A good tool I use is Insert(Inside Security Rescue Toolkit) . It's a bootable distro of linux.

Applications Included

afio 2.5-2 Archive file manipulation program.
attr 2.4.16-1 Utilities for manipulating filesystem extended attributes
avscan 0.4.1 GUI for clamav and freshclam
axyftp-gtk 0.5.1-1.1 A graphical ftp program with GTK interface
bash 2.05b-12 The GNU Bourne Again SHell
bash-completion 050121 Full programmable completion for the bash
bashburn 1.6-1 Feature-rich console frontend for CD burning tasks
bing 1.1.3-1 Empirical stochastic bandwidth tester
bonnie++ 1.03a Hard drive bottleneck testing benchmark suite
bridge-utils 1.0.4-1 Utilities for configuring the Linux 2.4 bridge
brltty 3.4.1-4 Access software for a blind person using a soft braille terminal
burncenter 3.1 Another tool to ease the mastering and burning of CDs
cabextract 1.1-1 A program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files
calcoo 1.3.15-1 Scientific calculator (GTK+)
captive 1.1.5 Write support on NTFS-partitions
cdrecord 2.01+01a01-2 Command line CD writing tool
chkrootkit 0.45 Checks for signs of rootkits on the local system
chntpw 0.99.2-2 NT SAM password recovery utility
clamav 0.86-1 Antivirus scanner for Unix
curl 7.13.1-2 Get a file from an FTP, GOPHER, HTTP or HTTPS server
ddrescue 1.10-1 Error-tolerant version of dd for rescuing data
ddrescue 0.9 Supposed to be even better than dd_rescue
dhcp3-server 3.0+3.0.1rc13-2 The ISC dhcp server
dillo 0.8.5-i18n-misc GTK-based web browser, patched for frame, tabs and i18n support
dosfstools 2.10-1 Utilities to create and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems
dvd+rw-tools 5.21.4.10.8-1 DVD+-RW/R tools
e2fsprogs 1.35-6 The EXT2 file system utilities and libraries
emelfm 0.9.2-7 File manager for X/gtk
ethtool 2-1 Display or change ethernet card settings
ettercap 0.7.1-1 Multipurpose sniffer/interceptor/logger for switched LAN
fakeroot 1.2.2 Gives a fake root environment
fdutils 5.4-20040228-1 Linux floppy utilities
fluxbox 0.1.14-2 Highly configurable and low resource X11 Window manager
foremost 0.69 Recover files based on their headers and footers.
fping 2.4b2-to-ipv6-10 Sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts (IPv6-ready)
fwlogwatch 1.0-3 A very flexible firewall log analyzer
gftp 2.0.11-1 X/GTK+ FTP client
gpart 0.1h-4 Guess PC disk partition table, find lost partitions
grub 0.95+cvs20040624-10 GRand Unified Bootloader
gtkrecover 0.3-9 GUI for recover
hdparm 5.9-4 Tune hard disk parameters for high performance
hostap-utils 0.3.7-2 Utility programs for Host AP driver for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3
hping2 2.rc3-3 Active Network Smashing Tool
httptunnel 3.3-2 Tunnels a data stream in HTTP requests
ibod 1.5.0-2 ISDN MPPP bandwidth on demand daemon
icmpush 2.2-6 ICMP packet builder
idswakeup 1.0-3 A tool for testing network intrusion detection systems.
iftop 0.16-1 display bandwith usage on an interface
ipcalc 0.37-1 Parameter calculator for IPv4 addresses
iperf 1.7.0 Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool
iperf2 2.0.1-1 Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool (v2)
iproute 20041019-3 Professional tools to control the networking in Linux kernels
iptables 1.2.11-8 IP packet filter administration tools for 2.4.xx kernels
iptraf 2.7.0-6 Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor
ipv6calc 0.46-2 A small utility for manipulating IPv6 addresses.
ipx 2.2.4-1 Utilities to configure the kernel ipx interface.
isdnutils-base 3.6.2005-01-03-5 ISDN utilities, the basic (minimal) set
jfsutils 1.1.7-1 Utilities for managing the JFS filesystem
lilo 22.6.1-6 LInux LOader - The Classic OS loader can load Linux and others
linux-kernel 2.6.11.6 The Linux kernel
linux-wlan-ng 0.2.1pre26-1 Utilities for wireless prism2 cards
loop-aes 3.0c AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) Kernel module and utils
lrzsz 0.12.21-4 Tools for zmodem/xmodem/ymodem file transfer
lukemftp 1.5-8 The enhanced FTP client
lvm2 2.01.04-3 The Logical Volume Manager for Linux
magicrescue 1.1.4 Scan a block device for known file types and extract them
mbr 1.1.5-1 Master Boot Record for IBM-PC compatible computers.
mc 4.5.55-1 Midnight Commander - A powerful file manager
mdadm 1.9.0-2.1 Manage MD devices aka Linux Software Raid
memtest86+ 1.55-1 Extensive check of your system memory's health
minicom 2.1-6 Friendly menu driven serial communication program
mkisofs 2.01+01a01-2 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images
mmv 1.01b-12 Move/Copy/Append/Link multiple files
ms-sys 2.0.0 This program is used to create Microsoft compatible boot records
mt-st 0.8-1 Linux SCSI tape driver aware magnetic tape control (aka. mt)
mtools 3.9.9-2.1 Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
mtoolsfm 1.9.3-4 Graphical user interface to the mtools diskette package
mtr-tiny 0.67-1 Full screen ncurses traceroute tool
nano 1.2.4-5 Free Pico clone with some new features
ncurses-hexedit 0.9.7-11 Edit files/disks in hex, ASCII and EBCDIC
ndiswrapper 1.2 Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper
netcat6 0.5-1 TCP/IP swiss army knife with IPv6 support
netio 1.23 Network speed tests for LANs
netpipe-tcp 3.6.2-1 A network performance tool using the TCP protocol
nfs-common 1.0.6-3 NFS support files common to client and server
(x)nmap 3.81-1 The Network Mapper
nmblookup 3.0.14a NetBIOS over TCP/IP client used to lookup NetBIOS names
ntfsprogs 1.9.4-2 Tools for doing neat things in NTFS partitions from Linux
openvpn 1.6.0-5 Virtual private network daemon
orinoco 0.15rc2 Orinoco and Prism 2 wireless card driver with monitor support
p0f 2.0.5 The passive OS fingerprinting tool
parted 1.6.21-1 The GNU Parted disk partition resizing program
partimage 0.6.4-5 Linux/UNIX utility to save partitions in a compressed image file
pcmcia-cs 3.2.5-8 PCMCIA Card Services for Linux
perl-base 5.8.3-3 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.
pppconfig 2.3.11 A text menu based utility for configuring ppp
pppoeconf 1.0.11 Configures PPPoE/ADSL connections
progsreiserfs 0.3.0.4-4 Tools for manipulating ReiserFS filesystems
pv 0.9.0-1 Shell pipeline element to meter data passing through
raidtools2 1.00.3-17 Utilities to support 'new-style' RAID disks
rdesktop 1.4.1-1 RDP client for Windows NT/2000 Terminal Server
recover 1.3c-8 Undelete files on ext2 partitions
rkhunter 1.2.7 Rootkit hunter - search for installed rootkits
rsync 2.6.3-2 Fast remote file copy program (like rcp)
screen 3.9.11-5woody1 A terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
sendip 2.5-2 A commandline tool to allow sending arbitrary IP packets
shfs 0.35-1 The SSH file system. Mount via SSH ala NFS
sitar 0.9.1 SITAR - System InformaTion At Runtime
smartmontools 5.32-2 Control storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
smb-nat 1.0-3 Netbios Auditing Tool
smbclient 3.0.14a Connect to Netbios network shares
smbmount 3.0.14a Mount shares from SMB servers
sniffit 0.3.7.beta-11 Packet sniffer and monitoring tool
ssh 3.8.1p1-4 Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement (OpenSSH)
strace 4.5.8-1.2 A system call tracer
stress 0.18.4-1 Put your system under siege
syslinux 3.0.9 The syslinux boot loader
tcpdump 3.8.3-3 A powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition
telnet 0.17-22 A telnet client
testdisk 5.7 Partition scanner and disk recovery tool
tftpd-hpa 0.36-1 A tftp boot server
traceroute 1.4a-12-13 Traces the route taken by packets over a TCP/IP network
udpcast 20040531-1 A tool to send data simultaneously to many destinations in a LAN
unrar 3.3.6-1 De-archiver for .rar files
unzip 5.51-2 De-archiver for .zip files
usbutils 0.11+cvs20040318-2 USB console utilities
wakeonlan 0.41-1 Wake hosts on your LAN with a magic packet
wavemon 0.4.0b-7 Wireless Device Monitoring Application
wget 1.9.1-8 Retrieves files from the web
wipe 0.19.20030913-1 Secure file deletion
wireless-tools 27-1 Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
wpasupplicant 0.3.8-1 Client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
xfsprogs 2.6.20-1 Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
zip 2.30-6 Archiver for .zip files

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