HDD Recovery Tools

since my IPOD Hard Drive is dying, and Suffering from bad sectors, Although that I never dropped but, but it sounds like that IPOD HDD has 2 years life time or what !!!!

John gave me the name of a super CD that has lots of recovery software that I will use during my trial to un-dead my IPOD

The CD name is Hiren , Site and list of applications on the CD is h3r3
Please remember that they have lots of Free applications that you can use.

Hiren boot CD is super, I tried it before but I forgot it's name, thankx John for the help

list of Apps.

Partition Tools

Partition Magic Pro 8.05 Best software to partition hard drive Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0.554 Popular disk management functions in a single suite Paragon Partition Manager 7.0.1274 Universal tool for partitions Partition Commander 9.01 The safe way to partition your hard drive,with undo feature Ranish Partition Manager 2.44 a boot manager and hard disk partitioner. The Partition Resizer 1.3.4 move and resize your partitions in one step and more. Smart Fdisk 2.05 a simple harddisk partition manager SPecial Fdisk 2000.03t SPFDISK a partition tool. eXtended Fdisk 0.9.3 XFDISK allows easy partition creation and edition GDisk 1.1.1 Complete replacement for the DOS FDISK utility and more. Super Fdisk 1.0 Create, delete, format partitions drives without destroying data.

Disk Clone Tools

ImageCenter 5.6 (Drive Image 2002) Best software to clone hard drive Norton Ghost 11.0.1 Similar to Drive Image (with usb/scsi support) Acronis True Image 8.1.945 Create an exact disk image for complete system backup and disk cloning. Partition Saving 3.40 A tool to backup/restore partitions. (SavePart.exe) COPYR.DMA Build013 A Tool for making copies of hard disks with bad sectors

Antivirus Tools

F-Prot Antivirus 3.16f (2907) Very good virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu) McAfee Antivirus 4.4.50 (2907) a virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu)

Recovery Tools

Active Partition Recovery 3.0 To Recover a Deleted partition. Active Uneraser 3.0 To recover deleted files and folders on FAT and NTFS systems. Ontrack Easy Recovery Pro 6.10 To Recover data that has been deleted/virus attack Winternals Disk Commander 1.1 more than just a standard deleted-file recovery utility TestDisk 6.8b Tool to check and undelete partition. Lost & Found 1.06 a good old data recovery software. DiyDataRecovery Diskpatch 2.1.100 An excellent data recovery software. Prosoft Media Tools 5.0 v1.1.2.64 Another excellent data recovery software with many other options. PhotoRec 6.8b File and pictures recovery Tool.

Testing Tools

System Speed Test 4.78 it tests CPU, harddrive, ect. PC-Check 6.0 Easy to use hardware tests Ontrack Data Advisor 5.0 Powerful diagnostic tool for assessing the condition of your computer The Troubleshooter 7.02 all kind of hardware testing tool PC Doctor 3.0 a benchmarking and information tool Test Cpu/Video/Disk 5.6 a tool to test cpu, video, and disk Test Hard Disk Drive 1.0 a tool to test Hard Disk Drive

RAM (Memory) Testing Tools

DocMemory 3.1b RAM Test utility GoldMemory 5.07 RAM Test utility Memtest86+ 1.70 PC Memory Test

Hard Disk Tools

Hard Disk Diagnostic Utilities Seagate Seatools Desktop Edition 3.02 Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.04f Maxtor PowerMax 4.23 Maxtor amset utility 4.0 Maxtor(or any Hdd) Low Level Formatter 1.1 Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 6.61 Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0 Samsung HDD Utility(HUTIL) 2.04 Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28 IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.08 IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.03 Gateway GwScan 3.15 ExcelStor's ESTest 3.80 MHDD 4.6 WDClear 1.30 Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b SeaTools for Dos 1.08 HDD Regenerator 1.51 to recover a bad hard drive HDAT2 4.5.3 main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for detected devices Ontrack Disk Manager 9.57 Disk Test/Format/Maintenance tool. Norton Disk Doctor 2002 a tool to repair a damaged disk, or to diagnose your hard drive. Norton Disk Editor 2002 a powerful disk editing, manual data recovery tool. Active Kill Disk 4.1 Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive. SmartUDM 2.00 Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer. Victoria 3.33 a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics HDD Eraser 1.0 Secure erase using a special feature built into most newer hard drives

System Information Tools

Aida16 2.14 a system information tool, extracts details of all components of the PC PCI and AGP info Tool (2907) The PCI System information & Exploration tool. System Analyser 5.3r View extensive information about your hardware Navratil Software System Information 0.59.14 High-end professional system information tool Astra 5.33 Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant HwInfo 5.0.5 a powerful system information utility PC-Config 9.33 Complete hardware detection of your computer SysChk 2.46 Find out exactly what is under the hood of your PC CPU Identification utility 1.12 Detailed information on CPU (CHKCPU.EXE) CTIA CPU Information another CPU information tool

MBR (Master Boot Record) Tools

MBRWork 1.07b a utility to perform some common and uncommon MBR functions MBR Tool 2.2.100 backup, verify, restore, edit, refresh, remove, display, re-write... DiskMan4 all in one tool for cmos, bios, bootrecord and more BootFix Utility Run this utility if you get 'Invalid system disk' MBR SAVE / RESTORE 2.1 BootSave and BootRest tools to save / restore MBR Boot Partition 2.60 add Partition in the Windows NT/2000/XP Multi-boot loader Partition Table Doctor 3.5 a tool to repair/modify mbr, bootsector, partition table Smart Boot Manager 3.7.1 a multi boot manager Bootmagic 8.0 This tool is for multi boot operating systems MBRWizard 2.0b Directly update and modify the MBR (Master Boot Record)

BIOS / CMOS Tools

CMOS 0.93 CMOS Save / Restore Tool BIOS Cracker 4.8 BIOS password remover (cmospwd) BIOS Cracker 1.4 BIOS password remover (cmospwc) BIOS Utility 1.35.0 BIOS Informations, password, beep codes and more. !BIOS 3.20 a powerfull utility for bios and cmos DISKMAN4 a powerful all in one utility UniFlash 1.40 bios flash utility Kill CMOS a tiny utility to wipe cmos Award DMI Configuration Utility 2.43 DMI Configuration utility for modifying/viewing the MIDF contents.

MultiMedia Tools

Picture Viewer 1.94 Picture viewer for dos, supports more then 40 filetypes. QuickView Pro 2.58 movie viewer for dos, supports many format including divx. MpxPlay 1.55 final a small Music Player for dos

Password Tools

Active Password Changer 3.0.420 To Reset User Password on windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (FAT/NTFS) Offline NT/2K/XP Password Changer utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password. Registry Reanimator 1.02 Check and Restore structure of the Damaged Registry files of NT/2K/XP NTPWD utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password. Registry Viewer 4.2 Registry Viewer/Editor for Win9x/Me/NT/2K/XP ATAPWD 1.2 Hard Disk Password Utility

NTFS (FileSystems) Tools

NTFS Dos Pro 5.0 To access ntfs partitions from Dos NTFS 4 Dos 1.9 To access ntfs partitions from Dos Paragon Mount Everything 3.0 To access NTFS, Ext2FS, Ext3FS partitions from dos NTFS Dos 3.02 To access ntfs partitions from Dos EditBINI 1.01 to Edit boot.ini on NTFS Partition

Dos File Managers

Volkov Commander 4.99 Dos File Manager with LongFileName/ntfs support (Similar to Norton Commander) Dos Command Center 5.1 Classic dos-based file manager. File Wizard 1.35 a file manager - colored files, drag and drop copy, move, delete etc. File Maven 3.5 an advanced Dos file manager with high speed PC-to-PC file transfers via serial or parallel cable FastLynx 2.0 Dos file manager with Pc to Pc file transfer capability LapLink 5.0 the smart way to transfer files and directories between PCs. Dos Navigator 6.4.0 Dos File Manager, Norton Commander clone but has much more features. Mini Windows 98 Can run from Ram Drive, with ntfs support, Added 7-Zip which supports .7z .zip .cab .rar .arj .gzip, .bzip2 .z .tar .cpio .rpm and .deb Disk Defragmenter, Notepad / RichText Editor, Image Viewer, .avi .mpg .divx .xvid Movie Player, etc...

Other Tools

Ghost Walker 2003.793 utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP DosCDroast beta 2 Dos CD Burning Tools Universal TCP/IP Network 6.01 MSDOS Network Client to connect via TCP/IP to a Microsoft based network. The network can either be a peer-to-peer or a server based network, it contains 91 different network card drivers

Dos Tools

USB CD-Rom Driver 1 Standard usb_cd.sys driver for cd drive Universal USB Driver 2 Panasonic v2.20 ASPI Manager for USB mass storage ASUSTeK USB Driver 3 ASUS USB CD-ROM Device Driver Version 1.00 SCSI Support SCSI Drivers for Dos SATA Support SATA Driver (gcdrom.sys) and JMicron JMB361 (xcdrom.sys) for Dos 1394 Firewire Support 1394 Firewire Drivers for Dos Interlnk support at COM1 To access another computer from COM port Interlnk support at LPT1 To access another computer from LPT port and too many great dos tools very good collection of dos utilities extract.exe pkzip.exe pkunzip.exe unrar.exe rar.exe ace.exe lha.exe gzip.exe uharcd.exe mouse.com attrib.com deltree.exe xcopy.exe diskcopy.com imgExtrc.exe undelete.com edit.com fdisk.exe fdisk2.exe fdisk3.exe lf.exe delpart.exe wipe.com zap.com format.com move.exe more.com find.exe hex.exe debug.exe split.exe mem.exe mi.com sys.com smartdrv.exe xmsdsk.exe killer.exe share.exe scandisk.exe scanreg.exe guest.exe doskey.exe duse.exe biosdtct.exe setver.exe intersvr.exe interlnk.exe loadlin.exe lfndos.exe doslfn.com

Windows Tools

SpaceMonger 1.4 keeping track of the free space on your computer Drive Temperature 1.0 Hard Disk Drive temperature meter Disk Speed1.0 Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool MemTest 1.0 a Memory Testing Tool S&M Stress Test 1.9.0 cpu/hdd/memory benchmarking and information tool, including temperatures/fan speeds/voltages PageDfrg 2.32 System file Defragmenter For NT/2k/XP WhitSoft File Splitter 4.5a a Small File Split-Join Tool Ghost Image Explorer 11.0.1 to add/remove/extract files from Ghost image file DriveImage Explorer 5.0 to add/remove/extract files from Drive image file Drive SnapShot 1.38 creates an exact Disk Image of your system into a file while windows is running. Active Undelete 5.1.010 a tool to recover deleted files Restoration 2.5.14 a tool to recover deleted files GetDataBack for FAT 2.31 Data recovery software for FAT file systems GetDataBack for NTFS 2.31 Data recovery software for NTFS file systems Recuva 1.02.095 Restore deleted files from Hard Drive, Digital Camera Memory Card, usb mp3 player... Unstoppable Copier 3.12 Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. Express Burn 2.02 CD/DVD Burner Program to create and record CDs/DVDs, also create/burn .iso and .nrg images Data Shredder 1.0 A tool to Erase disk and files (also wipe free space) securely Startup Control Panel 2.8 a tool to edit startup programs NT Registry Optimizer 1.1j Registry Optimization for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista DefragNT 1.9 This tool presents the user with many options for disk defragmenting JkDefrag 3.16 Free disk defragment and optimize utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista Startup Monitor 1.02 it notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup IB Process Manager 1.04 a little process manager for 9x/2k, shows dll info etc. Process Explorer 10.06 shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded Pocket KillBox 2.0 can be used to get rid of files that stubbornly refuse to allow you to delete them Unlocker 1.8.5 This tool can delete file/folder when you get this message - Cannot delete file: Access is denied, The file is in use by another program etc. HijackThis 2.0b a general homepage hijackers detector and remover and more RootkitRevealer 1.7 Rootkit Revealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility. Silent Runners Revision 51 A free script that helps detect spyware, malware and adware in the startup process Autoruns 8.71 Displays All the entries from startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys, Explorer shell extensions,toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, Scheduled Tasks, Winsock, LSA Providers, Remove Drivers and much more which helps to remove nasty spyware/adware and viruses. Dial a Fix 0.60.0.24 Fix errors and problems with COM/ActiveX object errors and missing registry entries, Automatic Updates, SSL, HTTPS, and Cryptography service (signing/verification) issues, Reinstall internet explorer etc. comes with the policy scanner CurrPort 1.20 displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your computer Unknown Devices 1.2 (2907) helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are PCI 32 Sniffer 1.4 (2907) device information tool (similar to unknown devices) NewSID 4.10 utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP Double Driver 1.0 Driver Backup and Restore tool DriverBackup! 1.0.2 Another handy tool to backup drivers CPU-Z 1.40.5 It gathers information on some of the main devices of your system CWShredder 2.19 Popular CoolWebSearch Trojan Remover tool Winsock 2 Fix for 9x to fix corrupted Winsock2 information by poorly written Internet programs XP TCP/IP Repair 1.0 Repair your Windows XP Winsock and TCP/IP registry errors CCleaner 1.41.544 Crap Cleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool EzPcFix 1.0.0.16 Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, and malware Content Advisor Password Remover 1.0 It Removes Content Advisor Password from Internet Explorer WinKeyFinder 1.72 Allows you to View and Change Windows XP/2003 Product Keys, backup and restore activation related files, backup Microsoft Office 97, 2000 SP2, XP/2003 keys etc. Wireless Key View 1.10 Recovers all wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer by WZC Monitor Tester 1.0 Allows you to test CRT/LCD/TFT screens for dead pixels and diffective screens Shell Extensions Manager (ShellExView) 1.16 An excellent tool to View and Manage all installed Context-menu/Shell extensions TweakUI 2.10 This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows Xp Xp-AntiSpy 3.96.5 it tweaks some Windows XP functions, and disables some unneeded Windows services quickly PC Wizard 2007 1.73 Powerful system information/benchmark utility designed especially for detection of hardware. Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4 (2907) Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software. SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 (2907) Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (2907) find and remove spyware, adware, dialers etc. (a must have tool)