Recommended Software
Disaster Recovery
Acronis True Image 11
Home
Imagine, in an instant you lose the PC
data you've been accumulating for years? Your programs, business
files, photos, emails and music just vanish without any hope of being
accessed again. Bad enough on a home computer, but a total nightmare if you
use your computer for work. To avoid this nightmare, make sure you have a
reliable data protection suite to image your entire system and thus get
prepared for a possible hard disk failure, which in most cases happens
when you least expect it.
Mango Computer Tuition has been using Acronis True
Image for over 3 years and have used it to recover from a number of
disasters. The program has saved us twice from full system failures. .
Recovering from a systems loss could take days. Having an Acronis
Image the downtime was less than 2 hours, not days.
What's even better
After the Acronis Recovery our
computer looked and acted just like it did before the disaster, another
big time saver.
Some of the
situations Acronis can help you recover from
Crashed
Hard Drive
Corrupt
Windows Files
Computer
unusable because of Spyware
Computer
Corrupted by a Virus
Acronis
True Image 11 Home is intended for use at home and in a small to
medium business It is a tool that enables you to protect and recover data
on your PC. Its easy-to-use wizards walk you through the steps required to
protect and recover your data and system information. It can save you from
having to reinstall your operating system and other programs, along with
preserving your data
The
program features some other fantastic features which we will be testing
and reporting on at a later date.
This
software is currently selling for about $80.00 Australian.
Video
Tutorial Backup Your Hard Drive With Acronis True Image 11
Acronis® True Image 11 - total protection of your data
Backup Software
Genie Backup Manager ver 8.0
Genie Backup Manager Home is a total system and data
protection solution that is easy for the novice to use and has extra
features that will keep the tech-head happy. It allows home and office
users to backup and recover their data swiftly and reliably, and protects
all MS Windows based desktops, laptops, and networked systems against
various types of threats such as system failure, human error, and
disaster.
Mango Computer Tuition has used an earlier version of Genie Backup Manager
for years. We were happy, but the newest version fixed some minor
annoyances, it is a dream.
For more info on Genie Click Here
Photo Editing
Adobe
Photoshop Elements
This program is easier to
work with than its big brother, Adobe Photoshop. It provides you with
all the tools you will need to edit your photos, keep track of your
photos, and make eye appealing photo creations.
You can make slide
shows, calendars and scrapbook like album pages. It is reasonably
priced. At Mango we work with version 4.0, but soon will be upgrading to
the newer version 5.0
Word
Processing
(for
typing letters and other documents)
Microsoft
Word
Any version from 2000
upwards. Can't be beat for features and the compatibility of being in
wide use. Available in a variety of Microsoft Office software suites.
The program is a bit
expensive, but now you can buy a student version. The student version is
less expensive. You don't have to be a student as long as you are not
using the software for commercial purposes (things change so check the
End User License Agreement).
If price is a concern you
may find an older version. Often a friend has installed a newer
version and has the old one lying around. In some cases it would be
legal for you to use the older one on your computer (make sure you meet
the legal license requirements for using it).
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