https://grok.lsu.edu/Updated Utilities articles!60https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16716 General Information Solid State Drives (SSDs) are quickly replacing traditional, mechanical, hard disk drives due to their higher speed, lower power consumption, lighter weight, and being more shock proof. However, traditional whole disk erasing utilities like Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) d16716 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:20:26 GMTMon, 23 Mar 2026 09:20:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17509 General Information 7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by17509 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:50:48 GMTWed, 24 Sep 2025 07:50:48 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17316 General Information LC ISO Creator is a portable Free ISO Maker software that allows a user to make an ISO image directly from any disk CD or DVD that is inserted in the client computer's CD/DVD-ROM drive. This tool makes for a great portable utility because the user can backup a CD or 17316 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:15:03 GMTThu, 11 Sep 2025 08:15:03 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16622 General Information Pismo File Mount Audit Package is a Windows application that allows users to mount the contents of ZIP, ISO, Compact ISO, Compact File Set and Private Folder files to the file system as virtual folders. Pre-Installation Notes System Requirements: Wind16622 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:02:26 GMTTue, 19 Aug 2025 16:02:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18858 General Information The Unarchiver is a much more capable replacement for "BOMArchiveHelper.app", the built-in archive unpacker program in Mac OS X. The Unarchiver is designed to handle many more formats than BOMArchiveHelper, and to better fit in with the design of the Finder. Supporte18858 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:51:00 GMTTue, 19 Aug 2025 15:51:00 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18869 To Install the Unarchiver on a Mac OS X Operating System: 1. Visit The Unarchiver Official Website . 2. Click the Download button. 3. When the download is finished, open the .zip file from the Downloads folder. 4. Move The Unarchiver application fro18869 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:46:13 GMTTue, 04 Feb 2025 08:46:13 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15534 Mount an .ISO File Important Note: You CANNOT use this method to install an Operating System, only to install Applications. 1. Browse to the .iso file that you want to Mount to install software. 2. Right-click the file and select PFM Mount from the drop-down menu. 3. S15534 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:33:17 GMTFri, 03 Jan 2025 13:33:17 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17463 General Information OSFMount is a free utility that allows you to mount local disk image files (bit-for-bit copies of a disk partition) in Windows with a drive letter. It supports the creation of RAM disks, i.e. a disk mounted into RAM. This generally has a large speed benefit over usin17463 Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:06:06 GMTFri, 07 Jun 2024 13:06:06 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=4885 General Information The program performs miscellaneous tasks of system maintenance such as deleting the cache, removing cumbersome files and folders, etc. It also allows you to view your system configuration, and preview the different logs and Crash Reporter reports. Pre4885 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:31:31 GMTMon, 08 Apr 2024 11:31:31 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17320 General Information RBrowser is a full-featured free graphic FTP-SFTP client. RBrowser allows the user to manage/browse files on the remote host with an easy-to-use graphic interface. File management commands include move, copy, duplicate, compress, delete, set permissions, make links, 17320 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:42:26 GMTMon, 25 Mar 2024 10:42:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18748 To Install WinDirStat on Your Windows Operating System: 1. Download WinDirStat from the provider's webpage. 2. The setup wizard will bring up the license agreement. Read through it and if you accept the terms, check the box that says I Accept then click next. 3. Choose the comp18748 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:51:22 GMTMon, 25 Mar 2024 08:51:22 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17237 General Information PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. Pre-Installation Notes: Windows or Linux operating systems are needed to download and install this software. Also, it is offered free of charge 17237 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 14:51:41 GMTFri, 22 Mar 2024 14:51:41 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17153 General Information The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy certain families of the Microsoft Windows operating systems. By using Windows AIK, you can perform unattended Windows installations, capture Windows imag17153 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:15:10 GMTFri, 22 Mar 2024 12:15:10 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18731 General Information WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows (all current variants). WinDirStat reads the whole directory tree once and then presents it in three useful views: the directory list, the treemap, and the extension list. Do18731 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:45:00 GMTWed, 20 Mar 2024 11:45:00 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=14755 General Information Fugu is a graphical frontend to the command line Secure File Transfer application (SFTP). SFTP is similar to FTP, but unlike FTP, the entire session is encrypted, meaning no passwords are sent in cleartext form and is thus much less vulnerable to third-party intercep14755 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:26:51 GMTMon, 29 Jan 2024 15:26:51 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16663 General Information FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. System Requirements: Windows, Mac OS X, OR Linux Platform. Download and Installation Instructions Download FileZilla Fil16663 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:43:39 GMTFri, 05 Jan 2024 13:43:39 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17465 Mounting an Image with OSFMount: 1. Open the application. 2. From the home screen of OSFMount select Mount new. 3. Under Image file, select the box [...] , to find your ISO file. ( OSFMount can also deal with other files as well ). 4. Locate your ISO Fi17465 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:40:46 GMTTue, 07 Nov 2023 09:40:46 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=5395 Getting Started SFTP is an acronym for Secure File Transfer Protocol. There are various SFTP software packages available that allow you to securely transfer files from one computer to another computer. This is also known as Secure File Sharing. FileZilla is used as the SFTP progr5395 Fri, 08 Oct 2021 13:10:09 GMTFri, 08 Oct 2021 13:10:09 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=14764 General Information Growl is a global notification system for Mac OS X. Any application can send a notification to Growl, which will display an attractive message on your screen. Growl currently works with a growing number of applications. System Requirements: Mac OS X or Mac OS X 114764 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:45:53 GMTWed, 15 Jun 2016 15:45:53 GMT