Updated: 12/29/2005
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Abakt
A backup tool for windows, with multi-directory, multi-wildcard support. Backup only certain directories, feed command-line to windows scheduler, more. [Report a dead link]
http://www.xs4all.nl/~edienske/abakt/

Back it up , BackItup.exe
Freeware for Win 95. Works fine. [Report a dead link]
www.freewarehome.com

Backup pro , bkupro1.exe
Free. Win 95/98 backup with compression and encryption. [Report a dead link]
http://207.153.240.9/files/?/disku/bkupro1.exe

Cathy , cathy.zip
Free. Win 95. Disk cataloger. No file descriptions. [Report a dead link]
www.nonags.com

CD Indexer , 950kb
Index files on disks and view files as a tree. Enter in as many description lines for each file as you want. Search supports wildcards and complex boolean search. Requres MDAC 2.5 or 2.6, and MS Jet 4.0x. [Report a dead link]
http://www.gdsoftware.dk/programs/cdindexer/cdi40041.zip

CD2HTML
CD2HTML ver 3.4.2 (the last freeware version) CD2HTML is a very handy Win98/NT/Me/2000/XP program which automatically creates clear and fully configurable HTML pages out of directories and files. The collected information can be used together with CD2HTMLs own script language to create your own HTML templates. CD2HTML can create links, thumbnails/icons of pictures and files, extract information from MP3 files (file information plus reading and writing the ID3 tag), descriptions and if applicable, the index of files even within archive files (supports internal Zip/UnZip/UnRAR). [Report a dead link]
http://www.cd2html.de/

CDROM List Creator
Create list of files on CDROM or HD. [Report a dead link]
http://www.leeos.com/cdrom_list_creator.html

Cleandir , cdsetup.zip, 400kb , Rating: 4
Recursively find or delete files. Saves list of wildcards to delete. Freeware but displays nag messages about other products intermittantly. [Report a dead link]
http://kslsoft.virtualave.net

Delete 97 , 47kb
Alternative to DOS Deltree, which deletes files to the recycle bin. [Report a dead link]
www.easytools.com

Discomania , Editor's Pick
Catalog your files on CD, removable disks, etc. You can add comments to each file. [Report a dead link]
ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/pub/private/sWlIB/utilities/ file_utilities/dscmnia.zip

Disk Cat 2.0 , diskcat.zip
Free. Win 95. Disk cataloger has descriptions. Can't search on descriptions. Does not support multiple disks in same catalog. [Report a dead link]
www.nonags.com

Fallback , Fallback.exe
Backup program for Win 95. Works ok. [Report a dead link]
http://arkban.hypermart.net

File Folder Writer
Print directory and filenames recursively. Great for listing contents of CD. Integrates with windows Explorer. [Report a dead link]
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?5630

File Splitter
Very simple utility to chop and restore larger files into floppy sized files. There is no configuration or options. Just select the file to slice and click "Split". To restore, select one of the split files and select "Join Files". Type : Freeware Orange Software haustein@orangesoftware.net [Report a dead link]
http://www.orangesoftware.net/FileSplitter/index.html

HD Valet , HDValet[1].zip, 617kb
Win 95. Removes temp files, like BAK, CHK, etc. You specify which ones to delete. From PCMagazine. Www.pcmag.com. [Report a dead link]
www.pcmag.com

Interlink
Transfer files via serial/parallel port. [Report a dead link]
http://www.kime.net/directcc/directcc31.htm

My own backup , MOBv21.exe, 1,965kb , Rating: 4
Free. Win 95/98. Features: disk spanning, to zip archive, command line operation, history log of backups, Internet Live-Update function, encryption. Looks real good. V2.1 has new, redesigned interface. Looks much better! Also at Google search. [Report a dead link]
http://vipmeister.com/dl/myownbackup/myownbackup.html

Parcp
Parallel port copy. [Report a dead link]
http://joy.sophics.cz/parcp/download.htm

ProUpdater backup , 582kb
Backup program. [Report a dead link]
http://www.openwindow.com/pages/winupd8r.htm

Rainbow
File manager with many features: View many picture formats, FTP, text difference, decompress many archive formats, compress ZIP files, text and html editor, simple internet browser, more. [Report a dead link]
http://www.economic.com.ge/software.html

Rname it , 180kb , Editor's Pick
Batch file rename. [Report a dead link]
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/kent/frame.html

Set file date , Setfiledate
Win 9x. FREE. Set file date/time on any file. Simple and free. [Report a dead link]
www.no-nonsense-software.com

Simtel Comm Programs
Terminal, comm, and file xfer programs for DOS. [Report a dead link]
http://www.simtel.iif.hu/pub/msdos/commprog/

Task zip , Taskzip.zip, 1,805kb
Win 98. FREE Backup utility. Will probably work on Win 95 but it may have a problem with comctl.ocx. Does not freshen changed files. [Report a dead link]
http://www.pb-sys.com/

Titanium Backup , 4,090kb
Backup files with scripts. Backup zip file can be named .zip. [Report a dead link]
http://www.tbgtom.com/

Trans
Free parallel file transfer util for DOS. [Report a dead link]
http://www.transdigital.net/C012.HTM

XXCopy
Copy a hard drive completely from one drive to another PC. [Report a dead link]
http://www.xxcopy.com/