posted on September 22, 2000 11:54:54 AM new
I suppose this thread can be about any software that you consider essential.
I'd like to mention GoBack, available for free for 30 days at http://www.goback.com. It's amazing. We all know these darn PCs have minds of their own and sometimes things get really $#@%ed up, especially when installing new software or hardware. Sometimes we have no idea what the problem is, all we know is it was working just fine 10 minutes ago. This software enables you to literally turn back the clock on your PC to a time when it was working fine. You can actually recover deleted files that have been overwritten. Even if your system is so mangled that you can't boot up Windows it still works. I think this is a must have and No, I don't own shares in this company, although I should.
posted on September 22, 2000 01:21:32 PM new
James,
sgtmike posted a thread about this a few months ago, and this is a valuable confirmation of what he found. I'd been thinking about getting this just the other day, and your post decided me. Thanks!
posted on September 23, 2000 09:48:40 PM new
I loved this when it first came out..it is now installed on ALL Gateway puters as "Gateway Go-Back"...i knew then it was a great idea, but did NOT know it was available "free-standing"..Thanks for the link!!!
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
posted on September 26, 2000 11:58:41 AM newjamesoblivion...
I just had to thank you. Purely on the strength of your recommendation and the reviews on their website, I bought GoBack on Sunday. Today, I downloaded a program off the Web and made a horrible mess...couldn't figure out how to fix it, or even what the problem was.
I was terrified my puter would blow up or something, but went ahead and reverted my drive to a time before the download. YES!! Worked like a charm and all is well.
So...thanks, James! I'd never even heard of this program. Talk about timing...
posted on September 26, 2000 10:26:00 PM new
Thanks for the thread jamesoblivion. I have a request if anyone can advise me on it. Is there a program that will scan one's hard drive and let them know if there are multiple copies of the same files stored in different locations? If so, are there simple instructions to reduce the multiples that take up valuable space? For example, when I upgraded to IE 5.0, the installation instructions say you could go back to using the 4.0 version, so is that old program taking up space somewhere? Should I worry about such things?
posted on September 27, 2000 02:33:42 PM new
Toke, when I first glanced at your post I thought "uhoh, how did everything get screwed up?". I'm glad to see it worked for you!
