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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 hardware on boot for seamless C:\ drive clone-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 advanced functionality painful)
  16.  
  17. >>>Partition Managers
  18. https://www.paragon-software.com/us/free/pm-express
  19. https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=pw&e=pw-free
  20. https://www.diskpart.com/download-home.html
  21. https://download2.easeus.com/epm.php?product=epm_free
  22. https://gparted.org/download.php
  23.  
  24. >>>Game save backup tools, for dealing with games by moronic devs who save to AppData
  25. https://www.gamesave-manager.com
  26. https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi
  27.  
  28. >>>All-in-One Visual C++ runtimes installer
  29. https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist
  30.  
  31. >>>Archive Utility
  32. https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
  33. https://www.win-rar.com/download.html
  34.  
  35. >>>Torrent Client
  36. https://www.qbittorrent.org/download
  37.  
  38. >>>Media Players
  39. https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases
  40. https://potplayer.daum.net
  41. https://www.kmplayer.com/home
  42. https://www.smplayer.info/en/download-windows
  43.  
  44. >>>Codecs for x265/x264 that may not come bundled even with newer video players
  45. https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases
  46.  
  47. >>>Thumbnails for videos/WebMs
  48. http://www.babelsoft.net/products/mediapreview.htm
  49. https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/icaros.html
  50. (Use only one at a time, not both)
  51.  
  52. >>>Image Viewers
  53. https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads
  54. https://www.faststone.org/FSIVDownload.htm
  55. https://nomacs.org/docs/getting-started/installation
  56. https://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm
  57. https://github.com/sylikc/jpegview
  58. https://en.bandisoft.com/bandiview (formerly HoneyView)
  59. Do not use ImageGlass, the dev tried to hide code in the program that turns users' machines into exit nodes for a VPN service.
  60. https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/blob/51f9f5eaa17f6fc42e4c55241e3c3d1081d1a395/Source/Components/ImageGlass.Library/Language/Language.cs#L663-L664
  61.  
  62. >>>Fast File Search
  63. https://www.voidtools.com/downloads (Everything)
  64.  
  65.  
  66.  
  67. ############################# PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE #############################
  68.  
  69. >>>Piracy Megathread
  70. One of the few good uses for /r/eddit
  71. https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread
  72. https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread/software
  73.  
  74. >>>Complete Adobe collection
  75. https://w14.monkrus.ws
  76. Least suspect source for Adobe piracy, no community found issues/problems/reports so far, alternative is GenP which is also regarded as safe
  77.  
  78. >>>VMware Workstation Pro 17 (VMware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe)
  79. https://archive.org/details/vmware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274_202305
  80. https://web.archive.org/web/20240317060631/https://download3.vmware.com/software/WKST-1700-WIN/VMware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe
  81. SHA256: 977e44df8ad7ea6f80ca14a1f817a65a38bb1660d1b776d4ad80577d9d52c2c7
  82. KEY: MC60H-DWHD5-H80U9-6V85M-8280D
  83. (VMware still uses ordinary key activation to this day)
  84. Downloads from VMware have been taken down after Broadcom corporate takeover.
  85.  
  86. >>>PDF Reader/Editor
  87. https://www.pdfgear.com/pdfgear-for-windows/
  88. https://www.foxit.com/downloads/#Foxit-PhantomPDF-Standard
  89. https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader
  90. https://pdf-xchange.eu/pdf-xchange-editor/trial-form.htm
  91.  
  92. >>>Package Managers
  93. https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
  94. https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop
  95. https://chocolatey.org
  96.  
  97.  
  98.  
  99. ############################# MISC SOFTWARE #############################
  100.  
  101. >>>Program Cleanup/Uninstaller
  102. https://github.com/Klocman/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller
  103. https://www.bleachbit.org
  104.  
  105. >>>File Managers
  106. Total Commander https://www.ghisler.com/download.htm
  107. Directory Opus https://www.gpsoft.com.au/DScripts/download.asp
  108. Q-Dir https://www.softwareok.com/?Download=Q-Dir
  109.  
  110. >>>Mass Youtube video and playlist downloader
  111. yt-dlp based front-end GUI made for Windows
  112. https://github.com/ErrorFlynn/ytdlp-interface
  113.  
  114. >>>Advanced Notepad replacement
  115. https://notepad-plus-plus.org
  116.  
  117. >>>Fast advanced video converter (for making WebMs)
  118. https://www.xmedia-recode.de/en/download.php
  119.  
  120. >>>On-screen WebM recorder
  121. https://github.com/michaelmob/WebMCam
  122.  
  123. >>>File recovery
  124. https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/recuva_portable.html
  125. http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete
  126.  
  127. >>>Comic reader / archive image viewer
  128. https://www.cdisplayex.com
  129.  
  130. >>>Backup tool
  131. https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=sm&e=sm-free
  132.  
  133. >>>Robocopy (Robust File Copy for Windows)
  134. Created by MS for Windows NT4, built in since Vista. For when you want more detail and control.
  135. 3rd party GUI: https://www.pcassistsoftware.co.uk/robocopygui.html
  136.  
  137. CLI Usage examples:
  138. robocopy C:\folder D:\folder
  139. robocopy C:\folder D:\folder /move /e /z /r:5 /w:10 /reg /ipg:50
  140. Arguments:
  141. /move (deletes source after copying)
  142. /e (includes subdirectories)
  143. /z (resumes from mid-point on fail, good for very large files)
  144. /r:# (retry on fail # number of times)
  145. /w:# (wait for # seconds before retry)
  146. /reg (saves /r:# and /w:# values as defaults)
  147. /ipg:# (for slowing transfer rate, useful for pulling data off a dying drive that disconnects on full throttle)
  148. Full arguments list: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
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