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Acronis Offers Freebie

I'm having lunch at an Italian restaurant with Acronis executives tomorrow, and I'm sure they're going to want to talk about their new disk monitoring tool. They needn't bother as I know all about the free software. Acronis Drive Monitor watches hard drives and alerts IT to upcoming failures. This way if you haven't back up, you can get to it! Get it here.

Posted by Doug Barney on June 16, 2010


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