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Best MS-DOS / Command Line tools?
Data Crystal
Pencil Artist
in Zocalo v2.0
Hi there, I'd be in the need of some advice.
I'm putting together a compilation CD of the best (IMHO) freeware software around and I'm already almost up to the full 700 mb's of stuff. The programs are your basic system tools, spyware and virus cleaners and some more in-depth scanners and cleaners. I need the disc as I throw an odd job every now and then cleaning up people's comps and doing some basic diagnostics and hardware replacements and software cleanups on them. I have almost all the necessary Win 2K / XP -freeware software that are basic necessities and downright useful, but now I'm writing the boot section of the disk.
I'd be in the need of all kinds of good MS-Dos- or Nt equivalent tools that can be run and used from MS-Dos or its NT equivalent.
So far I've gathered stuff that I consider to be useful:
KillCmos, F-Prot for Dos, unzipping utilities and Fdisk & Debug from FreeDos. I'm going to use Cutemouse for the mouse and an all-around ATAPI -device driver for optic disc drive recognition. For the rest, I think I might pretty much copy & paste from the standard Win 98 boot disk when it comes to tools. (Win compatibility is a major issue here, most ((heck, all)) the comps run windows that have problems. :))
Now what I'd need are recommendations on freeware or other good tools that can be run from the MS-Dos Prompt or NT equivalent. Stuff from password removal to disk defragmenters to hacking tools, to low level format, diagnostics, cd-testers, mouse utilities, port identifiers and whatnot. Whatever could be useful if you have to clean up, inspect and work on someone else's comp.
Any suggestions are welcome. :) Size-wise there isn't much of a requirement, command line tools don't take much space but I still have more or less 30 megs to spare on the disc.
I'm putting together a compilation CD of the best (IMHO) freeware software around and I'm already almost up to the full 700 mb's of stuff. The programs are your basic system tools, spyware and virus cleaners and some more in-depth scanners and cleaners. I need the disc as I throw an odd job every now and then cleaning up people's comps and doing some basic diagnostics and hardware replacements and software cleanups on them. I have almost all the necessary Win 2K / XP -freeware software that are basic necessities and downright useful, but now I'm writing the boot section of the disk.
I'd be in the need of all kinds of good MS-Dos- or Nt equivalent tools that can be run and used from MS-Dos or its NT equivalent.
So far I've gathered stuff that I consider to be useful:
KillCmos, F-Prot for Dos, unzipping utilities and Fdisk & Debug from FreeDos. I'm going to use Cutemouse for the mouse and an all-around ATAPI -device driver for optic disc drive recognition. For the rest, I think I might pretty much copy & paste from the standard Win 98 boot disk when it comes to tools. (Win compatibility is a major issue here, most ((heck, all)) the comps run windows that have problems. :))
Now what I'd need are recommendations on freeware or other good tools that can be run from the MS-Dos Prompt or NT equivalent. Stuff from password removal to disk defragmenters to hacking tools, to low level format, diagnostics, cd-testers, mouse utilities, port identifiers and whatnot. Whatever could be useful if you have to clean up, inspect and work on someone else's comp.
Any suggestions are welcome. :) Size-wise there isn't much of a requirement, command line tools don't take much space but I still have more or less 30 megs to spare on the disc.
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[URL=http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php]startup application list[/URL]
(they also have a downloadable version on the site)
[url]http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml[/url]
I've even caught spyware and viruses trying to install themselves on computers where it's installed! Of course...once caught then the computer has to be cleaned...but it still catches them :)
As for tools, I recommend you chuck in some command line archivers such as ARJ, RAR and pkzip/pkunzip.
[url]http://ebcd.pcministry.com/[/url]
Sanfam: The EBCD looks good... have to look into it. I don't know how the bugger works or if I'm skilled enough to incorporate that into my cd which is also bootable. But I'll look into it.
Bekenn: Almost all the software on the disk will be 2k/xp stuff, and I am adding the normal DOS commands to the disk if I have the space. :) Not yet sure whether to use the ones on the 2K OS or the normal Win 98 boot disk, will have to see. When I have the time to continue the compilation, that is. ;)
Biggles: Yes, I have already arj, pkunzip, pkzipfix and rar. They're meant for unzipping only, zipping is handled by 7Zip which is on the disk. I looked into the Open CD, it's a bit limited in comparison to the current version of my cd, but it has many same programs. I still have to consider GIMP. :)
Random Chaos: Thanks, looked efficient, but I have another program for registry cleanups which has the startup monitoring as well. You can do wonders and clean up the old gal' with the prog. It's called RegCleaner 4.3 (build 780). and it's discontinued already, since the program is so good that I think they charge money for the later versions nowadays. ;) Still works like a charm. You can Google, but I uploaded it for your convenience.
[URL=http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/RegCleaner.EXE]RegCleaner.EXE Download[/URL]
wiseguy: Thanks, that'll help. I'll probably add the list to the cd. :)
croxis: Otherwise not a bad idea, but most of the stuff on the cd are programs that are being updated constantly. I just dl and overwrite the new versions and burn a new cd from a file I have whenever I decide to update it. With all the virus scanners and whatnot, the problem is that the files get outdated so fast. And I don't use Torrent or keep my computer on all the time, so it's a problem. But when I get it working, I think I can arrange it if someone wants me to send the cd-Image via ICQ or something like that and upload it. I'll get back on that if I remember.
But anyways, thanks a lot. :)
Of course...if you can't find a DOS tool for that...you can always make a linux bootable with their command line burner tool and just mount the FAT32 drive. I understand you can sometimes mount NTFS drives also.
Aida 32
Naiobrin Software CD-Rom Tool
CPUSpy
Exact Audio Copy
F-Prot For Dos
KillCMOS
OpenOffice
RamBooster
3DMark 05
7Zip
AdAware SE
Adobe Reader
AntiVir XP
Cdex
Daemon Tools
DC++
Debug instructions for debug.exe
EditPad Lite
FFDShow
FileAlyzer
FireFox
Flash Player
IrFanView
Java 2 RE
Java 2 SDK
Kyodai Mahjongg (;))
Logitech iTouch
Logitech MouseWare
nForece drivers
nVidia Omega drivers Win 9x
nVidia Omega drivers Win 2K/XP
Radeon Omega Win 9x
Radeon Omega Win 2K/XP
Quicktime & iTunes (if someone knows how to get the smalles possible working QT player, please do tell. ;))
RadLinker
RealPlaer Alternative
RegAlyzer
RegCleaner
ShockWave Player
SimAquarium 2 (screensaver)
SiSoft Sandra
Sonique 2 Beta
SpyBot Includes
SpyBot
The All Seeing Eye
Trillian
Visual IRC
ZoneAlarm
Oh, and the problem is that I'm using the Finnish versions on most of the software. This is meant for other people here too, not only me. ;) So unfortunately the cd-image wouldn't be a good idea. ;) I can provide you with my DL links section list later anyway. :)
It's one of the best image viewers around, and it's miniscule. Always good to have on hand.
ACDSee Classic is 30-day trial version shareware and comes in 4.3 megs installer.
[URL=http://www.irfanview.com/]IrFanView[/URL] is complete freeware, comes in a nifty 850kb pack and supports as many image formats as ACDSee or even more.
Otherwise a good idea. ;)
The version I was thinking of was small enough to fit on a floppy, and had no limit. Damn ACDSystems for obsoleting it!
Edit: So I checked out IRFanView. Interestingly enough, it's practically the EXACT SAME THING that the ACDSee version I was thinking of was. Hell, even the interface is a near perfect copy.
Confused? You should be.
:D