SiSoftware Sandra

Excellent tool to carry out computer diagnostics

System Stability Tester

Check your system's stability

Everest Ultimate

Get to know your computer to optimize it

Central Brain Identifier

Diagnostic tool designed to identify any AMD processor

GPU-Z

The best way to find out graphic card's components

BurnInTest

Burn-in test program

3DMark

The ultimate benchmark for your computer

Belarc Advisor

Builds a detailed profile of software and hardware installed on your PC

Catzilla

Check the performance of your PC

Geekbench

Assess the performance of your multicore proccessor

Can You Run it?

Check if your computer can run a video game

PC Wizard

Get hold of all the relevant information about your computer

CPU-Z

A tool to benchmark your computer

Speccy Portable

Portable benchmarking tool

PCMark

The most popular benchmark program

Speccy

Compile the information of the hardware installed on your computer

Parallels Desktop

Run Linux and other operating systems with this virtual machine

Windows XP Mode

Make Windows XP applications run on Windows 7

HAV Detection Tool

Find out if your computer can run the so-called XP Mode

Free virtual CD ROM for Windows XP

Easily emulate disc images on your PC

Virtual Drive

Software to mount disc images on virtual units

VMware

Powerful tool for the virtualization of operating systems

Virtual CloneDrive

Program to virtualize CD/DVD units

Java 32-64 bits

Platform to develop and launch of applications

VirtualBox

Virtualize your operating system remotely

Disk2vhd

Create virtual copies of your disk units

Daemon Tools

Mount virtual units on your PC

Shadow Defender

Test your applications before installing them

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Create various virtual machines on Windows

Windows Virtual PC

Use old Windows versions on Windows 7

VMware Player

Create a virtual machine to run any OS on your computer