Software Industry Announcements and News
SoftAmbulance Partition Doctor: Careful and Thorough Recovery of Hard Drives, Partitions and More
[ No Comments ] Posted on 02.09.10 under System Utilities
February 9, 2010: SoftAmbulance data recovery company announces the release of a new version of Partition Doctor, a solution developed for recovery of hard disk drive. It is able to recover partition tables, corrupted files, boot records and directory structure automatically, fixing much more than the built-in Windows tool and considerably more than competing programs. It is quite easy to check the effectiveness of Partition Doctor, as the free evaluation version provides full pre-recovery preview.
No PC is secured from occasional data loss, be that accidental deletion, mistaken formatting, virus attack or hardware crash. Though the Windows tool is intended to fix such problems, it is actually not effective enough. To restore as much data as possible one should use a really advanced and thorough recovery solution – for example, SoftAmbulance Partition Doctor, which is able to recover severely damaged hard drives, lost partitions and directory structures even after formatting.
What is remarkable about Partition Doctor is that it does not require any specific knowledge from the user, yet being able to perform difficult recovery tasks. The wizard makes the recovery process clear and intelligible even for an inexperienced user. Partition Doctor carries out automatic hard drive scanning, defines and shows recoverable files and folders. The user should only select what to recover.
By the way, Partition Doctor provides a high level of data safety: when recovering damaged disks, the program employs low-level sector scan. In addition to this, Partition Doctor can work with a virtual image of a disk, without accessing it directly – such safety measures guarantee that important data will remained intact.
Before purchasing a license it is recommended to check if Partition Doctor is able to recover your data. The free evaluation version supports full pre-recovery file preview.
What can be recovered by Partition Doctor?
- Lost or deleted partitions;
- Damaged or formatted hard disk drives;
- Corrupted or deleted files;
- Boot records;
- File, folder, partition and system structures such as NTFS, NTFS4, NTFS5, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, MFT and MBR.
Pricing and Availability
Partition Doctor supports all major Windows versions and costs 139.99 USD for a single-user license. Further information on the product, as well as its free evaluation version, is available from http://softambulance.com
About SoftAmbulance
Founded in 2005, SoftAmbulance is a software development company specializing in convenient but powerful recovery tools for home users. The major products by SoftAmbulance are Partition Doctor, File Recovery and Photo Undelete. For more information on the company and its products please visit http://softambulance.com
E-Mail Recovery: the Mighty Solution to Fix Lost and Corrupt E-mail Databases
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 01.21.10 under System Utilities
January 20, 2010: E-Mail Recovery company announces the release of a new solution of the same name, quickly and comprehensively recovering deleted or corrupted e-mail databases. E-Mail Recovery supports such popular e-mail clients as Outlook, Outlook Express, Vista Mail, Thunderbird and The Bat!, recovering every single message, attachment, address book contact or calendar entry. In case of a hard drive crash or an accidental deletion, the program will automatically locate all supported files and provide the user with the pre-recovery preview of their contents.
E-Mail Recovery is an easy and effective way to recover lost or corrupted e-mails and e-mail databases. It should be noted that the decided advantage of this solution is that it performs comprehensive recovery, not missing anything – e-mails, attached files, address book entries, etc. All relevant files on all storage devices are detected automatically due to careful scanning carried out by E-Mail Recovery.
Any frequently accessed database is in danger of corruption; therefore, now and then e-mail databases get unreadable for e-mail client. But that is one of the problems E-Mail Recovery has been developed to solve. The program repairs the corrupt files so that they could be operable again.
E-mail databases may also get accidentally deleted, as well as hard drive may crash. In both cases E-Mail Recovery is able to recover the supported files, even if the hard drive is severely damaged. However, it is always possible to get a full preview of what will be recovered and to see if the solution is powerful enough.
As for the supported formats, E-Mail Recovery supports recovery of .PST, .DBX, .TBB, .DBF and .OST files and is able to export them to EML/MSG format for using such databases with Outlook Express, Vista Mail, The-Bat!, etc.
What can be recovered by E-mail Recovery?
- E-mails, attachments, contacts, calendar entries;
- Corrupted or deleted databases;
- MS Outlook, Vista Mail, Outlook Express, The Bat!, Mozilla Thunderbird databases.
Pricing and Availability
E-Mail Recovery is compatible with Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 2003 and 2008 Server, and supports databases produced with Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Vista Mail, The Bat!, Mozilla Thunderbird. A Personal license costs $99.95. Further information on the product, as well as its free trial edition, is available from http://e-mail-recovery.com.
About E-Mail Recovery Company
Founded in 2008, E-Mail Recovery is a software development company, specializing in e-mail recovery tools able to retrieve as much data as possible. Its major products are E-Mail Recovery, Outlook Repair and Outlook Express Repair. For more information on the company and its products please visit http://e-mail-recovery.com.
Ho ho ho! New Freeware for those who have been nice this year!
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.18.09 under System Utilities
December 18, 2009: Styopkin Software announces the change in its product line – Duplicate File Hunter, Delayed Shutdown and Perfect Screen Ruler will be distributed as freeware. These solutions have already proved to be quite handy, so that it is a wonderful Christmas present to all the users!
Three effective solutions by Styopkin Software are now available for free downloading! Duplicate File Hunter is a useful tool for finding and deleting unnecessary file duplicates, which sometimes appear and occupy hard drive space. The tool searches for them and provides the full list of duplicates stored on the PC. The user can check the chart and delete the duplicates in a couple of clicks.
Another free tool is Delayed Shutdown: it allows setting the time for the PC to turn off automatically. Isn’t it pleasant to fall asleep while listening to favorite songs with a wireless headset or right after watching an evening show? In comparison with the similar solutions Delayed Shutdown is acknowledged as the simplest one. No complicated settings, just a small window with the shutdown time slider and the “Start” button.
The last but not least tool is Perfect Screen Ruler, which enables the user to measure any item displayed on the screen or any distance between two points. The testimonials state that Perfect Screen Ruler is especially useful for civil engineering layout work. The key feature is the ability to zoom items while measuring.
Pricing and Availability
Duplicate File Hunter, Delayed Shutdown and Perfect Screen Ruler are distributed as freeware. They are compatible with MS Windows XP/Vista. Further information on the products, as well as direct download links, is available at http://www.styopkin.com/.
About Styopkin Software
Founded in 2001, Styopkin Software is a software developer specializing in simple, useful and affordable tools for home users. Its major products are Advanced Font Viewer, Font Manager, Digital Photo Organizer and File Structure Grabber. For more information on the company and its products please visit http://www.styopkin.com.
SharewareJunkies.com reviews Blitware’s Driver Robot
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.28.09 under ASP Member Companies, System Utilities, Web Sites
I downloaded Driver Robot and installed it. Right after that I imaged my disk. It’s a good thing I did that too. I don’t think Dan was too impressed with Driver Robot.
To read the complete review go to www.sharewarejunkies.com/09awy10/driver_robot.htm.
SharewareJunkies.com reviews FinalUninstaller.com’s Final Uninstaller
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.22.09 under ASP Member Companies, System Utilities, Web Sites
FinalUninstaller.com’s Final Uninstaller was given 5 Stars in 4 categories by SharewareJunkies.com reviewer Dan W.
All in all, it’s good piece of software. It did remove the remnants of the programs I selected without any side effects at all. I also love the “Special Uninstall” feature that has a preset list of programs that it can remove completely.
To read the complete review go Here.
Dr.Batcher 2.0 Creates Batch Files
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.21.09 under System Utilities
Mental Works Computing Software announces Dr.Batcher 2.0, the new version of the award-winning utility for creating and editing batch files. Using this version of Dr.Batcher the user can create full-featured batch scripts without knowing their syntax and commands.
Though batch scripting is quite an old scripting technique came from the age of DOS, today batch files are still popular among home users, programmers and system administrators. Batch scripts provide users with the simplest but yet powerful scripting language available for Windows platform and helps to automate the work. With the help of Dr.Batcher 2.0 creating and editing batch files become simple as it has never been before.
Dr.Batcher 2.0 is designed both for users that have never created batch files before and for those who have experience in batch scripts creation. In addition to professional source code editor supporting syntax highlighting, tooltips on command parameters and bookmarks, now Dr.Batcher also has visual editor of batch script which allows user creating powerful batch script in a few mouse clicks. Visual editor delivers creators of batch scripts from remembering dozens of commands and hundreds of their parameters, and allows focusing on the script’s behavior instead of its syntax. While editing a batch file, user can switch between visual editor (Simple mode) and text editor (Professional mode) at any time he wants.
Dr.Batcher supports more than 140 commonly used commands. In this version users can extend the list of supported commands creating XML files of special format. Version 2.0 of Dr.Batcher also provides the user with improved interface. Search features of new version provide one-click search in Google, Bing or Yahoo! for information on commands. With the help of information from favorite search engine user can solve problems regarding the usage of any commands in fast and easy way. Redesigned ‘Environment Variables’ dialog now allows to view even very long variables, and new help system contains detailed information about the process of batch files creation in Dr.Batcher.
New version of Dr.Batcher allows exporting batch files to HTML, RFT and TeX formats saving syntax highlighting in output files. The utility is tested for compatibility with Windows 7 and can run under this operating system.
About Mental Works Computing Software
Mental Works Computing Software is an independent software vendor offering products of high quality for home users and enterprise customers. Founded in 2005, today award-winning tools from Mental Works Computing Software have thousands of customers all over the world. The company’s efforts are directed to continue developing its products and increasing the experience to make them better.