Apps for Windows after a clean install.
Raid 0 Fail
My laptop’s RAID0 array failed the other day resulting in a new hdd installation and a complete re-install of the operating system.
I had backups of my work, my personal files etc however I had to go through the hassle of re-installing all my applications.
As a side note – what a poor config choice RAID0 turned out to be. Unfortunately this was the way the laptop arrived from the factory. In my opinion it doubles the chances of a catastrophic disk failure as either disk going down will render the raid drive unusable. I chose to configure RAID1 when I rebuilt.
It’s always best to have a recent backup to restore from, but when you need to install all your applications again it helps to have a check list as there is just so many to remember.
So in no particular order here are most of them:
- Notepad++
- mIRC
- Adobe Reader / Shockwave / Flash
- Canon Digital Photo Software
- SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
- Visual Studio Express Edition
- SyncToy 2.1
- Windows Live Messenger
- AVG Antivirus / Microsoft Security Essentials
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- 7Zip
- Gimp
- Blender
- VLC
- nMap – needs WinPcap
- Wireshark
- Microsoft Network Monitor
- Microsoft WinDbg
- Dia
- Inkscape
- FreeMind
- VNC Server / Viewer
- Nokia Software
- Java
- Google Earth
- SysInternals Suite
- Python
- Azureus / Vuze
- Daemon Tools Lite
- FileZilla
- ImgBurn
- Audacity
- Amaya
- Visual Studio 2008 Shell
- SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
- Windows Powershell 2.0
- CDex (ripper)
- PuTTY
- UltraVNC
- ImageMagick
- Skype
- DiscJuggler (demo)