Utilities to help you manage your bytes

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Hard Drive Management Utilities

Byte management can be a rather daunting task even with the terabyte sized hard drives available, those megabytes still need to be managed. The hard drive is where all of those bits and bytes megabytes and gigabytes get together to form data. Sometimes some of those bits and bytes may get a little scrambled or maybe the hard drive itself will crash and you will lose all of your precious data. Maybe you just want to get a bigger hard drive and don't want to reinstall the entire operating system. Whatever the case may be, you may be in need for some hard drive management tools or a computer optimization utility.

Hard drive management utilities can be used for a variety of tasks. One of the most important tasks the software will perform is to protect your data. You can protect your data either by backing it up or imaging it to an external drive or maybe to CD-ROM's or DVD's or maybe both. You can also choose to take an exact image of the hard drive in case of a bad crash you can restore not only the data but also the entire operating system in minutes. There are many reasons you may need to have an image of your hard drive. Those tasks are very difficult to perform without a hard drive management utility.

Maybe you are planning on getting a new computer and not sure what to do with your old one? Maybe you are going to donate it to charity or give it away. Before you do that you need to make sure that all your personal data is erased. You wouldn't want to leave any of your secrets or financial data on your old drive because you would then be a perfect candidate for identity theft. The only way to make sure everything is erased properly is to get a hard disk management utility like The Acronis Disk Director Suite to help you wipe your hard drive of any possible evidence of your existence.

Computer optimization programs also help keep the megabytes and gigabytes traveling swiftly. If your PC is not optimized, it takes longer to access the data on the hard drive thus slowing your computer down to a crawl. You may need to do something as simple as defragging your hard drive or something more drastic like cleaning and defragmenting your registry. We have tested, and highly recommend, the computer optimization utilities you can browse below.

If you are looking for a hardware solution, we have our own recommended storage solutions, or Save Your Bytes has a more comprehensive list for your storage solutions. Whatever the case may be, a utility will make disk management and PC optimization a lot easier. Below are some of the best tools available to make hard drive management and computer optimization as painless as possible.

Acronis True Image 11	Acronis True Image 11.0 - Just released Version 11. The complete disk imaging, system disk backup, and bare-metal restore for workstations and home PCs. See our tutorials. Great for Seamless Hard Drive Upgrades: Transfer Windows and all installed programs from one drive to another. A perfect solution if you're looking to upgrade your hard drive and don't want to reinstall Windows. If you are interested in buying Acronis True Image 11, you can get 20% off just for putting in the following coupon code when you order: Code: ATIH20 This is a limited time offer - Enjoy!
PC Pitstop Optimize 2.0	The PC Pitstop Optimize 2.0 computer optimization utility acts as heart monitor, so to speak. Optimize 2.0 will scan your computer to see if it has any bottlenecks. The utility then gives you a report explaining why the PC is slow. Optimize will then remove craplets and any other data that can slow down your computer. It also performs deep registry cleaning to keep your computer running like new. See our Review of Optimize 2.0 or try a Free Scan to see if Optimize 2.0 can speed up your PC.
SpeedUpMyPC 3	Keep the megabytes and gigabytes running fast on your computer with the Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC utility. This byte management utility does just what it says it can do. It speeds up your PC. Check our review of the SpeedUpMyPC program. Disk clutter, RAM, CPU and your system settings are all automatically scanned, cleaned and optimized for peak performance. Try a Free Scan to see how much you can optimize your PC.
PC Tools File Recover Utility	PC Tools File Recover is a must have utility if you, or someone on your network, has ever accidentally deleted a file and needed it recovered. File Recover will find and restore any file deleted. It doesn't matter if the file was deleted from a floppy drive, hard drive or any other fixed media. File Recover will recover your lost files. It is a lifesaver to have in your toolbox. Check our review of PC Tools File Recover.
Acronis AcroPack 2008	Acronis has just come out with the most comprehensive data backup and disk management bundle called Acropack 2008. The bundle combines True Image 11 Home with Disk Director Suite 10.0. With Acronis True Image 11, you can smoothly back up and restore your entire hard drive, including the Operating System, all applications, user settings and data. Acronis Disk Director 10 allows you to resize, move and split partitions without losing your data, and to install multiple Operating Systems on a single machine.
TuneUp Utilities 2008	TuneUp Utilities 2008 has just been released. This is a powerful program to have in your toolbox. TuneUp 2008 helps increase the speed of your computer by freeing up unused disk space and cleaning out the registry. TuneUp Utilities 2008 switches off memory intensive Windows functions to dramatically increase the speed of your PC. It performs much needed system maintenance and keeps your computer clean with just one click! Check our Review of the TuneUp Utilities 2008 software. We also have a review of all of the features packed into the TuneUp utility program.
Mozy Online Backup	Mozy is an easy to use, smart, and economical way to protect your data. All you have to do is install it on your computer, set it up, and then never worry about data loss again. Mozy is effortless to set up and performs backups automatically in the background. Mozy encrypts all files on your computer before data transfer and backs up open and locked files.
StuffIt	StuffIt - If you have many large files and photos that need to get backed up, you can compress them for a faster more reliable backup. This utility is especially useful if you are using an online backup service to store your important gigabytes of data. Now it is faster and easier than ever to Zip, access, backup, and send all your files and photos! Only StuffIt can preview images within archives and compress JPEG images by up to 30% with no loss in quality!
CheckIt Registry Cleaner	CheckIt Registry Cleaner is a very powerful tool to clean and compact your registry. Optimize your PC for top performance! Be amazed how much faster your computer will be after running CheckIt Registry Cleaner! Fix many common startup errors easily with just a few clicks and CheckIt does the rest. Do not risk losing data by manually editing your PC's registries! Clean them safely and easily with CheckIt Registry Cleaner. Save 10% on CheckIt Registry Cleaner Save 10% on CheckIt Registry Cleaner! Offer Expires 10/16/08
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite	The Symantec Ghost Solution Suite allows you to manage and deploy hundreds of Windows Vista Operating Systems in a matter of Minutes. The Ghost Suite is a very impressive hard drive imaging solution. Ghost is the industry's most widely-used corporate imaging, deployment and system management solution. Ghost can assist in all phases of Vista migration and enhances Microsoft's own best practices by providing a single management console in addition to significantly accelerated imaging and deployment.
Genie Backup	Genie Backup Manager Home is an entire system and byte protection solution that combines user-friendliness and robust performance for all novice users. It allows home and worlplace users to backup and recover their computers fast and reliably. Genie Backup Manager Home is great way to protect those gigabytes.
PC Tools Desktop Maestro	PC Tools Desktop Maestro is a computer optimization program that utilizes a registry cleaning and compacting utility to speed up your computer performance. This utility also has a set of tweaks to increase performance even further than the registry cleaning. We put it to the test and it works. Check out our review of the PC Tools Desktop Maestro utility.
Acronis Migrate Easy	Acronis Migrate Easy will reduce the time it takes to upgrade your hard drive to literally minutes instead of days. Migrate Easy is one of the few hard drive migration tools that supports high capacity hard drives over 180 gigabytes. There is no longer any need to reinstall an operating system when it is time to upgrade your hard drive. Upgrade your hard drive the easy way with Acronis Migrate Easy. Read more about the Acronis Migrate Easy Software.
PC Tools Registry Mechanic	PC Tools Registry Mechanic cleans your registry of all invalid entries to improve the speed and performance of your computer. If your computer starts to run slower, the first tool to run is the Registry Mechanic. The registry is probably looking for data that just isn't there anymore significantly slowing down your computer. You will notice a difference. For a limited time you can get 20% off your purchase of Registry Mechanic by entering the following coupon code: Code - pctools20. See our review of the PC Tools Registry Mechanic.
Titan Backup	Titan Backup makes backing up your important data easy. Backup can be considered insurance for your data. Moreover, data can be easily lost: your hard drive can suddenly break down, a virus can wipe out your files from the computer or your computer/laptop can be stolen. Not to mention a fire, water floods, etc... Only when you have a backup, it is not a tragedy. If you have a recent copy of your data, it is a simple matter of restoring and you are back in business.
Norton Ghost 14	Norton Ghost 14 - Too many unexpected things can happen to your computer that would make you wish you had this program. If your hard drive crashed, Ghost would be there to restore your data to a new drive. If the Operating System (Windows) crashed, Ghost 14.0 can restore it back to a working state in minutes! Check our Norton Ghost Tutorials for more information. For a limited time, you can Get 10% off of Norton Ghost 14.0 just for entering the following coupon code when you order: Code: 10NGHST08 This offer expires October 1, 2008 - Enjoy!
Acronis Disk Director Suite	The Acronis Disk Director Suite helps you manage your gigabytes of data fast and efficiently. Whether you need to upgrade your hard drive or dual boot your computer with different operating systems, the Disk Director is the tool to make any byte management task faster and easier than ever before. Check our reviews of the Disk Director to see this tool in action. If you are interested in buying Acronis Disk Director 10, you can get 10% off just for putting in the following coupon code when you order: Code: 10ADDS08 This offer expiresSeptember 30, 2008 - Enjoy!
Hard Disk Manager	Hard Disk Manager - Universal tool for hard disks! Hard Disk Manager affords everything you may need for managing hard disks; it's suitable for both everyday and rare needs, for either inexperienced user or advanced professional.
Partition Manager	Partition Manager - Excellent tool for hard disk partition management. At any time you can easily and safely change partitioning of your hard disk, change parameters of partitions. All modern and usually used file systems and operating systems are supported.
Disk Wiper	Disk Wiper - Plan on getting a new computer and not sure what to do with your old one? Maybe you are going to donate it to charity or give it away. Before you do that you need to make sure that all your personal data is erased. Don't leave your secrets on your old Drive. Don't forget to erase your Emails, Internet History and Cache, Contact data, Financial data, Trade Secrets or just private files you want to get rid of. The only way to make sure it's erased properly is to get Disk Wiper.