Jason's Recommend Utilities - PC edition

• 1.       MediaFours, Mac Drive; allows us lowly windows users to read hard drives formatted just for Mac's. It does cost a little but if you're in a multiplatform studio then this may save some hassle. Let's face it FAT32 formatting is plain annoying.
• 2.       Auslogic Defrag; Free defragging tool, also a version that only defrags when your screensavers running. defragging machines is always good for them. Also worth looking at their other free system cleaning apps.
• 3.       Teracopy; Free software that replaces windows copy function with something that works. gives accurate timeframes and claims to be faster. on the whole I have found it a lot more reliable.
• 4.       Windows Live Mail; free download for windows, less fuss than outlook and allows for all your email accounts to filter through one program. great for those of us with too many email address. also see Mozilla Thunderbird.
• 5.       Handbrake; free dvd ripping software, with a little tweaking can produce high quality rips.