Computer Shopper - UK (2020-03)

ISSUE385|COMPUTER SHOPPER|MARCH2020 67

CCCleverfilesDiskDrill2

UNLESSYOUDOWNLOAD

Windows 10 apps from the
MicrosoftStore,most installed
software won’t auto-update.
Webbrowsers will notify you of
anew update, your security
software will auto-updateand so
will Windows itself,but most
other toolssit happily on your
system and you might never
know when akey update is
available unless you go checking.
IObitSoftware Updater is a
free tool thatwill scan your
system, checkfor all your

IObitSoftwareUpdaterPro2

REQUIREMENTSWindowsXP, Vista,7,8,8.1,

10;10MBharddisk space

WEBSITEwww.iobit.com

NOTESGetyourregistration code at

updater2.disc.computershopper.co.uk.

Includes sixmonthsofupdates

installedsoftware,compare this

to an online database and then

warn you if an updateisavailable.

There are limits to its

capabilities: the databaseisquite

small, and finds only essential

updates. It also recommends

updates forsoftware that

auto-updates, suchasGoogle

Chrome,aswellassoftware that

mightbeembeddedinthe

Registry but isn’tcurrently

installedonyoursystem.

Software Updater alsooffers a

number of recommended tools

that you candownload frommm

various categories; you can

choose which of these you follow

through with, so you won’t be

installing unwanted applicatttions.

The program can also crrreate

asystem restore point, in case

you updatesoftware which then

causes your system to becooome

unstable.You can also scheeedule

automatic updates and adddd

programs to your ignore listtt,

so that programsyou’renooot

interestedinupdatingwon’t

appear in the list.

REQUIREMENTSWindowsXP,Vista, 7 ,8,10;

75MBharddiskspace

WEBSITEwww.cleverfiles.com

NOTESdiskdrill2.disc.computershopper.co.uk

DISKKKDRILLISafree tool for

finding and recovering anything

frommmwhole partitions to

accidddentally deleted files. It

supppports awide range of file

systeeems, including FAT, exFAT or

NTFSSS,HFS+ and Linux EXT2/3/4.

The program requires

instaaallation,whichironically poses

ariskkkas you mightoverwritedata

you’rrretrying to recoverinthe

process. After that,however,it’s

all veeery straightforward:click

Recooover foryour chosen drive,

wait forthe results, optionally

preview any images you’ve found,thenselect

whatever you need andrecover thefiles withaclick.

As with all undeletetools, the recovery process

can takesome time, but Disk Drill handles this better

than most.Ifit’s tying up toomany system resources,

you can pause thescanand resume it later.Oryou

can save thecurrent scan session, close theprogram,

then reopen it later andcarry on where youleft off.

If you don’t have time to fully scan adrive,Disk

Drillalso provides an option to createabackup

image.That probably won’tbepractical fora

full-sizedhard drive –the fileisgoing to be huge–

but it might be handy forexternal drives.

There’salso asurprising extra in Disk Drill’s

Recovery Vault. Tell the programtoprotectadrive

and it saves copies of anything deleted from your

chosen folders. If you accidentally wipe something,

then it can be recovered much more quickly from

the Vault, andthere’s no chance of some vital file

beingaccidentally overwritten.