News (12)

  • Lenovo on-track for Beijing 2008

    Tomorrow marks the 500 day countdown to the opening of Beijing 2008 where official sponsor Lenovo will provide up to 20,000 products to ensure the logistics behind the event runs smoothly.

  • Government begins search for smart card 'advisors'

    The government today kicked off its search for 'advisors' that will help ensure its AU$1 billion smart card project is built on relevant technology and delivered to budget.

  • Human error sends data down the toilet

    More than a third of data loss from digital storage media is caused by human error, undermining the potential business benefits of cheaper, higher capacity storage, according to Ontrack.

  • Data recovery specialist now Down Under

    After ten years servicing Australian customers indirectly, Minnesota-based data recovery specialist Ontrack has decided to go local.

  • Longhorn to put squeeze on gadgets

    Windows makes it easy to quickly download files to iPods and other portable storage devices--a little too easy in the minds of many IT managers.

Blogs (2)

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Why sex scandals are good for data management

    Convincing people of the importance of regular backups and a proper data management plan is a bit like persuading them of the necessity of regular visits to the dentist no-one bothers until they wake up in the morning screaming with pain. But if you can't persuade them with pain, sex often works a treat.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Laughing your way through data disasters

    Storage is a serious business, but when things screw up in a chronic manner, sometimes all you can do is cackle louder than Jeanne Little and then get on with cleaning up the mess.

Features and Case Studies (8)

  • How to destroy a hard drive

    In this video, we don our white lab coats and set about deleting data from hard drives. Instead of using more traditional methods, we decided to barbecue one hard drive, smash another one to pieces with a hammer and microwave the third.

  • Mad scientist drills hole through hard drive

    A scientist who was frustrated by his PC's squeaky hard drive tried to stop the problem by drilling a hole through its casing and pouring oil in the hole. The squeak stopped but so did the hard drive. Data recovery firm, Kroll Ontrack offers this and nine more recovery highlights from 2007.

  • Intel eyes the future of Itanium

    Intel's Pat Gelsinger on the future of Itanium, technology in the developing world and the one-chip blade server of tomorrow.

  • Amongst athletes, Getty Images runs its own race

    Case study: Getty Images gets clicking in Melbourne.

  • Top 10 list of data disasters

    Ontrack Data Recovery unveiled its 2004 list of the strangest and funniest computer mishaps.

Videos (1)

  • Ratbags burn, smash and 'nuke' hard drives

    In this video, we don our white lab coats and set about deleting data from hard drives. Instead of using more traditional methods, we decided to barbecue one hard drive, smash another one to pieces with a hammer and microwave the third.

Reviews (5)

  • Ontrack EasyRecovery Lite

    EasyRecovery Lite offers a wide array of tools to recover from disk disasters, although it's worth splurging extra for the full version.

  • Troubleshoot hard drive failures

    One of the most difficult areas to troubleshoot is the hard drive. Read on as we reveal seven troubleshooting steps for tracking down hard drive problems.

  • Network Associates McAfee Office 3.11

    The general utilities of Office 3.11 are derived from the older Nuts & Bolts 98 product. This provides disk and registry cleanup, system tuning, crash protection, and disk recovery and backup.

  • Utilities

    How can you improve your daily computing experience? Let us count the ways.

  • Ontrack Fix-It Utilities 3.0

    Fix-It 3.0 provides a unified set of functions to test your PC and, where possible, to repair hard disk and registry problems.

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