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What is System Utility Software?

Utility software (also known as service program, service routine, tool, or utility routine) is a type of computer software. It is specifically designed to help manage and tune the computer hardware, operating system or application software, and perform a single task or a small range of tasks; as opposed to application software which tend to be software suites. Utility software has long been integrated into most major operating systems.

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Although many system utilities such as disk defragmenting programs, and configuration tools are standard pieces in the Windows Environment, they are only a small segment of the System Utility Software needs that you and I have.

For instance, have you ever wondered what would happen to all of your digital family photos, documents if your hard drive suddenly melted down?

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Or, have you ever noticed that your computer takes a very long time to start-up, because all of the programs that you have ever installed are loading in the task bar?

Well, in both of these cases, certain System Utility Software programs could be utilized to perform functions such as backing up the files on your hard drive, restoring lost files from a variety of media, or tuning-up your computer's start-up by removing unwanted program start-ups from your Registry.

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Registry Mechanic
$29.95
My Registry Cleaner by PC Security Shield
$29.99
Desktop Maestro
$39.95
Full Hard Drive Copy & Backup Software Reviews
       
Hard Drive Cloning
       
Acronis True Image 11
$49.99
Norton Ghost 12
$69.99
R-Drive Image
$44.95
 
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Handy Backup

$39.00

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Migo PC Backup
$59.95
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Data Recovery Software
       
PC Tools File Recovery
$29.95
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Stellar Software Phoenix Recovery
$99.95
     
     
Ratings are based on a combination of functionality and value as determined by the Safe Computer Kids, Ltd. Team.
 

 

Registry Cleaning Software Reviews

Registry Mechanic Review

This program does a good job at fixing broken registry keys and performing some great system tuning. The registered version of this program does a great job at keeping your computer running at top perfomance. This is a great utility for those people who download and install alot of programs that they either un-install or never use again. The user interface is easy to use and the price point is very reasonable.

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My Registry Cleaner by PC Security Shield

This product does what it says and will fix broken and invalid registry keys to help eliminate the slow downs that are caused by invalid or broken registry keys. If you have a tendency to download and later un-install software, you can definitely benefit from the software package. The user interface seems to be pretty straight forward and the price point to be within class for like programs.

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Desktop Maestro

This program is an upgrade version to PC Tools Registry Mechanic, so it is a solid registry cleaner, plus the addition of Privacy Guardian, to add even more tools to keep your computer running at top performance. Although this is about ten bucks more than others registry fixing programs in its class, it definitely offers a more robust feature set to keep your computer running well. If you don't mind investing a little more, you may find this program to be top of class.

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Hard Drive Cloning Software Reviews

Acronis True Image 11

This Hard Drive Cloing software package really works. If you are concerned about your hard drive failing and losing all of your outlook emails, photos and programs, this should work for you. The interface is very suitable and allows you to create a drive image very quickly. We recommend that you install a second hard drive in your computer and perform scheduled clones if you are concerned about loss of data

Version 11 adds event-based backups, Archive Encryption, allows excluding files and folders from back-up.

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Norton Ghost 12

Norton Ghost has been around for a long time and has a great reputation as a cloning program. It has been used by countless techies and Symantec has been improving it all along the way. One major advantage to this program as compared to others is the ability to clone to a larger partition, which is a plus if you want to put a faster and larger hard drive in your computer and have no need to re-map folders for storage. Overall, the interface is user friendly and the program rock solit

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R-Drive Image

R-Drive creates good hard drive images and allows you to clone your entire hard drive onto another very quickly. The interface seems to be mostly geared to Techies who have some experience. It does work flawlessly and allows you to create a boot disk, but we have yet to find a way to make a larger partition than your original drive, even if you are installing a larger drive and would like to increase the partition size. Overall the cost is in the lower end of the scale and the program works very well.

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Data Backup and Restore Software Reviews

Handy Backup

This is a good backup program that allows you to save files, folders and entire drives to a variety of back-up media from removable media to FTP Servers. The program allows you to do both full and incremental backups and allows you to schedule backups as frequently or infrequently as you wish. The data being can be saved using "Blowfish Encryption" which makes it virtually impossible for someone else to get to your data without your personal passoword. Be cautious though, to make sure you know that password, because if you lose it and lose your drive, you will not be able to restore to a new drive.

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Data Recovery Software
 

Stellar Software Phoenix Recovery

This is a truly professional data recovery product. This is by far the best option that I have used for data recovery. The price tag is on the high side, but when it comes to the value of lost data, the price is often secondary. I personally used this software only one time and it was for a business client that had what can be labeled as a catastrophic loss of data due to hardware and software failure. I was a bit skeptical of what it would recover, so I used the free scan and immediately bought the product, my thought was that cost was not a factor, as I was billing the client at an hourly rate that far exceeded the software cost. Several hours later, They were up and running and I was a hero, because their vital business data was back intact.

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 Registry Mechanic

"This program does a good job at fixing broken registry keys and performing some great system tuning. The registered version of this program does a great job at keeping your computer running at top perfomance. This is a..."

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 MyRegistryCleaner

"This product does what it says and will fix broken and invalid registry keys to help eliminate the slow downs that are caused by invalid or broken registry keys. If you have a tendency to..."

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"This program is an upgrade version to PC Tools Registry Mechanic, so it is a solid registry cleaner, plus the addition of..".

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  Acronis Disk Director –Complete disk management

 

Stellar Data Recovery Solutions

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