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Ontrack Fix-It Utilities 4.0 - an IT Department Inside Your PC.


Business Editors & Technology Writers

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2001

New Version of Award-Winning PC Maintenance Utility Provides

XP Compatibility, Expanded Tool Set and Improved

Ease-of-Use for the Novice or PC Pro

ONTRACK(R) Data International, Inc. (Nasdaq:ONDI), a provider of data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider.  software and services, today announces the launch of Fix-It Utilities(TM) 4.0, a utility software program that provides the complete optimization optimization

Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics.
, maintenance and repair solution for all current Windows desktop operating systems The control program in a user's machine (desktop or laptop). Also called a "client operating system," Windows is the overwhelming majority while the Macintosh comes second. There are also several versions of Linux for the desktop. Contrast with network operating system. , including the much-anticipated Windows(R) XP.

New tools and enhancements, such as one-stop solution wizards, were added to Fix-It Utilities 4.0 to improve function and make PC maintenance a simple task for even the most novice users. Fix-It Utilities 4.0 allows users of all abilities to perform such critical maintenance tasks as defragmenting the hard drive to improve PC performance, diagnosing and repairing system and hardware problems, protecting their system from viruses, performing preventative maintenance, recovering lost data, and restoring a system if it will not boot to Windows.

"As PC environments continue to grow in complexity with new applications and peripheral devices See peripheral.

peripheral device - peripheral
, so does the need to tune up your system," said Jon Eisele, director, Ontrack PC utility software. "Over time PCs degrade TO DEGRADE, DEGRADING. To, sink or lower a person in the estimation of the public.
     2. As a man's character is of great importance to him, and it is his interest to retain the good opinion of all mankind, when he is a witness, he cannot be compelled to disclose
 in performance and problems arise. With Fix-It Utilities 4.0, computer users have a rich resource of tools that can keep a PC performing at optimal levels with fewer conflicts, with an easy-to-use, award-winning user interface."

Like its predecessor, the new version provides extensive hardware diagnostics, crash prevention and protection, virus protection, hard disk imminent failure warning and repair, registry repair and optimization tools, a "do-it-yourself" data recovery tool, and more. Fix-It Utilities 4.0 also includes these new and improved features:
-- Improved Disk Defragmenter - Defragments even faster than before.

-- One-Step Maintenance Wizards--Four easy-to-use wizards allow users to speed
up, fix, or clean their systems, or perform a complete all-in-one tune-up.

-- AutoUpdates--Automatically alerts the user when new updates are available
for download through the Ontrack website. This feature ensures that users will
always have the most current version of the program and the most up-to-date
virus definitions, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

-- Clock Synchronizer--Synchronizes the PC clock with a known, accurate
Internet time source.

-- Windows Error Message Tracker--Collects and logs all Windows error messages,
along with detailed information on what caused the errors.

-- Emergency Response Manual--Provides step-by-step instructions on how to
restore a non-bootable system and recover critical data that has been lost.


Fix-It Utilities 4.0 is compatible with Windows(R) 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP and sells for an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol
MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service)
MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) 
 of $49.95. This new software package, as well as Ontrack's other software applications, is available online at http://www.ontrack.com/software/.

About Ontrack

Ontrack provides data availability software and service solutions, helping customers protect, manage, recover and discover their valuable data. Using its hundreds of proprietary tools and techniques, Ontrack can recover lost or corrupted data from virtually all operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap.  and types of storage devices through its do-it-yourself, remote and in-lab capabilities. Ontrack DataTrail(TM) electronic discovery solutions helps companies, law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 and federal agencies quickly and cost-effectively recover electronic information for use in legal matters. Ontrack also offers award-winning PC utility software programs and services to help prevent critical data loss through a broad line of problem-solving, file-management and productivity utilities. Ontrack can be reached through its World Wide Web site at http://www.Ontrack.com or by calling 800-872-2599. In addition to its Minneapolis headquarters, Ontrack operates other locations in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Boulder Boulder, city, United States
Boulder, city (1990 pop. 83,312), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of the Univ. of Colorado (1876).
, CO., Washington D.C., New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, London, Paris and Stuttgart. Ontrack also makes its data recovery services available in Tokyo through its strategic alliance with Y-E Data, a company with over 25 years of experience in storage devices.

ONTRACK and Ontrack brand and product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of ONTRACK Data International, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and/or other countries. All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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