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Most of the time our PC will get repaired for no reason. It may
be due to some corrupt files or may be due tovirus. Its really very
difficult to predict what could have caused the problem. Sometimes
even simple issue inregistry can also make your PC to reboot
automatically. We may think that this errors cant be solved
andalmost everyone use to Format the windows drive. But if we
format we will loose all the important applicationsand reinstalling
them will waste your time. So here is a list of cool PC repairing
tools which can solve most ofthe errors which arise in the PC. Some
of them are portable applications which you can run from your
USB.
25+ Best PC repair Utility ToolsHere is the list of some of the
best PC tools which are very useful for repairing and fixing the PC
errors.
ATF CleanerATF Cleaner is a free stand-alone utility that cleans
up any temporary files that a computer may collect. Thisincludes
the Windows temp folder, Current User temp folder, All users temp
folder, cookies, TemporaryInternet Files, History, Prefetch, Java
Cache & Recycle Bin.It can also remove browser specific
temporary files (Opera and Firefox) such as Cache, Cookies,
History,Download History, Saved form information &, Saved
passwords. This is a tool should be run regularly by homeusers and
is especially useful to run before a virus scan to prevent it
getting stuck for a long time on temporaryfiles.
Autoruns DetecterThis free tool allows you to view nearly
everything on your system that is set to automatically run and goes
farbeyond the capabilities of MSConfig. This tool can show you
files that are in your startup folder, files beinglaunched from the
registry, files that are launched by TaskScheduler, files that
Windows starts by default suchas DLLs, Microsoft and 3rd party
services and much more.
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Belarc AdvisorBelarc Advisor is a free tool that will create a
detailed profile of the computer it is run on including a list
ofcurrently installed hardware, software, Windows hoxfixes,
antivirus status, security benchmarks and manymany more details. It
then creates a HTML page with this information and displays it in
your web browser.Runs on Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, NT 4, Me,
98, and 95.
CCleanerCCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and
cleaning tool. It removes unused files from yoursystem allowing
Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It
also cleans traces of youronline activities such as your Internet
history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry
cleaner.
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CPU-ZCPU-Z is a small stand-alone utility designed to give you
advanced information about the main devices on yoursystem such as
the CPU, Mainboard, Memory and System.
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DBXtract 4.5DBXtract 4.5 is a free (anything above 4.5 becomes
paid), stand alone utility that is designed to extract emailsout of
corrupt Outlook Express databases (.dbx) and turn them into
individual .eml files. In laymans terms forour not-so-techie
readers, Outlook Express stores your emails in a single database
file called a DBX. This filecan become corrupt for many reasons and
all your emails inside can become unreadable. This tool can
extractall your emails so you can read them seperately as .EML
files.
DIAL A FIXDial-a-fix is a collection of known fixes gleaned from
Microsoft Knowledgebase articles, Microsoft MVPs, andother
important support forums, that will assist you in repairing
problems with your system. Although this toolis ordinarily meant
for power users, technicians, and administrators, it is quite safe
to use even without technicalguidance (although guidance is
recommended). Simply choose the solutions you wish to apply via
checkmarks,and click GO.
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Double DriverDouble Driver is a tool for collecting the drivers
that the computer uses to communicate with its hardware. Oneof the
main reasons why you would want to collect an computers drivers is
if you dont have the Driver CD thatcame with the computer or they
are unavailable online. This is a very common task by computer
techniciansabout to format a computer.
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DriveImage XMLDriveImage XML is a free, stand alone application
for making a complete backup image of any logical drive
orpartition, allowing you to backup/restore an entire operating
system. The application also includes an imageexplorer allowing you
to view the files inside the backup file created and extract
individual files (Im sure plentyof us have left a file behind at
some point).
ERD CommanderERD Commander is a very useful tool that Microsoft
acquired with its purchase of Winternals. Its especiallyuseful for
computers that arent able to boot into Windows, or even safe mode.
ERD (Emergency Repair Disk)allows access to Windows restore points,
file recovery, crash analysis, hotfix uninstall, and other low
leveloperating system tasks, all in a very familiar Windows
interface. It also provides network and internet access, aswell as
a web browser.
EtherealEthereal is a free and powerful network analyzer that
has the ability to monitor packets in realtime. It can showyou the
packet source, the destination, the protocol its running on and a
brief description of what it is. It canthen break it down further
and show you the packet in HEX. This can be useful for computer
technicians who
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are trying to troubleshoot networks or find suspicious activity
on a computer like hacking, viruses, trojans orspyware phoning
home. Ethereal can run on Unix, Linux and Windows based
computers.
GSpotYour client comes to you saying they cant play certain
videos. You take a look at the computer and see the errormessage
saying Error loading codec... You instantly know the problem. You
tell the client that the computersimply hasnt got the right codec
installed to play that video. Now, you just have to figure out what
codec thatvideo actually needs.
HIRENs BOOT CDHirens BootCD is a wonderful live CD containing
various programs such as Hard drive recovery, Hard DrivePartition,
Hard Drive Backup, Hard Drive Testing, RAM (Memory) Testing, System
Information, MBR (MasterBootRecord), BIOS, MultiMedia, Password,
NTFS (FileSystems), Antivirus, AntiSpy, Process, WindowsStartup,
Registry tools, Windows Cleaners, Optimizers, Tweakers, and many
othersAs it is a bootable CD, it can be useful even if the primary
operating system cannot be booted. We may call it asan emergency cd
which every computer technician or home user must have.
JkDefrag GUIJkDefrag is a free defrag tool that puts the built
in Windows one to shame. JkDefrag has options such as mutiplelevels
of defrag (fast defrag, slow defrag, analyze only, sort files by
name etc..), including and excluding files,scheduling, shutdown PC
when defrag is finished and defrag system files at boot-time.
Another nifty feature isthat it has a screensaver option that
activates the defrag process when your computer is idle and
visualizes thedefrag process. Best of all it has the ability to
skip any files current in use, unlike Windows which will restartthe
whole process if it hits a file in use. This one is a must have in
any computer technicians kit.
LSP-FixLSP-Fix is a free tool designed to fix internet
connections damaged by malware or buggy software. TheLayered
Service Provider (aka LSP) is a part of your operating system that
your computer uses to connect to theinternet. Some legitimate
software (such as firewalls) and illegitimate software (such
asmalware/adware/spyware) place files in this location and if they
become buggy or removed incorrectly, you willno longer be able to
connect to the internet. LSP-Fix will show you the files placed in
this zone and will suggestwhich ones need to be removed to gain
internet access again.
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MozBackupThere are plenty of utilities out there to backup your
Internet Explorer or Outlook Express settings but very fewfor
Mozilla Products. MozBackup is a free utility for backing up
Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird,SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and
Netscape profiles. Since more and more households are adopting
Firefox andThunderbird, this tool will help speed up the backup and
restore process.
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Norton Removal ToolSymantec has been dominating the computer
security market for years now; their most popular offering
beingNorton Antivirus which is often pre-installed on new
brand-name computers. Unfortunately Norton productstend to install
themselves deep down into the critical parts of your system and if
the product becomes damagedin some way you have a big problem. I
have seen it many times on computer repair callouts. Someone tries
toremove the Norton product (which is usually the antivirus
program) and it appears to uninstall, but next timethey reboot the
computer Norton presents an error message saying Norton couldnt
start because its missing acritical component.
PageDefragPageDefrag is a standalone freeware utility designed
to defragment your system files. Standard defragmentationutilities
cannot gain access to the Windows page file and registry hive and
thus wont show you how fragmentedthey are nor defragment it. Paging
and Registry file fragmentation can be one of the leading causes
ofperformance degradation related to file fragmentation in a
system. PageDefrag can gain special access to thesefiles and
defragment these files next time you boot the system.
PC-DecrapifierThe PC Decrapifier is a program designed to remove
or uninstalla specific list of unwanted software in an unattended
fashion.It can be used to clean off most of the annoying software
that is typically shipped with new PCs.
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Process ExplorerEver wonder which program has a certain file or
folder open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer displaysa list
of currently running processes and DLLs on a the local Windows
based system. It is very useful forfinding viruses and malware.
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Pocket KillboxPocket Killbox is a tool that allows you to delete
files that Windows wont allow you to delete because the file
iscurrently in use. Killbox allows you to choose the file you would
like to remove and will delete it when thecomputer is rebooting
(and therefor outside of windows).
RawCopyRawCopy is a tool designed to copy the contents of one
harddrive to another. This program is ideal for thosewith faulty
drives and want to transfer the data directly without going though
folder by folder. The program alsohas built in data recovery code
which will attempt to recover data in bad sectors. This program is
designed torun under NT/XP/2000 or later operating systems.
However, It will run under windows 95/98/Me operatingsystems but
only windows logical drives can be copied.
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Revo UninstallerRevo Uninstaller is a free utility that is like
the Windows Add/Remove Programs on steroids. RevoUninstaller will
seek out programs you have installed (including ones that arent in
the Add/Remove List) anddisplay them so you can uninstall the
applications or remove their entry if they have already been
deleted. RevoUninstaller doesnt stop there though, it has an option
called Hunter Mode where you can drag a crosshairover any program
and uninstall it from there. You can also use the crosshair to
prevent applications from auto-running at bootup. Just drag the
crosshair over the offending program in the system tray and it will
give you theoption to turn off auto-startup.
RestorationRestoration is a free utility to recover deleted
files that were either sent to the recycle bin and then emptied,
ordirectly deleted from within Windows.
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Run scannerRunscanner is a free stand alone utility which scans
your system for all running programs and autostartlocations. You
can use Runscanner to detect autostart programs, spyware, adware,
homepage hijackers,unverified drivers and other problems. This
program is like Autoruns, Hijack This!, Killbox, Process
Explorerand the HijackThis.de analysis site combined. The creators
have taken the best features of each program andturned them into
one utility. Well worth checking out.
SoftPerfect Network ScannerSoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free
multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP network scanner. This tool
willping computers, scan for listening TCP ports and displays the
resources available on the network (router weblogins, printers,
computer shares etc..).
Tweak UITweak UI, an official tool from Microsoft, isnt so much
a repair tool but a tool to make small tweaks to anWindows XP based
system. Although it does have the ability to repair your hotkeys,
repair your font folder,repair regedit, repair unread mail count
and repair icons its real power is it giving you control over
howWindowsXP behaves.
Treesize FreeTreesize Free is a free utility to view the space
usage on your harddrive folder by folder (and its subfolders)which
is something Windows is seriously lacking.
UnlockerUnlocker helps delete locked files with error messages
like:
Cannot delete file: Access is denied There has been a sharing
violation. The source or destination file may be in use. The file
is in use by another program or user. Make sure the disk is not
full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in
use.
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Unstoppable CopierUnstoppable Copier is a tool that allows you
to recover files off a failing hard drive that has problems such as
aphysical damage, bad sectors, errors reading data etc.. The
program will attempt to recover every readable pieceof a file and
put the pieces together. The name Unstoppable Copier comes from its
ability to skip files thatcannot be read. It will just report which
file couldnt be copied and continue on its way.
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VistaTweakerVistaTweaker is a free, stand alone tool for
tweaking settings in in both Windows XP and Windows Vista(unlike
TweakUI). This application has a nice, clean interface which
displays information on what each settingwill do and show you which
ones are Windows Vista specific. It also has many more settings
that arechangeable compared to TweakUI which are all useful. Since
Vista is slowly creeping its way onto homecomputers, this one is a
must have for a onsite technicians toolbox.
I hope that you guys like my collection of software. If none of
these work , then you try the System restorefeature to roll back
your PC to some older date. This can also fix some of the problems.
These software willdefinitely help you to fix some of your PC
problems for sure. If you know any other useful utility then do let
meknow guys.