Utilities
This is a hub for the software I've hoarded over the years and grown to like better than every other option
- Rufus - bootable USB stick creator / works with every ISO i've thrown at it / updates via web / portable version available
- Bluescreenview - .dmp file viewer, for troubleshooting blue screens
- Crystaldiskinfo - hard drive health checker
- Display Driver Uninstaller - fully wipes GPU drivers for reinstalling or switching graphics cards
- Filezilla - the FTP client
- Hotswap! - supposed to park SATA drive heads and remove them safely while running. I don't trust it much but I'd like to believe it works
- SpaceSniffer - shows a drive's storage as blocks in an easy-to-navigate view, good for finding large unneded folders to delete