Novosibirsk reg., Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/16/2012 -- Novosoft, ad international custom software developer and business intelligence service provider, reported hot HDD imaging functionality for Handy Backup, the market leading backup application. The new edition of the program will feature smart storing of hard disk partitions or the entire disk with optimized process duration, insignificant requirements for computer user experience, and the smallest number of steps to be made. The latest hot image backup functionality is run for Windows system, and main HD imaging is also available for Linux.

"There are techniques which obtain a solid reputation of a hard nut to crack. Hard drive imaging has obtained one too. There were times when creating a snapshot of a disk required those not so clear steps: logging off and in between several systems on a single computer, initiating low-level data saving instead of file-based backup, turning off all system processes, creating a system disk to download from for imaging the original system, and so on. With the new Handy Backup featuring hot disk imaging, those are nothing but nightmares of the old times, gone to oblivion" noticed Alexander Prichalov, the vice president of Novosoft Research Division.

The announced latest edition of the Handy Backup utility offers hot image backup (http://www.handybackup.net/image-backup.shtml ) functionality. From now on the making of a Windows disk snapshot takes as little as selecting the "Disk image" point among "What to back up" alternatives in the software interface, in a few steps. No logging off Windows OS or stopping the operating system processes are needed. The restorable image of the disk is made on the fly.

The hot hard drive imaging scheme organized that way presents optimized operation time, minimal requirements for computer user experience, and the least ever number of steps to be made.

Besides the entire operating system image backup, the options are individual hard disk drive partitions and partition table.

The fresh hot imaging is developed for creating snapshots of Windows. Also, there is the general feature for imaging Ubuntu disks, with the Handy Backup Disaster recovery bootable HDD creating. The software versions to feature hot imaging are Home Professional, Small Server, and Network Server.

About Handy Backup
Handy Backup is a product line of next generation file backup software programs for home and business. The product line includes versions for Windows PCs, networks/servers, and Android mobile gadgets. The program prices are from $0 for Handy Backup for Android to $599 for Handy Backup Network Server. The latest version is 7.0.16. For more information, feel awesomely encouraged to visit the official Handy Backup brand page, Handy Backup on Google+ (https://plus.google.com/110815522739414748589/posts ), Facebook, and Twitter.

About Novosoft
Established in 1992, Novosoft LLC specializes in breakthrough software development and IT consultancy services. The software line includes products for automatic data backup, business process automation, and a number of others. Among Novosoft partners and clients there are big names like NASA, Stanford University, Microsoft, IBM, and many others. For more information, please be welcome to refer to http://www.novosoft-us.com.

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Aleksey Dolgushev
Novosoft
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