Online Backup

SugarSync:  http://www.sugarsync.com/offers/sync-outside-the-box.html
Dropbox: http://www.dropbox.com/
ZumoDrive: http://www.zumodrive.com/

Integrate the latest Service Pack

1) Slipstream the windows CD and Service Pack
2) If SATA cant be read, change the BIOS setting.

The whole list of Free Software

Not all the application below has been tested. But worth to look into it:
http://portableapps.com/apps

Useful Software Application (Free)

1) 7zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
2) Avast Anti Virus Home - http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
3) Filezilla FTP - http://filezilla-project.org/
4) Open Office - http://www.openoffice.org/
5) Live Mail - http://download.live.com/wlmai
6) GParted (Partition Tool) - http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
7) Clonezilla - http://www.clonezilla.org/
8) Picasa (Photo editing) - http://picasa.google.com/
9) GIMP (Photo editing) - http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/index.html
10) CD/DVD Writer - http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/infrarecorder_portable
11) Img tools - http://www.imgburn.com/
12) AVG Anti Virus - http://free.avg.com/