast network inventory tool.

Belarc Advisor - Another pc inventory tool.

DBAN - Securely wipes hard drives to DOD standards

Blue Screen View - Scans mini dumps to help translate blue screen of death crashes.

Virtual Box - Run Virtual Machines. I use it to run everything from Windows 95 to Windows 7, and Ubuntu. What's best is it has 3D support for windows and Linux so it's functional and pretty.