RestoreIT Reviews

Software Name:	RestoreIT
Publisher:	FarStone Technology
Description:	Roll your system back to normal with the touch of a hotkey!
RestoreIT Reviews by Users Average Rating: (5 Stars) Total Reviews: 6

(5 Stars)

I couldn’t believe a program could be so simple

Reviewed by Carroll Heacock on 7/5/2009

This month, after downloading an application update, I had to restart my computer. During the reboot my heart hit the floor, because I hadn’t burned off a copy of our Christmas pictures and an error message appeared: ’Cannot load operating system.’ OH NO! I couldn’t believe this was happening.

Unfortunately, I didn’t know how to do the restore. RestoreIT came with my new system but I never paid any attention to it. Now I really needed a backup of my total system. The loss of the pictures was unfortunate, but four days of reloading applications and downloading updates was time I couldn’t afford.

I contacted a technician to set up my system again. He suspected a virus or a hard drive failure. A virus? I have all the good stuff: spyware blocker, a firewall and antivirus software, and a popup blocker too. How could this happen?

Before I turned my system over to him, I wanted to try to salvage my pictures. I reversed my master/slave setting for my two hard drives and loaded my operating system. I copied my picture files to the now designated master drive. At this time, I reversed the drives again so that I could format and reinstall my software.

As the system rebooted, my new kitten who loves to walk on my keyboard and desk to play with the cursor, jumped from my lap to the keyboard drawer and briefly stood on the space bar.... As if by magic my system booted and loaded the operating system, which worked like always.

I couldn’t believe a program could be so simple that even a kitten could restore my PC!

(5 Stars)

Thank you so much for saving my files and maybe even my job!

Reviewed by Evren Maner on 7/5/2009

I live in Cyprus, and FarStone’s RestoreIT was pre-installed on a computer I purchased. Until today, I didn’t realize what it does.

I’m a digital video editor. Just after I downloaded some evaluation software, my computer crashed. The only time I’ve felt worse was when I lost the science championship in high school!

As I rebooted my computer, I saw the message from RestoreIT: "press spacebar to restore." I wasn't sure the program would work, but I'm writing to you now to tell you that everything is perfect! Amazing! I’m so glad I had RestoreIT on my computer, and I thank you so much for saving my files and maybe even my job! I love you guys!

(5 Stars)

Well-engineered software program.

Reviewed by Ralph Clear on 7/5/2009

I received your email and thanks in regard to the best program that your company has for our computer needs.

I have downloaded the trial version of Restore IT 7 Version and it works great. I have purchased the full version and paid for the program via a credit card on-line.

I called your Tech Support Department and they were very professional and we are very pleased with the program. In my estimation, RestoreIT 7 and your other back-up programs far exceed the competition.

I tried several other programs from some competitors companies and be honest they were bungled and very difficult to understand. I have a college degree in computers and accounting and to say the least, the other programs that companies have for a back-up utility and programs just do not compare with the superior programs that FarStone has.

Congratulations for a very professional and well-engineered software program.

(5 Stars)

Fantastic product

Reviewed by Stanley Cohen on 7/5/2009

This is a note of praise and gratitude for producing such a fantastic product. In truth, I have never written a letter such as this (I am not easily impressed), but your software just saved me so many hours of grief and aggravation that I am ecstatic. RestoreIT was one of the few software inclusions when I bought my system. To be honest I never really gave it much thought and had no clue as to its powerful capabilities.

This evening, I installed an update to my dental practice management software. I have about 800 megabytes of data alone - a substantial amount. The update turned out to be flawed and in minutes my entire directory had been overwritten, wiping out all my data and replacing it with default files. I was looking at having to uninstall the update, re-install the old CD, and then obtain a download of my most recent backup from my off-site service.

Just before I threw in the towel, I tried the restore function for the first time on RestoreIT. I was amazed! Within just a few minutes, EVERYTHING was back to its original place and WORKING. I cannot thank you enough! I will most certainly be recommending this software to all my colleagues.

(5 Stars)

Thank you for one of the best products out

Reviewed by Stefano Nicoletti on 7/5/2009

I would like to take sometime out of my busy schedule to thank you for one of the best products out. I have purchased three of your products but RestoreIT is up there on the top 10.

I returned my Ghost 10 from Symantec for this. I like the fact it can restore SAT drives using RAID. Once again my hat is off to your tech people who wrote the code. Please thank them for me.

(5 Stars)

Great product

Reviewed by Steve Gooderham on 7/5/2009

As a professional videographer, I have two PC-based video editing suites that are my life blood. The system hard drive on one of my systems was completely full, so I had to replace it with a larger capacity drive. The upgrade was carried out by a local techie, who copied my data files from the old drive to the new one, but did not install RestoreIT. Within two months the new drive crashed with absolutely no way of recovering the data.

Fortunately (or so I thought), I still had the old system drive to fall back on. When I installed this drive, to my horror I started getting Page File Size errors. I had a whole library of royalty free music and video stock footage files that would have been lost. The thought of having to completely rebuild my system drive and reinstall all the hardware drivers that were needed completely freaked me out. I had an urgent project for a major client that I had to produce.

Anyway, FarStone came to the rescue: I remembered that I had RestoreIT on my old drive, so I just clicked to restore to the most recent backup point and sure enough the drive came right back up. I now had a working (but full) system drive. My next challenge was to transfer everything on my only system drive to a new larger capacity drive, and again FarStone came to the rescue with DriveClone. Within a couple of hours, I had a new working system drive that was an exact clone of my old drive.

I was able to get my system back up and running on my own, and got my major client urgent project finished on time and ready for them to collect the next day.

None of this would have happened without the FarStone suite of products. It really was a potential disaster that without FarStone would have taken weeks and thousands of dollars to recover, not to mention the lost revenue while my system got repaired — and the possibility of losing a major client. You saved my systems, and from now on every PC I use will have RestoreIT installed. You guys have a great product.

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