Hardwipe is a 100% free program for Windows that offers various advanced features and options than just letting you securely wipe the data from your computer. It boasts a modern and easy-to-use interface, specially designed for Windows 7. With Hardwipe, one can wipe individual or multiple files, folders, an entire drive or partition. Additionally, it offers the ability to quickly Clean Free Drive Space to prevent anyone from recovering the old wiped data. It does so by overwriting the contents of previously deleted files. During Clean Space operation, the data presently stored on drive will not be wiped.

Hardwipe intelligently controls the disk writing speed for lengthy operations. When the ‘Speed Control’ is set to Automatic, it restricts disk writing considering the computer is being actively used, but increases it to maximum on being idle. You can always select "Full Speed" or "Restricted" from the main window to manually control the speed.

It integrates with Windows explorer that comes handy as you can quickly wipe files from right-click content menu. One can wipe a single file, multiple files or a folder simply by right-clicking. This is also possible for hard disk drives that can be wiped or cleaned.

Shell integration is disabled by default. To enable it, just open Hardwipe and go to Preferences > Options. Then select ‘Show Hardwipe Menus’ option and hit OK.

Key Features:

• Erases files by overwriting their contents prior to deletion.
• Integrates with Windows Explorer
• Supports major overwriting schemes, including: GOST P50739-95, DOD 5220.22-M, Schneier & Gutmann.
• Can even purge the Swapfile used by Windows (not available yet)
• Intelligent use of disk cache so that your computer remains responsive when cleaning entire drives
• Hardwipe can shutdown your computer automatically when finished 

Download Hardwipe  [Supports Windows 7, Vista, XP]

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* Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program
* Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use
* Cannot delete file: Access is denied
* The file is in use by another program or user
* There has been a sharing violation
* The source or destination file may be in use
* Cannot read from the source file or disk

Free File Unlocker is an essential freeware file unlocking utility that fully integrates with Windows Explorer and offers the ability to simply unlock a file or folder from right-click context menu in explorer. It can also be executed from the command line and can be used to terminate malware that is difficult to be removed and to kill viruses and trojans.

Additionally, there are options to check locked file input lists, copy destination lists, move destination lists and rename lists. One can see information about the processes locking the file and the processes or file handle can be killed and deleted.

Supports: All 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows and Windows Server.

Note: A portable version is also available.

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Metro UI Tweaker Tool for Windows 8 offers the ability to quickly tweak interface without the need to manually edit the settings in Registry editor. It allows you to:

• Disable Metro Start Menu – Get Back Windows 7 like Classic Start menu
• Disable Explorer Ribbon – Turns off the Ribbon UI in Windows 8 Explorer
• Disable Metro Start Menu and Explorer Ribbon - Disables the Metro Start Menu, Ribbon UI, Metro Task Manager UI and the Lock Screen
• Enable Metro Start Menu and Ribbon – Re-enables all available Metro UI options

Apparently, it is pretty uneasy to access the power options in Windows 8 with Metro UI enabled. This tool lets you Add Power Options to the Metro Start Menu Screen: Logoff, Switch User, Lock, Sleep, Restart and Shutdown. You can also add a particular file or application to the Metro Start menu screen.

To using this tool, just download it and extract to a folder. Then run the exe file.

Download Metro UI Tweaker  (Supports Windows 8, both 32-bit and 64-bit)

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BDlot DVD ISO Master has a simple & easy-to-use interface and does just what it says! Besides having the function to Backup DVD to ISO, it also offers the ability to “Burn an ISO file to a DVD disc” in a few clicks.

Its Unique DVD decrypting technology enables users to remove DVD region code and copy protections like CSS, CPRM, CPPM, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, Rip-Guard, and Disney X protection. This software outputs ISO file exactly in the same size, high-quality video and 5.1 Channel AC3/DTS Dolby audio as that of the original DVD.

Added feature to Burn Any ISO to DVD/CD/Blu-ray –

With all-round burning technology, BDlot DVD ISO Master allows you to burn any ISO file to a desired disc. It supports a wide range of discs including CD, DVD5, DVD9, BD25 and BD50, etc. Burning ISO images is quick and easy; just select the source ISO, target DVD, set the optimum burning speed and hit the Run button. That’s it!

Supports: XP, Vista (32 & 64 bit), Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit)

Download BDlot DVD ISO Master for Free  [Size: 2.5 MB]

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TweakIE9 is a freeware software tool which allows users to tweak and customize Windows Internet Explorer 9 easily in just a few clicks. It is a small and portable tool with an easy-to-use interface. It provides the option to Restore IE9 which allows the end users to restore IE9 to its original state.

Check the below screenshot to see the list of functions and features in TweakIE9:

Lets you ‘Make special shortcuts of IE9’ in Start menu, which you can also Pin to taskbar in Windows 7 for faster access.

Download TweakIE9  (x86/x64) | Documentation

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TouchCopy automatically detects an iPod, iPhone or iPad when it is connected to your computer. It displays all the music, playlists, podcasts on your device and presents them in neatly arranged lists. It has easy control buttons to do tasks like: transferring device content, playing media, backup option, search, etc.

What all Features TouchCopy offers:

• Ability to Transfer the entire content of your iPod, iPhone or iPad to your PC or Mac hard drive, or directly into iTunes. There are dedicated buttons ‘Copy to PC’ and ‘Copy to iTunes’ for that. It copies the music and restores all song data like album art, ratings, artists name, and play counts.

• Play music and videos directly from iPod through PC or Mac without having iTunes.

• Backup all the music and video on your device into iTunes or a folder on your system in just a click. This way you can simply save all your iPod music, movies and playlists.

• Files Explorer – View the system data i.e. all the files and folders present on your device. One can easily ‘Drag and drop’ files and folders from PC onto TouchCopy to store them on idevice. Also, you can copy and backup the desired system data to PC.

• View all the Photos and camera pictures. You can save them or run a slideshow.

• View, manage, and copy the Notes, contacts, calendars, SMS and MMS messages, voice mails and voice memos from device to computer.

• Use your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad like an external hard drive – You can create a personal folder under ‘Files’ directory and move the desired data to it. But you can’t access that folder directly, though you can copy it anywhere on the computer.

TouchCopy by Wide Angle Software, is an effective tool to easily backup your iPod, iPhone or iPad, that comes handy when you change your computer or lose iTunes by mistake. However, the tool lacks much needed feature to transfer and manage songs, videos and playlists from computer to iPod/iPhone without requiring iTunes.

TouchCopy works with all iPods, iPhones and iPad  including the iPhone 4 and is available for both Windows and Mac OSX. The software is available as a free trial download, allowing up to 100 iPod songs or videos to be copied. The full-version costs $24.99, giving access to all functionality, free customer support and free software updates.

Give it a try now! Download TouchCopy Trial

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SciLor’s grooveshark™.com Downloader is a free, small, and portable tool which lets you download music from grooveshark the fastest and easiest way. It has a simple user interface, works really great, but is currently available for Windows only. The downloader provides the option to check the “Popular Songs” and lets you automatically download multiple tracks in one go.

To use it, just Download and extract it. Run the file SciLors GrooveDownloader.exe. You can now search the desired music. To download tracks, tick mark the songs and click ‘Add to Download List’ button. Then click the ‘Download’ button from the right side pane. Do select the directory where you want to save the Songs using the Settings option.

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iPhone Backup Extractor is a free, small, and portable tool which can extract files from iTunes backups of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch data. It lets you easily extract the contacts, calendar events, text messages, notes, photos, videos, call histories and more from the idevice backups stored on your computer.

With this, you can recover the required data from backups instead of doing a full restore. Also, if you lose or break your phone then you can get the important data back from the backups itself without needing the phone.

Download Here

Supports: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X and Linux.

Note – The free version doesn’t allow to recover lots of files in one go.

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