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Survey of freeware utilities: Disk and file utilities - exploring, recovery, deletion, image (including undeleting and renaming)

With NoDupe, your duplicate files can be a thing of the past in just a few minutes. Simply tell NoDupe where to look, and a few seconds later it´ll tell you exactly what files are needlessly eating up space on your system and where they are. It´ll even get rid of them for you if you want!
http://www.freewarefiles.com/NoDupe_program_69952.html
Nodesoft Folder Monitor enables you to monitor one or more folder and be notified when files are changed, added, renamed or deleted. You can choose between visual notification (pop-up window) or sound notification, or both. Advanced users can also specify a command-line to be executed (e.g. run a batch file)
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/nsfoldermon.html
FolderUsage is a simple tool to analyze the content of a folder structure in order to find the files and folders that take up the most space. Simply select the root folder and the program will analyze its content and create a report that shows all subfolders and their content sorted by size.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/folderusage.html
NewFileTime is a small, standalone utility that enables you to change the Modified, Created and Accessed date of any file. You can modify the dates for single or multiple files, even entire folder structures at once. The dates can be changed to a specific date and time or you can choose to make each file "older" or "younger" by a given number of days.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/newfiletime.html
CopyChangedFiles is a small tool that lets you quickly copy files that have been changed from one folder to another location. You can choose to only copy files that are modified after the current date or manually specify a date in the past and copy all files that have been changed since then. There are options to append the date and time to the destination, limit the copy operation to specific file types and skip files based on their size.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/copychanged.html
AllDup
Scan your drives for duplicates files and remove them to free up hard disk space. The powerful search engine enables you to find duplicates with a combination of the following criteria: file name, file extension, file content, file dates, file attributes! Flexible scan settings allow you to search files by masks or size conditions. Move the unnecessary duplicates to the Recycle Bin, to a backup folder or delete them permanently.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/AllDup_program_47140.html
MyFolders is a handy add-on for Windows Explorer that allows you to quickly move or copy files to your favorite folders. Simple right-click on a file or folder and choose the new "MyFolders" context entry and then select the target folder to either move or copy the selected item.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/myfolders.html
FilExile
Simple program intended to delete and remove stubborn directories and files that cannot be removed by other means either because the path is too long, the name is invalid, or any of other errors that can be incurred upon file or directory deletion
http://www.freewarefiles.com/FilExile_program_73451.html
Files Terminator Free is an easy to use application that allows users to permanently delete their files and wipe free disk space.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Files-Terminator-Free-Portable_program_72574.html
Free File Wiper
Delete files securely with this software! Just drag & drop directories and files on the trashcan and the software will erase them completely!
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Free-File-Wiper_program_66142.html
"Blank And Secure" is a portable tool to securely delete the data. Securely deleted files are required to block the recovering of deleted data.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Blank-And-Secure_program_53325.html
MakeItBoot is a OS Attack exclusive application that is designed to make USB flash drives bootable. This is most commonly needed when using a bootable operating system such as Windows PE on a flash drive. This helps to solve the common problem of “How To Make a Flash Drive Bootable”.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/MakeItBoot_program_72616.html
ShortcutPathViewer
Small, convenient and simple to use solution for detecting dead shortcuts on user defined disk locations with subfolders.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/ShortcutPathViewer_program_71949.html
Files Terminator Free is an easy to use application that allows users to permanently delete their files and wipe free disk space.
The utility protects the users privacy by permanently delete sensitive documents, images, videos and other files and by overwriting the free disk space.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Files-Terminator-Free_program_71627.html
ISO Workshop is a free application specifically designed to facilitate disc image management, conversion and burning operations. The program has a very simple user interface and enables you to extract specific files and folders from disc images, create disc backups by copying disc contents to an ISO or BIN image file, convert different disc image files into the ISO or BIN format and, of course, burn ISO and CUE images to blank discs.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/ISO-Workshop_program_65165.html
Bram is a batch file/folder renamer and mover
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Bram_program_71990.html
Directory Compare is a utility to help you keep copies of your important directories (documents, programs under development, etc.) in a backup hard disk or any other storage system (like 100Mb diskettes), as well as in a compressed .zip file.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Directory-Compare_program_57312.html
FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool. It is used for fast and easy configurable sync operations between two folders without restricted or overloaded UI interfaces.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/FreeFileSync_program_45264.html
Delete Doctor
Delete files that are hard to delete
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/
Neembuu Uploader is a batch uploader application that uploads files simultaneously to multiple filehosts and manages the download and delete URLs.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Neembuu-Uploader_program_61445.html
WeeDuplicateDetective enables you to find duplicate files across one or multiple folders. You can decide to identify duplicates by their name, size and file date as well as by checksum comparison
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/weedupdetect.html
Free File Wiper
Delete files securely with this software! Just drag & drop directories and files on the trashcan and the software will erase them completely!
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Free-File-Wiper_program_66142.html
Autorun Eater monitors your USB ports and alerts you when a USB contains an autorun.inf file. It allows you to inspect the autorun instructions and files they execute and optionally ignore or remove the autorun.inf file. If you choose to ignore the file, Autorun Eater will not prompt you again for that particular drive. Other features include audible an alert, automatic autorun backup (in case you delete an autorun.inf by mistake), optional auto removal and more.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/autoruneater.html
SugarSync enables you to backup and synchronize your files and photos between 2 or more computers or mobile devices. The free version provides you with up to 5gb of cloud storage space that you can use for file backups and uploads. SugarSync creates a "Magic Briefcase" folder on your PC and automatically syncs all the files that you place into that folder. The provided File Manager application also allows you to specify other folder locations that you either want to synchronize or backup to the cloud.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/sugarsync.html
dupeGuru is a tool for finding duplicate files on your computer. It can scan either filenames or contents. The filename scan features a fuzzy matching algorithm that can find duplicate filenames even when they are not exactly the same.

http://freecode.com/projects/dupeguru
Kaimeisi is a portable unicode-supported multi-file renamer.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Kaimeisi_program_69090.html
Search My Files is a file and file duplicate (md5, crc32 or sha1 driven) search tool.
It has excessive search filter capabilities and a SQLite driven result reporting tool, with which you can sub-filter the result set according to your needs.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Search-My-Files_program_56152.html
FileOrganiser was developed to replace "Explorer", the main difference is that this uses 2 panes and has ´bookmarks´. To make life much easier, especially for teachers. Two windows makes it simpler to copy FROM and TO.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/FileOrganiser_program_45980.html
BS Rename
We often need to rename a large number of files. BS Rename is a file renaming program that makes it a lot easier.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/BS-Rename_program_70093.html
Tablacus Explorer is a free tabbed file manager.
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~gakana/tablacus/explorer_en.html
DriveLetterView is a simple utility that allows you to view the list of all drive letter assignments in your system, including local drives, remote network drives, CD/DVD drives, and USB drives - even if they are not currently plugged. It also allows you to easily change a drive letter of USB devices and remote network shares, as well as to delete a drive letter of USB device that is not plugged.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/drive_letter_view.html
NTFS Permission tools
A file permissions management tool for NTFS file system. You can use it to easily to modify, backup and restore the security settings of FILEs and FOLDERs.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/NTFS-Permissions-Tools_program_66901.html
7Burn is an open source CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning software that is optimized for Windows 7 through the use of IMAPIv2.
http://www.rcpsoft.net/7burn.html
FileMyster is a free administration tool that allows seamless automatic and manual synchronization between folders
http://bateel-software.com/software.html
FFT
Lists the most recently modified files in a selected folder. For example, after a Windows startup, this program is useful to list the modified files in a system folder.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/FFT_program_31001.html
FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool. It is optimized for highest performance and usability without restricted or overloaded UI interfaces.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/
SlimCleaner is a community driven system cleaner that can clean your system of common junk files, including browser history, temporary files, cookies, usage histories and more.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/slimcleaner.html
RidNacs is a disk space analyzer that integrates with the Windows Explorer right-click menu and provides quick access to a tree map with percentage indicators that represent the size of all folders and file within the selected directory structure
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ridnacs.html
ISO Workshop is a free application specifically designed to facilitate disc image management, conversion and burning operations.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/ISO-Workshop_program_65165.html
Undelete 360 is a simple file recovery program that can undelete files that have recently been deleted by accident
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/undelete360.html
A43 is a freeware file management utility for Windows
http://alterion.us/a43/
OSFMount allows you to mount local dd image files (bit-for-bit copies of a disk partition) in Windows.
http://osforensics.com/tools/mount-disk-images.html
BOOTICE enables you to modify, backup and restore the Master Boot Record (MBR) and Partition Boot Record (PBR) for local drives or USB FLash drives.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/bootice.html
Synchredible synchronizes your data/folders the easy way
https://www.ascomp.de/index.php?controller=products
PC FSearcher fast and easy to use application designed to help you find files and folders on your system. You can look data up by either using the whole name or just part of it with different option. Rename multiple file at same time

http://sourceforge.net/projects/searcher/
7sDoc is a free search engine tool for searching files, located on your computer
http://7s.backupforall.com/
UltraSearch allows you to quickly search for files on NTSF drives by typing a portion of the name or using a wildcard* pattern
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ultrasearch.html
CrystalDiskInfo
Disk Information Tool
http://crystalmark.info/
Delete Files by Date
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/delfiles.html
Empty Folder Nuker enables you to find and delete empty folders within a selected drive or base folder
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/emptyfoldernuker.html
Q-Dir makes your files and folder easy to manage.
http://www.softwareok.com
Tabbles
A "tabble" is a tag and a virtual folder at the same time
http://www.tabbles.net
Chameleon Folder provides quick access to your favorite or frequently used folders from the system tray, Windows Explorer and Open/Save dialogs
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/chafolder.html
SE-Explorer
Free portable file manager and powerful replacement of standard Windows Explorer
http://www.se-soft.com/
TextCrawler
A tool for search and replacing across multiple text files.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/TextCrawler_program_33703.html
No Autorun
Prevents USB flash/disk from auto-running. When a USB disk is inserted, this tool not only locks the autorun.inf file, but also locks possible autorun-related virus.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/No-Autorun_program_52987.html
RecycleBinEx is a recycle bin manager that offers additional features over the standard Windows RecycleBin.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/recyclebinex.html
SnailSync is a tool for synchronizing folders, either on different computers or to external disks
http://www.freewarefiles.com/SnailSync_program_57388.html
http://www.snailsync.st/
Directory Synchronize is a powerful, easy-to-configure tool to synchronize the contents of one directory with another. It can compare files by various attributes, such as size or modified-date. It can synchronize an unlimited number of directories, and has a detailed logging function.

http://freecode.com/projects/dirsyncpro
Syncless
Tagged based synchronizing
http://code.google.com/p/big5sync/
Master Commander is a dual-pane file manager that offers all the standard features of Windows Explorer, along with a variety of extras that can make file management easier
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/mastercom.html
GetFolderSize enables you determine the size of folders and sub-folders on your local drives and other storage devices. It produces a report that shows the total size for each folder, the overall percentage of disk space used and the number of files in each folder
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/getfoldersize.html
AllDup enables you to find duplicate files across one or more folders or drives. You can choose to match files by size, name, date, attributes and byte-by-byte content comparison, and also configure a variety of settings to exclude certain file types or folders from the search
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/alldup.html
BulkFileChanger enables you to change files dates (last access, modified, created) and attributes for multiple files, even if they are located in different folders. You can create a list of files to be processed by copy/paste, drag&drop or via wildcard path. BulkFileChanger can also be used to call an external program to which it will pass the file list on as a parameter.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/bfilechanger.html
Dropbox enables you to share, backup and synchronize your files through a secure online service. The program creates a special folder (My Dropbox) and all files that are placed in the folder are automatically synchronized with your online Dropbox account
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/dropbox.html
NiceCopier replaces windows explorer file copy, it adds many feartures like pausing, resuming and it calculates the best copy speed. Its main goal is to improve the copy organisation and GUI.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nicecopier/
Sync Butler enables you to synchronize the content of two folders, making sure that both folders will always have the latest version of your files.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/syncbutler.html
Eraser is a secure data removal tool for Windows. It completely removes sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/
LargeFileViewer can display very large text files.

http://freecode.com/projects/largefileviewer
Belvedere is an easy to use tool that enables you to automate your file management and PC cleaning tasks. It allows you to create folder rules based on the file name, size, extension or date, and define an action to each that will automatically move, delete, rename or open the files that match your criteria
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/belvedere.html
Folder Size MG is a tool to analyze your hard drives and display your folders and files sorted by their size and percentage of disk space that they occupy.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/foldersizemg.html
STDU Explorer is file explorer that allows you to browse folders containing PDF files, DjVu eBooks or images (psd, bmp, png, gif, jpeg, wmf).
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stduexplorer.html
Directory Sync
A .net application to recursively compare and synchronize directories. DirectorySync was originally started to copy my music directory between multiple computers and platforms.
http://directorysync.codeplex.com/
Puran Defrag is an easy to use disk defragmenter that offers boot-time defragmentation, automatic defragmentation, intelligent directory optimization, background (low priority) operation and optimization of free space.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/puranfree.html
SpaceSniffer
Tool to analyze where the empty space is on your disks.
http://spacesniffer.uptodown.com/
SolidCopy Windows is an industrial-grade FileCopy utility with safe result previewing, extensive logging and fail-over retry mode for unstable media or network conditions. Jobs/scripts may be defined and automated.
http://solidcopy.codeplex.com/
USB Hidden Files
Intended for use by those frequenting public Internet shops (many of which are riddled with viruses), it has a number of useful features such as the ability to close the current browser should it become frozen (often access to Task Manager is forbidden) and will keep a permanent watch on USB drives for the arrival of the inevitable hidden viruses.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/USB-Hidden-Files-Viewer_program_54071.html
CloneSpy can help you free up hard drive space by detecting and removing duplicate files. Duplicate files have exactly the same contents regardless of their name, time, date and location.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/CloneSpy_program_19152.html
Toucan is a small utility allowing you to synchronize, backup and secure your data with more options than the built in suite utilities.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Toucan_program_40142.html
SDExplorer (Skydriveexplorer) is a free, easy-to-use, but very powerful extension for Windows Explorer. With SDExplorer you can perform all everyday operations with your documents on Microsoft Live SkyDrive using Windows Explorer, as if they were on your computer itself.
http://www.cloudstorageexplorer.com/
GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google GMail account, allowing you to use GMail as a storage medium.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/GMail-Drive-Shell-Extension_program_14814.html
ReOpen is a Hotkey Tray application to ReOpen recent Folders and Programs.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/ReOpen_program_49591.html
FileCatsyn
Very easily configurable tool for file compare and folder synchronization. Great as a data backup software.
http://www.lucianpin.ro/
DirSynch is a bidirectional directory synchronizing software. It helps you to discover the status of each file in both directories: if it's only in one of them, if it's newer in one than in the other, or if they are simply equal. After letting you to choose which files do you want to synchronize, it performs the right operations to make both directories equal (or not, if you want it different). The program can create a backup of the files before overwriting them.

http://freecode.com/projects/dirsynch
TDP x-Ray Lite is a visual disk analyzer that enables you to spot large files and folder on your hard drives. It displays a sunburst pie chart that sorts your files by size and location
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/tdpxray.html
Folderscope is a free software utility for analyzing and reorganizing folders of any size.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Folderscope_program_51890.html
Auslogics Duplicate File Finder helps you find duplicate files that may be scattered all over your hard drive(s).
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ausdupe.html
MKBISO
Creates a bootable ISO file based on an image of a disk or partition.
http://www.filecluster.com/System-Utilities/File-Disk-Management/Download-MKBISO.html
MobaSSH is a free SSH server with basic features for home users. It allows you to run commands and transfer files on a remote Windows PC from any operating system via a fully secured and encrypted network connection.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/mobassh.html
Gizmo Drive enables you to mount ISO, BIN, CUE, NRG and VHD files to a virtual drive letter, allowing you to access CD/DVD content without the need to insert the physical media.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/gizmodrive.html
SuperCopier is an advanced replacement for the standard Windows copy command. It supports pause and resume of ongoing copy operations, adjustable copy speed settings, automatic renaming of old files
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/supercopier.html
LockHunter is a foolproof file unlocker. It is a free tool to delete files blocked by something you do not know. LockHunter is useful for fighting against malware, and other programs that are blocking files without a reason.
http://lockhunter.com/
Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems.

http://farmanager.com/
Unstoppable Copier
Recovers files from disks with physical damage.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/uncopier.html
BB FlashBack is a screen recording software that enables you to capture desktop activity in real-time, like a movie, and then export it to Flash (FLV and SWF) or AVI file. http://www.snapfiles.com/get/bbflashexpress.html
Alternate Data Streams Scan Engine is a system utility for advanced users that enables you to scan your system for files that contain Alternate Data Streams (ADS)
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/adsscan.html
FreeUndelete is a data recovery tool that enables you to recover files that have been accidentally deleted and/or are removed from the recycle bin. It scans a selected drive for any files that can be....
http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
Nomad.NET is the successor of Nomad, a powerful file manager written a couple of years ago.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/NomadNET_program_40609.html
http://www.nomad-net.info/
RenPhoric
RenPhoric takes the busy work out of renaming files. Whether you're renaming just a few files or thousands, RenPhoric makes it quick and easy.
http://www.neophoric.com/renphoric/
Hard Drive Eraser enables you to securely delete the content of your hard drive or selected partitions. It supports the DoD 5220-22.M, US Army and Guttman algorithms to assure permanent data removal beyond recovery.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hderaser.html
SearchMyFiles is an alternative to the standard Windows file search tool. It offers more detaile search criteria that allow you to find files by wildcard, last modified/created/accessed time, file at....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/SearchMyFiles.html
wReplace enables you to replace multiple letters, words or phrases in a text at once. Unlike many other text replacement tools, the program offers full Unicode support and can be used for Romanizatio....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/wreplace.html
FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager.
http://www.freecommander.com
DiskDigger is a utility for recovering deleted or formatted files from any storage media connected to your computer, including all types of memory cards, USB drives and internal or external hard drives.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/diskdigger.html
RenPhoric is a file and directory renaming tool for advanced users. It allows you to perform search and replace operations on a directory listing in a similar manner as you would in a text file.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/renphoric.html
FreeFilesSync
FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool. It is used for fast and easy configurable sync operations between two folders without restricted or overloaded UI interfaces
http://www.freewarefiles.com/FreeFileSync_program_45264.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync
Duplicate File Finder
http://www.codeplex.com/vprasartdff
Rename Us is a file renaming utility tha allows to rename and move or copy a group of files. You can combine multiple rules to change case, add/remove a suffix or prefix, add incrementing counters, ....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/renameus.html
Fast Duplicate File Finder can help you locate duplicate files that are located in one or more folders. The duplicates are presented as groups and you can either manually check the files to be proces....
http://www.mindgems.com/products/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder-About.htm
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/fastdupfinder.html
ReNamer
ReNamer is a small, yet very flexible file renaming tool, that offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes and more. In addition, it can also....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/denrenamer.html
Avira UnErase Personal
http://www.filecluster.com/System-Utilities/Backup-Recovery/Download-Avira-UnErase-Personal.html
DirecScape
Organize your documents, files, and directories (folders).
http://www.extsoftware.com/
SE-Explorer is a simple dual-pane file manager that offers tabs for folder browsing as well as several built-in viewers including XML structure view, image browsing, integrated audio playback with pl....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/seexplorer.html
Easy Duplicate Finder
Detect and delete duplicate files.
http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com/
ISO CD Burner is an extremely simple burning software for .ISO CD files. You can just copy the standalone executable into the folder that contains your ISO file(s), select the file and press a button....
http://bouchez.info/cdburner.html
DirSync is a directory synchronizer. It takes two arguments: the source directory and the destination directory. It recursively makes the two directories identical. It can be used to make an incremental copy of large data. For example, if your file server is in the /data you can make a copy in /backup with the command dirsync /data /backup. The first time, all data will be copied, but when you issue the command again, only the changed files are copied.

http://freecode.com/projects/dirsync
FIR
An archiver, files compressor, files encryptor, and converter.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/FIR_program_42116.html
Synkron
Synkron is a simple Qt application that allows you to sync folders, for example a flash disk with a folder on your hard disk.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/synkron
NexusFile is a dual-pane file manager that offers fast, color coded file management with many advanced features. You can easily copy or move files between folders, quickly navigate to favorite folde....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/nexusfile.html
EASEUS Deleted File Recovery enables you to recover files that have been accidentally deleted, even after they have been emptied from the recycle bin or were deleted directly from another program. An....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/easusdfr.html
SearchInform Desktop is an efficient tool for conducting information search on your desktop computer.
http://www.searchinform.com/
Duplicate Files Finder is an application which allows you to easily find and remove duplicate files. Creating hardlinks and symbolic links is also supported. A special algorithm minimizes the disk traffic, so it is very fast.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/doubles/
Phantom CD enables you to mount a CD or DVD image and access it from a virtual drive, without the need to insert the physical media. If you have plenty of hard drive space to store your disk images, ....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/phantomcd.html
System Protect enables you to protect important programs, documents and files from accidental or unauthorized deletion. It automatically protects all Windows system files and allows you to specify a ....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/systemprotect.html
TestDisk
TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
QT TabBar is a tab bar for Windows Explorer. QT TabBar allows you to operate files and folders like a tabbed browser, folder grouping, histories, etc.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_2_237_35598.html
http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/
DDCopy
A file copying / file content viewer tool, it can directly/physically access any file on the disk.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_223_38967.html
Duplicate Files Searcher is an application for finding and deleting duplicate files on your computer. It can also be used to calculate MD5 and SHA hashes. It has features such as manual files selection (giving the user full control over files to be deleted), byte for byte file comparison, file preview, several file comparison methods, and more.

http://freecode.com/projects/dfr
Glary Undelete
http://www.glarysoft.com/
SurF
File manager with tree organized tabs.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_223_38400.html
Copy DVD
http://www.filecluster.com/Audio-Video/CD-DVD-Tools/Download-Copy-DVD.html
Zero Assumption Disk Space Visualizer enables you to visualize the content of your hard drive, spot large folders and files, and optionally delete them to free disk space.....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/zadisk.html
AptDiff enables you to visually compare text and binary files. You can view the color-coded differences in two files side-by-side, and optionally merge lines from the left to the right or vice versa....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/aptdiff.html
Copy It Anyway
A program for copying corrupted files.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Copy-It-Anyway_program_7989.html
Pandora Recovery enables you to recover accidentally deleted files from NTFS formatted drives, even if they have been emptied from the recycle bin. The program offers a quick scan for recently delete....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pandorarecovery.html
CarbonFolder enables you to synchronize files between two folders on your local PC or network. You can create and save multiple projects, choose between unidirectional or bidirectional synchronizatio....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/carbonfolder.html
JkDefrag is a disk defragmenter that can be run in as-needed or automatic mode via command-line parameters or screensaver integration. By default, the program uses a Fast Optimization, designed for e....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/JkDefrag.html
Easy Duplicate File Finder can help you to find and delete duplicate files. The program scans selected folders or drives and produces a list of all files that have the exact same content. You can the....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/easydupfinder.html
TOKIWA DataRecovery is a simple data recovery tool that enables you to undelete files, even if they have been removed from the recycle bin. It supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS file systems. The....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/tdatarecovery.html
File Shredder
File Shredder enables you to delete files beyond recovery, using multiple passes, DoD 5220-22.M or the Gutmann method. The program can wipe individual files or entire folders (with optional subfolde....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/fileshredder2.html
FileHamster is a real-time version tracking application for developers, graphic artist and other content creators that frequently modify existing files. The program allows you to define files and/or folders to be watched and automatically creates a backup copy whenever a monitored file is changed,...
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/filehamster.html
Empty Folder Nuker
Finds and deletes all empty folders starting from a base folder of your choice.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Empty-Folder-Nuker_program_26770.html
Bulk Rename Utility - rename multiple files & directories
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Bulk-Rename-Utility_program_17415.html
Recuva
Restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_165_26308.html
Métamorphose File -n- Folder Renamer
A free, open source, mass renaming program that combines great flexability with an intuitive interface.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_96_17878.html
Pfrank
A free bulk file renaming program.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Pfrank_program_19890.html
Duplicate Cleaner
Duplicate Cleaner is an easy-to-use program that helps you to find and remove duplicate files on your computer. You can search multiple folder structures at once, and set criteria that identify the d....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/duplicatecleaner.html
ImgBurn enables you to burn most types of DVD/CD images, including .iso, .nrg, .bin, .img and others. The program offers direct support for many of the latest CD/DVD writers. In addition to writing o....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ImgBurn.html
DupKiller is a powerful tool for searching and removing duplicate files.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_96_17507.html
diff-ext
Windows Explorer context menu extension to include commands for file comparison.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Diff-ext_program_21796.html
FileASSASSIN can delete locked malware files on your system.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_96_25564.html
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/fileassassin.html
Final Burner
Produce professional data, audio, video disks and ISO images.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_205_24053.html
http://www.protectedsoft.com/
Active ISO Burner
Burn an ISO image file to CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_205_24217.html
Testdisk
Recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_96_21396.html
TreeComp is an interactive utility to keep 2 directory trees and the files within the directories in sync.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~lploeger/TreeComp3.htm
SoftPerfect File Recovery is a tool to recover accidentally deleted files from hard disks, USB flash drives, CF and SD cards and other storage media.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spfilerecovery.html
DirDup is a free software that can monitor, copy, and manage your files.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/DirDup_program_22510.html
EraseTemp
A utility that automatically deletes old temporary files from your computer.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/EraseTemp_program_17683.html
CopyWipe for DOS
A utility for copying or securely overwriting (wiping/erasing) entire hard drives.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/CopyWipe-For-DOS_program_20761.html
FileDate Changer
Easily change the Created/Modified/Accessed dates of one or more files.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/FileDate-Changer-V_program_21155.html
Contig is a command-line defragmenter that can be used to defragment an existing file, or to create a new file of a specified size and name, optimizing its placement on disk. It is designed to target....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/contig.html
ubSpawn is a small and simple application launcher that is primarily designed to act as a launchpad for programs on a USB drive. You can add a list of application and folder shortcuts to a simple lis....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ubspawn.html
DSynchronize is a standalone file synchronization tool that allows you to synchronize one or more folders on the local PC, removable drive or across a network. It supports file filters based on exten....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/dsynchronize.html
HDD Wipe Tool is a freeware program for low-level hard disk erasing.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/HDD-Wipe-Tool_program_19893.html
HDD Low Level Format Tool is a freeware program for low-level hard disk formatting.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_96_19867.html
Handy File Tool is a dual pane file manager that allows you to open two folders or drives simultaneously. It offers a file basket that you can use to collect files from different locations into a bas....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/handyfiletool.html
FileWasher
A hard drive cleaning utility. Clean history, junk files, recent documents lists, more.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_95_20155.html
JExplorer
A dual-panel type file manager and web-browser as well.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_223_19253.html
JMount
Create virtual drives by mapping your favorite folder to a drive letter.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/JMount_program_19254.html
PowerDesk (Free Version) is a dual pane file manager that can be used as a replacement for Windows Explorer. In addition to the standard file management features such as move, copy, delete, rename et....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/powerdeskfree.html
FileCopier
Copy Damaged Files or Folders (Containing Bad Blocks).
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_223_19169.html
RoboCopy GUI
Copy all files, directories and subdirectories of the source directory to the target directory.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_223_18954.html
RED (Remove Empty Directories) does what it´s name says. It deletes empty directories.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/RED-Remove-Empty-Directories-V_program_18924.html
SearchInform Free
Full-text search of documents of any format on your desktop.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_223_18938.html
HDHacker
Saves, visualizes, restores the MBR, the BootSector, or any sector from a disk.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_96_18660.html
NTFS4DOS
Allows full read/write access to NTFS volumes from DOS for AV or backup.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_90_11100.html
PFrank (Peter1s Flexible RenAmiNg Kit) is flexible file renaming tool that enables you to rename your files using simple or complex renaming schemes. You can add incrementing number counters, prefix....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pfrank.html
Unlocker enables you to delete, move or rename files or folders that are locked by other processed (Access is denied, Sharing Violation etc.). It integrates into the Windows right-click menu, and ope....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/Unlocker.html
Horodruin
File synchronizer
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Horodruin_program_17948.html
Métamorphose File -n- Folder Renamer
A free, open source, mass renaming program that combines great flexability with an intuitive interface.

http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_96_17878.html
http://file-folder-ren.sourceforge.net/
DupKiller is a powerful tool for searching and removing duplicate files.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/dupkiller.html
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_96_17507.html
ISO Recorder enables you to record ISO images to CD, using Windows XP. All you have to do is right-click on an ISO file and select "Copy to CD" and the program will create the CD for you.....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ISORecorder.html
KLogicalDrives
Retrieve information on logical drives and has also standard Windows options to manage them.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_102_17352.html
Unstoppable Copier
Recovers files from disks with physical damage.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_165_17351.html
F-Erase is a freeware hard drive cleaner designed for all Windows systems.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_223_16878.html
ImgBurn
A free tool that enables you to burn CD/DVD images with ease.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/ImgBurn_program_16872.html
http://www.imgburn.com/
APO USB Autorun enables you to add autorun functionality to your USB drive. It automatically searches for the standard autorun.inf (as used with CDs) and executes it. This simple, but very handy func....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/usbautorun.html
FullSync is a universal file synchronization and backup tool which is highly customizable and expandable. It is especially for developers, but the basic functionality is easy enough for everyone.
http://fullsync.sourceforge.net/