Executive Software International, maker of the award-winning Diskeeper disk defragmenter and provider of the defragmentation technology in Windows NT 5.0, has announced a new version of its breakthrough file recovery product: Executive Software Network Undelete for Windows NT.
Version 1.1 is being released at a time when new research findings are exposing common misconceptions about the sources of computer data loss.
A study performed by data recovery specialist Ontrack Data International (www.ontrack.com) has brought to light that nearly five times as much data loss is caused by human error, such as accidental file deletions, as compared to the dangers of computer viruses. Further data reveals that 80% of backup tapes fail to recover lost files or are not available at the critical moment of need.
Executive Software Network Undelete provides a broad range of data protection. It surpasses the NT Recycle Bin functionality to recover files from the NT command line, NT File Manager and from every remote computer on the network from the administrator`s desk - a first-ever achievement for any platform.
New features in version 1.1 include drag and drop file deletion from NT Explorer, support for the Digital Alpha platform, and international support that provides compatibility with non-English versions of Windows NT. Current customers can obtain upgrade information at www.execsoft.com.
Grant Fleming, network administrator at AGI Digital Imaging in Charlotte, North Carolina, says: "One of my co-workers accidentally deleted 21 system files that had been 100-250MB in size. This was a shocking loss and I originally thought that if we got 50% of the files back it would be amazing. In a big victory I was able to recover 95% of the files! Your software saved our system and our lives. We are looking like heroes now just because we knew the right company to call right away."
Computer viruses are a huge destructive threat and virus detection software is widely reported on in computer magazines. With 50 new virus strains discovered each month, antivirus software can become obsolete even before it`s installed. Surprisingly, viruses account for only 7% of all data loss. Actually five times as much loss (32%) comes from human error, such as accidental file deletions, formatting disk drives, trauma caused by a drop or fall, or doing faulty back-ups. (Sources: Ontrack Data International at www.ontrack.com and Storage Management Solutions Magazine at www.wwpi.com.)
But backup tapes guarantee protection, right? Not according to Ontrack Data International with data recovery centers in Washington DC, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, London, Japan and Germany. They estimate that 80% of tape backups fail or are not available at the critical moment they are needed. This is due to old, worn, or broken tapes, lost or mislabelled tapes, corrupted data, or the fact that the data wasn`t recorded in the first place because of accidental file deletions or a PC hardware problem such as dirty disk heads.
Executive Software Network Undelete provides the broadest safety net available to recover the widest range of important files, including those that are not currently sent to the Windows NT Recycle Bin or to back-up tapes. It saves hours of time by providing quick recovery of accidentally deleted files and makes lengthy searches through back-up tapes a thing of the past.
Executive Software Network Undelete is compatible with Windows NT 4.0. Available platforms include Intel and Alpha. The client version must be installed on all workstations in the network in order for the Administrator version to be used for network-wide file recovery. If a user accidentally purges an important file from his local Recovery Bin, the network administrator can, while sitting at his desk, locate the file on the users disk and use the Undelete Direct From Disk feature to recover it for him.
For over a decade, Executive Software has established industry standards with products that enhance performance and simplify management for networks and enterprise-class systems. Its Diskeeper disk defragmenter for Windows NT has been featured on the Windows Magazine Recommended List for two years and is a winner of the "Best of LAN Times" magazine award. In addition, Microsoft will be including a limited manual version of Diskeeper in Windows NT 5.0.
Executive Software products are distributed in South Africa by Server Tools.
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