disk utilities

Back2zip
An easy-to-use freeware program that automatically backs up your documents. Back2zip works in the background, constantly monitoring your documents and ensuring that they're properly backed up to ZIP compressed files. (For Windows).

SafeHouse Personal Privacy
Click the "free download" link to access a free, non-expiring trial version of this popular program that lets you protect and hide your personal files and folders by making them "invisible" and encrypted. Note: the free version of this program lets you encrypt content up to 1 meg in size. (For Windows).

FreeRAM XP Pro
Have you ever noticed that the longer you use Windows in a given session, your PC slows down as you have less memory available? Here's an outstanding, easy-to-use freeware memory "scrubber" utility that frees up and optimizes your PC's memory. (For Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP).

ScramDisk
Here's a freeware hard drive encryption program that's a must if you have data on your PC that must be kept secure. ScramDisk creates an envelope on your hard drive that can be mounted as a virtual disk when you enter the correct password. All data written to this disk is encrypted and can't be accessed without the password. ScramDisk supports several encryption algorithms, including Blowfish, IDEA and Triple-DES. (For Windows).

• Note: ScramDisk has been succeeded by a new program, DriveCrypt, (which is not freeware). However, ScramDisk is still free and available at this site, although it's no longer in development.
• Since it was developed in Britain, ScramDisk is not subject to U.S. export law.

DiscoMania
Here's a handy, free, file cataloging utility for hard drives, removable drives and CD-ROMs. Using it, you can create, search, and organize catalogs. Many options available to help give you full control over your files. (For Windows).

Partition Manager
A fine freeware disk partitioning utility. Partition Manager allows you to create and delete partitions, lets you view your hard disks' IDE information and lets you format and resize FAT-16 and FAT-32 files systems. Also offers support for extended DOS partition. Available in English, German, Swedish, Spanish and Russian.

PrimaSoft Disk Analyzer
Take a look under the hood of your computer with this excellent free Windows program that lets you analyze your hard drive. You can easily take a detailed look at a selected hard drive or directory. It offers a summary by files, directories, type, size and date, displays graphs and lets you print reports.