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Cant remember a software title..

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by tlandmesser 1 view

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I recently saw an ad in a magazine for a piece of sotware that is pretty cool. The sad part is that I have gone through all of the Technology publications I have received in 6 months and I cant find a single ad pertaining to this software.. My reasoning for coming here is that maybe someone has this software installed and is using it. Here are the details:

No matter what you do to the computer, you can reboot it and all will be ok when you reboot. It somehow caches all system files and settings and restores them everytime you reboot. I almost remember the title having the name "sheriff" in it somehow.

If someone knows the name of this "mystery software" I'd really appreciate being informed of its name.. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE!

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by landotek

The product is HDD Sheriff. You can find some info at http://www.hdd-sheriff.com/, which is actually the site of a US distributor.

FYI, the product is not just software- there is a hardware component to be installed. There is a dongle to be added, either internally in a PCI slot or externally. The program operates by keeping a compressed version of the original images on 10% of the disk. Each time the system is rebooted, it re-images the HD from the original image. It's quite impressive- you can actually perform and fdisk and the whole system will reappear when you reboot.

Hope that helps.

by tlandmesser

Thank you! How did you find it?? Maybe you use the program? Your answer was EXACTLY what I am looking for.

Thanks again!

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