
GnuWin32 port of the most important GNU utilities to Windows (command-line).

NirLauncher (2=included in this suite) another great set of tools by NirSoft integrated in a launcher (that could be used easily with sysinternals suite too).Sysinternals suite (1=included in this suite) a great set of tools by Sysinternals (so great that MS bought them).Spinrite low level hard disk recovery (89$).Hard Drive Manufacturers diagnostic tools: fujitsu / hitachi / samsung / western digital / seagate (maxtor).alt: Memtest86+ RAM tester (don't need command line).Stresslinux minimal linux with tools to monitoring hardware health: stress, cpuburn, hddtemp, lm_sensors, memtest86+.alt: Ophcrack (sort-of) brute-force windows password (if they are EFS encrypted files).Offline NT Password & Registry Editor reset windows password.If you're a student, may be available to you through MSDNAA.

Only available to Software Assurance and MSDN subscribers, as part of the Desktop Optimization Pack.
