What’s New in Drive Backup 9.0

q       Support of the File backup. You can now back up only information you really need, thus saving time and the backup The term backup originates from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store it in form of archives on external media. It's become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection purposes. storage space. Besides by making incremental images to this kind of backup you can easily keep it updated.

q       File backup to a sector image. It is a unique technology on the market so far that bridges two principally different approaches of the data backup: the file-based backup and the sector-based backup. With its help you can now create a sector-based backup of your system to get it back on track in minutes in case of a virus attack or a hardware malfunction and then just make file-based incremental images to the previously created sector-based backup to keep updated only information that is critical for you. Thus you will considerably save your system resources.

q       Adaptive Restore. It is a special technology that enables to successfully recover Windows Vista or 2008 Server to a different hardware configuration. If you need to replace failed hardware and cannot find an exact match for your original system specifications, this feature will help you out. Besides you can even restore a backup image of your real system to a virtual one and vice versa.

q       Support of the Windows Installer MSI package. It is the latest engine for the installation, maintenance and removal of software on Windows-based operating systems. With its help you can now install the product remotely or in the silent mode, make use of powerful deployment capabilities, etc.

q       Improved 64-bit support. You don’t need to reboot your computer from the Recovery CD every time an operation cannot be accomplished under 64-bit Windows any more. The program will automatically reboot to a special mode to complete the operation.

q       Support of GUID Partition Table (GPT). It is the next generation of a hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR is the 0th sector of the disk. MBR (Master Boot Record) contains important information about the disk layout: - The used partitioning scheme; - The starting records of the Partition Table; - The standard bootstrap code (or the initial code of boot managers, disk overlay software or boot viruses). Generally, the 0th sector is used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes. The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot programs. That's why the on-boot software is allowed to use the entire 0th track of the disk. For example, boot managing utilities such as LILO, GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the 0th track.. GPT disks are now supported by Windows Vista, Server 2008, Mac OS X and Linux.

q       Support of the latest Linux kernel. It offers support of a wider range of hardware configurations, including the brand new Intel ICH9 chipset.

q       Integration of the Linux/DOS recovery media is a CD/DVD disc, a USB flash card or even a floppy disk from which you can boot for maintenance or recovery purposes. directly to the installation package. You can now burn it with the Recovery Media Builder any time you want. Besides it will also be used as a bootable part of any bootable backup image created with the program.

q       Linux/DOS recovery environment on a USB flash drive. With the help of the Recovery Media Builder you can now create Linux/DOS bootable media on a USB flash drive that may later be used for maintenance or recovery purposes.

q       Dual boot Backup Capsule. Now you’ve got the choice to launch the Linux or PTS DOS recovery environment every time you start up the computer. With its help you will be able to run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS, and that way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes.

q       A context sensitive hint system for all functions of the program. You can now get a detailed description to any setting, control, or field of the program just by clicking the hint button and then the object you need.

q       Automatic data exclusion. An advanced system of filters will help you automate the process of building up contents of the future backup image, by excluding irrelevant data such as movies, music, etc.

q       Support of Blu-ray discs. You can now burn backup images to high capacity Blu-ray discs. A single layer Blu-ray can store 25 GB, more than five times the capacity of a single layer DVD.