VMWare Workstation is a computer virtualisation package that lets you install multiple PC 'guest' operating systems on one computer and have them running at the same time, with none of the inconvenience of dual-boot configurations. Currently ...

You can do a lot more with Print Audit 4 than the product name would imply. In addition to finding out who's printing what, when and where, the software can also be used to limit and ...

Maintaining a backup image of your Windows installation is a useful security measure, and TrueImage 8 aims to make this task as straightforward as possible, even for non-technical users. It can create and save images of ...

It's no secret that the Windows operating system, in spite of all its qualities, is not without its foibles. And few can be more annoying than when the OS clogs up, slows downs, blue-screens and generally ...

With its ability to run multiple instances of Windows on the same server hardware, Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 is a great tool for developers wanting to test applications at minimal cost. Likewise it can be used ...

We might be falling on the side of cynical here, but to us, the key reason people would want to buy a package like this is to copy commercial DVDs (be it for backup or less ...

This is a major competitor to the likes of Partition Magic, and we first reviewed it here. Its whole aim in life is to make partition management something anybody can do. If you have several partitions ...

SystemWorks really does do the works. As well as Ghost, covered elsewhere in this group test, the suite includes Norton Anti-Virus, Utilities, Password Manager, GoBack and CleanSweep, as well as WebTools and numerous other little helpers. ...

Ghost is one of the original disk imaging tools, designed to take an exact copy of a disk partition to copy elsewhere. The main elements of the program are again Wizard-driven and you can save drive ...

When launched, Drive Image 7 was a PowerQuest product, but earlier this year that company was acquired by Symantec, so this product and its well-known partner, Partition Magic, are now both available from the home of ...

This is probably the best-known drive installation and upgrade manager in the world and Ontrack claims over 150 million copies have been sold. Rather than working with existing drives in a PC, it aims to provide ...

Acronis specialises in hard drive housekeeping software and True Image is the company's offering for saving and restoring complete hard drive images. It runs from Windows, but also includes a facility to prepare a boot floppy ...

A partition manager looks like a one-trick pony and you wonder why you should have to lay out so much to complete a single task... until you need to change the structure of your hard drive. ...

This is one of those deceptively simple pieces of software that will find a home with people who have had to spend hours online or on the phone to technical support every time a system or ...

VMWare Workstation is a product designed for developers to set up test environments for all manner of software and network configurations, without needing lots of PCs. Many different operating systems can be installed and run concurrently ...

A small utility this, but really quite a handy one. It's aim is straightforward - to 'wash' (that's the company's word for delete) any files you don't need from your computer, to make it run that ...

Roxio's Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 was a disappointing package. Under its umbrella it gathered together some quite useful applications, but failed to really integrate them, and slapped an unappealing price tag on it all. ...

Billed as an all-in-one solution for burning CDs and DVDs, Pinnacle's latest is up against a crowded market that has an excellent front-runner. It doesn't quite do enough to displace Nero 6, but there's nonetheless much ...

One of the problems with traditional backup programs is that they copy files individually, usually to tape, making them slow. Plus you need special agent software to backup databases and other applications while they're working. Recovering ...

"For worry-free partitioning", boasts the box copy on the back of V Communications' latest, "Partition Commander is the only choice!". That's not true, as users of PartitionMagic can testify. But it's nonetheless it's a choice worth ...