Overview

Disk Drive TuneUp offers a comprehensive "all-in-one" storage solution available for fixed and removable storage devices. The software provides:

• Smart Drivers to optimize your drive's performance
  
• Formatting in both UDF and native PC and Mac formats
• Broader drive support list
• Easy Partitioning
• Media Testing and Repair
• Multi-level Read Catching for Mac
• Single support for all five protocols: FireWire (IEEE1394), USB, SCSI, ATAPI and ATA.
• Supports MS Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP; as well as Apple Mac OS 8 & 9.
• Standard interface for all platforms
• Supports English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish and Italian language versions on the same disk

What's New!

UDF support

Disk Drive TuneUp™ v.3 is the world's first disk drive utility that provides integrated use of the new UDF format for cross platform disk interchange for all types of block addressable storage devices. ("UDF" stands for "Universal Disk Format"). Originally specified for DVD, the UDF format is fast becoming the new international format standard for all types of storage devices because of its ability to provide compatibility between different computers and operating systems.

In addition, UDF is the ONLY way to ensure proper use of high capacity disks. For example, if you're a Windows user, you should know that Windows file system (FAT) does not allow for larger than 2gbyte volumes in legacy operating systems and only 4gbytes on newer ones. The OSTA UDF specification allows for 1 terabyte and above volume sizes in UDF. UDF was designed for high capacity. It is the ONLY file system capable of handling volume sizes larger than 4 gbytes.

Product Features

Key Components

• The SmartDriver™ device driver suite that automatically configures for optimized I/O, based on the type of drive or type of disk inserted in a specific drive.
• The WriteUDF!™ file system that reads and writes to disks formatted in the Universal Disk Format (UDF) format.
• The Disk Drive TuneUp™ formatting application that formats in both UDF and native PC file formats (including FAT 16, FAT 32, HFS and Extended HFS formats), creates & names partitions, write protects disks, tests and remaps defective blocks on the media.

Control: Easy Partitioning

• Disk Drive TuneUp™ includes the world's easiest, and fastest way to partition your disk drive. Simply drag the partition flag across the partition slider bar to create a partition of any size. Create native FAT, HFS, HFS+ or UDF formats (including UDF v1.0.2, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.0.1). If you make a mistake, simply drag the flag again to the desired capacity.
  
  You can change partitions without destroying all of the partitions. If you have more than 2 partitions, you can change the size of one partition (which would cause you to change 2 of the partitions if resizing) without changing the other partition/s and deleting their datain the process. With Drive Setup, if you want to change a partition you have to change all of the partitions.

Multiple Protocol and Drive Support

• The software supports disk drives using the following protocols: FireWire (IEEE1394), USB, SCSI, ATAPI and ATA.
• It support for Zip™, Jaz™, Superdisk™, magneto optical (MO) drives, removable Winchester drives and even fixed hard disk drives.

Data Loss Prevention-Media Testing and Repair

• Disk Drive TuneUp™ provides three types of media testing - ECC, ReadWrite, and Destructive(erase/read/write)- enabling you to predict and prevent data loss as defective sectors are easily identified and re-assigned to prevent future data loss. Its also great for wiping a partition map clean

Speed: Multi-level Read Caching-for Mac Users

• The Mac OS versions feature Rocketcache(tm) a proprietary "multi-level" read caching technology designed to overcome the slow I/O performance of many popular removable drives. This is especially true for USB protocol devices. Select the cache size you want for the "read ahead buffer", the dedicated RAM cache and the file-based "hard disk cache". All three work together to optimize your file access time.

Complete File Systems Support

• Mac - HSF, HSF+
• Win - FAT 16, FAT 32
• Any - UDF

Compatibility & Standards

• Disk Drive TuneUp creates UDF formatted media that is fully read & write compatible with MS Windows 98, Me, 2000 and XP UDF readers, as well as Mac OS 8.5 & 9 UDF readers.
• Disk Drive TuneUp is the only general storage utility that can ensure read & write compatibility of UDF formatted disks between Apple™ Macintosh™ and MS Windows™ computer systems. The software's UDF file system is OSTA (Optical Storage Technology Association) UDF compliant and complies with DVD Forum specifications for DVD drives. SAI is the only software company to guarantee that its UDF format is OSTA UDF compliant.

Reliability

• Disk Drive TuneUp is the utility of choice for OEM's like Sony, HP, Fujitsu and Melco Inc.because they know they can count on SAI's Disk Drive Tune Up to make their drives function their best.

• First time buyers: $89.95 US dollars
• Upgrades: $29.95 US dollars.