RestoreIT^® Data Recovery Addresses PC Security Breaches

Powerful backup and recovery software enables continuous data protection

IRVINE, CA — April 27, 2005 — Up to 40 percent of PC systems have had a serious virus infection, even though they were protected by antivirus software and firewalls. So what happens when a system gets infected, or Windows® will not boot, or the user loses data due to simple human error?

Many data backup and recovery applications will work only as as Windows does, but if a system does not reboot, users are out of luck. They may lose all their data and possible have to reinstall the operating system and all software running on top of it, reconfigure settings, re-establish Internet connections, and so on. But users with a comprehensive system recovery solution can restore their entire system as if the problem had never occurred.

“Many people have their important data stored in laptops and desktop PCs, but much of this data remains unprotected,” said Michelle Zou, Research Analyst at IDC. “If the system crashes or data is corrupted, these people often lack the skills, tools, and resources to restore their systems and recover their data. RestoreIT® is addressing this problem by backing up data automatically and enabling individuals to recover their systems and data easily without outside assistance.”

Developed for consumers and worker in small to medium businesses, FarStone RestoreIT is a Personal Disaster Recovery™ tool that prevents data loss due to PC malfunctions or user error. The software delivers a portfolio of powerful features in a single package that is so easy to use it takes only two key strokes to roll back a system to a “good point.”

RestoreIT creates a hidden, protected partition on the hard drive and saves an initial complete system backup point to it in a compressed archive. It then automatically records incremental changes to data on a system, and layers these changes on top of the saved initial backup point. RestoreIT offers additional backup paths by exporting a complete backup image to external USB hard drive, and by creating a bootable recovery CD. These latter two backup methods allow the user to recover data following hard drive failure.

“Thankfully, RestoreIT was one of a few software inclusions when I bought my system because it ended up saving me so many hours of grief and aggravation,” said Stan Cohen, Cohen Dental and Implant Center, Brooklyn, New York. “RestoreIT’s powerful capabilities became perfectly clear when I installed an update to my dental practice management software that turned out to be flawed. In minutes my entire directory had been overwritten wiping out all my data and replacing it with default files. I was looking at having to uninstall the update, re-install the old CD and then obtain a download of my most recent back-up from my off-site service. I tried the restore function for the first time on RestoreIT and within just a few minutes, everything was back in its original place and working.”

RestoreIT features and benefits include:

• Complete Backup: External backup of an entire hard drive
• Incremental Restore: Quick recovery from a virus attack, Windows crash, or user error
• File-Level Restore: Easy retrieval of lost, overwritten, or deleted personal files and folders
• Advanced Security Options: Password protection for RestoreIT program launch and data restoration
• Advanced Scheduling Options: Configures the frequency of incremental restore points and sets automatic restoration
• Real-mode user interface: Enables or disables file-level backup with a button click

RestoreIT is also available in a network version for business, education, and government.

About FarStone

Founded in 1993, FarStone Technology develops data backup, hard disk imaging, and CD emulation software. FarStone is an ISO 9001 certified software publisher holding multiple technology patents. Headquartered in Irvine, CA, the company licenses its software to corporations, small businesses, educational institutions and consumers worldwide. FarStone’s technology partners include Intel, NEC, Phoenix Technologies and Toshiba.

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