Source: Future Systems Solutions, Inc.

 

Future Systems Solutions Announces New Casper™ 4.0

 

Powerful, Easy-to-Use Hard Disk Backup and Disk Upgrade Utility Fills Critical Void for Microsoft™ Vista Users; Boasts Speed and Compatibility Enhancements!

Bluffton, IN – March 6, 2007 - Future Systems Solutions, Inc. (www.fssdev.com) announces Casper 4.0, a new version of its highly-acclaimed hard disk backup and disk upgrade utility.  Filling a critical void that exists for purchasers of new PCs and individuals using Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium, Casper 4.0 enables the creation of a complete and immediately-bootable PC backup for use when disaster strikes.  Additionally, all Vista users, including those using Vista Business, Vista Ultimate and Vista Enterprise, will benefit from Casper 4.0 by taking advantage of enhanced backup capabilities such as:

·         Creation of a complete, immediately-bootable backup replacement for a failed hard disk.

·         Stress-free, rapid recovery. The backup can be tested for viability immediately after being created and, when the backup is needed for use,  no special rescue disks or time-consuming restoration of a PC image is required. 

·         Highly flexible, fully integrated scheduling.  Complete PC Backups can be made unattended, at any time - day or night - even while a user is performing other computing tasks.

Designed to provide a powerful, convenient, and easy-to-use tool for backing up hard disks or upgrading to larger hard disks, Casper 4.0 offers significant features and benefits for all Windows users.

·         New!  Complete Windows Vista support takes full advantage of new, start-of-the-art, Vista innovations such as I/O prioritization, I/O cancellation, and User Account Control.

·         New and Exclusive!  Automatic Performance Throttling (APT) support, designed specifically to take advantage of new functionality available only in Windows Vista, improves responsiveness of other applications while Casper copies a drive in the background.

·         Exclusive!  Advanced Power Management support increases scheduling flexibility.  Casper can wake a computer in the middle of the night to perform a copy completely unattended, and then safely return it back to sleep.

·         Exclusive!  Enhanced SmartClone™ and SmartWrite™ technology enables Casper to maintain a complete backup replacement hard disk in the same amount of time required by other backup and disk imaging solutions to perform a differential or incremental backup to a proprietary archive file.

Other Enhancements:

·         Exclusive Vista I/O cancellation support

·         Additional support for multiple boot configurations

·         Administrative event logging

·         Support for new OEM partitions

·         …and more

“New PCs that include Microsoft Vista, along with stand-alone versions of Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium, do not provide users with the ability to make complete PC backups.  Casper 4.0 fills this critical void.  Continuing our dedication to providing users with a dependable, leading-edge hard disk backup and disk upgrade solution, Casper 4.0 was designed to take full advantage of new Vista innovations and is fully compatible with all versions of Windows Vista,” said a company spokesman.  He added, “The addition of Automatic Performance Throttling (APT) takes advantage of functionality exclusive to Vista, ensuring the backup process completes entirely in the background without interfering with user workflow.  New enhancements to Casper’s exclusive SmartClone™ and SmartWrite™ technologies have further reduced the time required to create a clone of a hard disk as well. These groundbreaking technologies and enhancements enable Casper to maintain a complete backup replacement hard disk for a PC in the same amount of time required by other backup and disk imaging solutions to perform a differential or incremental backup to a proprietary archive file. In addition, with features such as 1‑Click Cloning, Integrated Scheduling, and Advanced Power Management support, Casper makes anytime right for a backup - while you work, while you sleep – anytime.  Having a fully automated backup and recovery solution running entirely from within Windows makes disaster recovery easier and more convenient for the consumer - and that’s what Casper is all about.”

Compatibility

Casper runs on all versions of Windows Vista and all versions of Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, and Windows 2000.  It works with any hard disk recognized by Windows, including all SATA, ATA/IDE, SCSI, USB, and Firewire drives – even hardware RAID arrays. Also, Casper makes backing up or upgrading a notebook’s hard disk as easy as plugging in an external USB, Firewire, or PCMCIA notebook drive. 

Casper 4.0 is available as a download for $49.95 from Future Systems Solutions at www.fssdev.com or by calling 800-272-5457. 

Registered owners of Casper XP 3.0 may upgrade to Casper 4.0 for $24.95. Consumers who purchased Casper XP 3.0 after November 15, 2006 may upgrade for FREE.

All of our products come with an unconditional 30-day money back guarantee.  A thirty-day trial version is available at www.fssdev.com.

About Future Systems Solutions, Inc.

Future Systems Solutions develops and markets software that makes PCs easier to use and more efficient.  FSS has licensed its technology to Symantec, Iomega, Quarterdeck and other leading software and hardware companies.  Headquartered in Bluffton, IN, FSS also has offices in Atlanta, GA. Further information may be obtained by calling 800-272-5457, by visiting the FSS Web site at http://www.fssdev.com, or by contacting Marty Rubenstein at mrubenstein@fssdev.com.

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