AJWhite1970 Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 QEMM - DOS memory manager, so much better than memmaker command
Arthur Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) Ultimate Boot CD - When PCs started coming without floppy drives, UBCD enabled you to run common floppy-based diagnostic tools such as IBM/Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test and MemTest86+ all from a single CD. Windows 98 boot disk (on a floppy) to get you into dos before the OS kicked in bootdisk.com was also handy for downloading pre-made MS-DOS and Windows 95/98/ME boot disks. Since floppy disks would invariable develop bad sectors I used to use WinImage to create images of them beforehand. Another cool thing this program could do was reformat 3.5" floppy disks from 1.44MB to 1.68MB. Edited February 1, 2016 by Arthur
MatthewL Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I still use ghost from time to time, use Clonezilla more these days but do have ghost on USB! Theres a few names of old bits there I haven't used but have heard of or come across in folders as I've been tidying networks up!
FN-GM Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Used to love this! - Universal TCP/IP Network Boot Disk
sparkeh Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Wininstall LE for building your own installers. Scan -> install application -> scan again -> capture something you didn't mean to -> deploy application -> break computers Netac USB stick that could emulate a floppy disk - invaluable.
Arthur Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 BartPE - This enabled you to create a Windows XP-based live CD containing a huge number of popular applications and utilities. It was perfect for running virus/malware/spyware scanners, defrag and data recovery tools outside of Windows (although it had many other uses). It was fairly similar to ERD Commander from Winternals, or more recently, WinBuilder. Netac USB stick that could emulate a floppy disk - invaluable. +1. Especially if you had a CC3 network where you had to create floppy disk-based build disks.
sparkeh Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 +1. Especially if you had a CC3 network where you had to create floppy disk-based build disks. Ha! Exactly what I used mine for
CyberNerd Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Interestingly; pretty much everything on this list, perhaps with the exception of poledit, I've managed to do with a basic linux box. All the tools were included.
AJWhite1970 Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Wininstall LE for building your own installers. Scan -> install application -> scan again -> capture something you didn't mean to -> deploy application -> break computers Snapshot as part of Novell Zenworks was just as good if not better than Winstall LE for capturing things that were irrelevant and breaking computers it was distributed on, used to drive me nuts creating applications. Then one day someone wrote an application on Cool Solutions that stripped out all the system files from a capture and suddenly life was good
Pyroman Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Fun fact. Diskeeper Corporation was founded by a scientologist. I liked PerfectDisk better than Diskeeper. I can't remember why though. Before WinZip came along do you remember using DOS archivers like ARJ, LHA and/or PKZip? 7-Zip or Bandizip. I also have a lifetime license for WinRAR which I purchased in 2004 for £19.43 and still use today. That was excellent value for money! I used to use Drive Image Pro too. However, shortly after Symantec acquired PowerQuest I switched to Acronis True Image. http://cf.chucklesnetwork.com/items/4/3/6/4/6/original/i-dont-always-pay-for-winrar-but-when-i-do-its-cause-no-one-else.jpg Winrar Edited February 2, 2016 by Pyroman 1
sted Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 floppy disk with batch files on to install 98/me with a certain set of options ticked (so sysprep in effect) and the company I worked for logo on the about this computer screen ris (precursor to wds) still use cdburnerxp for the odd time I need to burn a cd/dvd prefer it to windows built in stuff and useful for making iso files to lob at a vm
psydii Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Going back a bit further than the PC era, the Disc Doctor ROM on BBC Micros were a god send.
bald_pig Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Ultimate Boot CD - When PCs started coming without floppy drives, UBCD enabled you to run common floppy-based diagnostic tools such as IBM/Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test and MemTest86+ all from a single CD. Still use this on a fairly regular basis!
Roberto Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Going back a bit further than the PC era, the Disc Doctor ROM on BBC Micros were a god send. I used to swear by DITTO when diagnosing file or device issues on the IBM 3090.
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