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As PCs become more powerful and complex, comprehensive utility suites become increasingly useful for diagnosing problems, preventing crashes, and recovering from disasters. Network Associates' McAfee Office 2000 and Symantec's Norton SystemWorks 2000 are the best- known packages, but Ontrack SystemSuite 2000 is an impressive newcomer. Priced competitively at $60, Ontrack does not eclipse its rivals, but it boasts some unique and useful features that should appeal to a wide range of users.
Ontrack Data International acquired Mijenix last year and has basically combined the company's stand-alone utilities--Fix-It, Easy- Uninstall and ZipMagic--plus an antivirus program into a suite. Mijenix consistently produced clever and powerful packages that, in my experience, seldom exhibited the...