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  1. ########################## SOFTWARE FOR NEW INSTALLS ##########################
  2.  
  3. >>>Drive cloners, useful for moving your existing install to a new drive
  4. >>Windows 10 and newer can detect and install drivers for new motherboards on boot for seamless drive clone hardware upgrades
  5. https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v7/v7.3.6391/reflect_setup_free_x64.exe
  6. https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v7/v7.3.6391/reflect_setup_free_x86.exe
  7. https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v8/v8.0.7783/reflect_setup_free_x64.exe
  8. https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v8/v8.0.7783/reflect_setup_free_x86.exe
  9.  
  10. Reflect v7.3.6391 is the final version of Reflect 7.3, which has unlimited free use.
  11. Reflect v8.0.7783 is the final version of Reflect 8.0, which has unlimited free use.
  12. Reflect v8.1.XXXX and newer from the official site are limited to 30 day trial.
  13.  
  14. Clonezilla: https://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=stable
  15. Works, but purely keyboard based UI makes using any extra functionality (move, resize, etc) extremely painful
  16.  
  17. >>>All-in-One Visual C++ runtimes installer
  18. Must run on any new install if you have any portable programs or games, since they likely won't have their runtimes installed.
  19. https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist
  20.  
  21. >>>Partition Managers
  22. https://www.paragon-software.com/us/free/pm-express
  23. https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=pw&e=pw-free
  24. https://www.diskpart.com/download-home.html
  25. https://download2.easeus.com/epm.php?product=epm_free
  26. https://gparted.org/download.php
  27.  
  28. >>>Game save backup tools, for dealing with games by moronic devs who save to AppData
  29. https://www.gamesave-manager.com
  30. https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi
  31.  
  32. >>>Archive Utility
  33. https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
  34. https://www.win-rar.com/download.html
  35.  
  36. >>>Torrent Client
  37. https://www.qbittorrent.org/download
  38.  
  39. >>>Media Players
  40. https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases
  41. https://potplayer.daum.net
  42. https://www.kmplayer.com/home
  43. https://www.smplayer.info/en/download-windows
  44.  
  45. >>>Codecs for x265/x264 that may not come bundled even with newer video players
  46. https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases
  47.  
  48. >>>Thumbnails for videos/WebMs
  49. http://www.babelsoft.net/products/mediapreview.htm
  50. https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/icaros.html
  51. (Use only one at a time, not both)
  52.  
  53. >>>Image Viewers
  54. https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads
  55. https://www.faststone.org/FSIVDownload.htm
  56. https://nomacs.org/docs/getting-started/installation
  57. https://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm
  58. https://github.com/sylikc/jpegview
  59. https://en.bandisoft.com/bandiview (formerly HoneyView)
  60. Do not use ImageGlass, the dev tried to hide code in the program that turns users' machines into exit nodes for a peer-based VPN service.
  61. https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/blob/51f9f5eaa17f6fc42e4c55241e3c3d1081d1a395/Source/Components/ImageGlass.Library/Language/Language.cs#L663-L664
  62.  
  63. >>>Fast File Search
  64. https://www.voidtools.com/downloads (Everything)
  65.  
  66.  
  67.  
  68. ################################# SOFTWARE #################################
  69.  
  70. >>>Piracy Megathread
  71. One of the few good uses for /r/eddit
  72. https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread
  73. https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread/software
  74.  
  75. https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread/games
  76. https://gog-games.to
  77. https://dodi-repacks.site
  78. https://steamrip.com
  79. https://fitgirl-repacks.site
  80.  
  81. >>>Complete Adobe collection
  82. https://w16.monkrus.ws
  83. Least suspect source for Adobe piracy, no community found issues/problems/reports so far, alternative is GenP which is also regarded as safe
  84.  
  85. >>>VMware Workstation Pro 17 (VMware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe)
  86. https://archive.org/details/vmware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274_202305
  87. https://web.archive.org/web/20240317060631/https://download3.vmware.com/software/WKST-1700-WIN/VMware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe
  88. SHA256: 977e44df8ad7ea6f80ca14a1f817a65a38bb1660d1b776d4ad80577d9d52c2c7
  89. KEY: MC60H-DWHD5-H80U9-6V85M-8280D
  90. (VMware still uses ordinary key activation to this day)
  91. Downloads from VMware have been taken down after Broadcom corporate takeover.
  92.  
  93. >>>PDF Reader/Editor
  94. https://www.pdfgear.com/pdfgear-for-windows/
  95. https://www.foxit.com/downloads/#Foxit-PhantomPDF-Standard
  96. https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader
  97. https://pdf-xchange.eu/pdf-xchange-editor/trial-form.htm
  98.  
  99. >>>Package Managers
  100. https://github.com/marticliment/UniGetUI
  101. https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
  102. https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop
  103. https://chocolatey.org
  104.  
  105.  
  106.  
  107. ############################# MISC SOFTWARE #############################
  108.  
  109. >>>Program Cleanup/Uninstaller
  110. https://github.com/Klocman/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller
  111. https://www.bleachbit.org
  112.  
  113. >>>File Managers
  114. Total Commander https://www.ghisler.com/download.htm
  115. Directory Opus https://www.gpsoft.com.au/DScripts/download.asp
  116. Q-Dir https://www.softwareok.com/?Download=Q-Dir
  117.  
  118. >>>Drive space usage analyzers
  119. WizTree https://diskanalyzer.com/download
  120. WinDirStat https://windirstat.net/download.html
  121. TreeSize https://customers.jam-software.de/downloadTrial.php
  122.  
  123. >>>Mass Youtube video and playlist downloader
  124. yt-dlp based front-end GUI made for Windows
  125. https://github.com/ErrorFlynn/ytdlp-interface
  126.  
  127. https://stacher.io
  128.  
  129. >>>Advanced Notepad replacement
  130. https://notepad-plus-plus.org
  131.  
  132. >>>Fast advanced video converter (for making WebMs)
  133. https://www.xmedia-recode.de/en/download.php
  134.  
  135. >>>On-screen WebM recorder
  136. https://github.com/michaelmob/WebMCam
  137.  
  138. >>>File recovery
  139. https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/recuva_portable.html
  140. http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete
  141.  
  142. >>>Comic reader / archive image viewer
  143. https://www.cdisplayex.com
  144.  
  145. >>>Backup tool
  146. https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=sm&e=sm-free
  147.  
  148. >>>Robocopy (Robust File Copy for Windows)
  149. Created by MS for Windows NT4, built in since Vista. For when you want more detail and control.
  150. 3rd party GUI: https://www.pcassistsoftware.co.uk/robocopygui.html
  151.  
  152. CLI Usage examples:
  153. robocopy C:\folder D:\folder
  154. robocopy C:\folder D:\folder /move /e /z /r:5 /w:10 /reg /ipg:50
  155. Arguments:
  156. /move (deletes source after copying)
  157. /e (includes subdirectories)
  158. /z (resumes from mid-point on fail, good for very large files)
  159. /r:# (retry on fail # number of times)
  160. /w:# (wait for # seconds before retry)
  161. /reg (saves /r:# and /w:# values as defaults)
  162. /ipg:# (for slowing transfer rate, useful for pulling data off a dying drive that disconnects on full throttle)
  163. Full arguments list: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
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