PC Tools is a collection of Software utilities from Central Point. The package was first developed as a suite of utilities for DOS, but by version 7.0 of the package in 1991 several Microsoft Windows programs had been added to it.
Utilities in the package included:
PC Shell — a file manager, capable amongst other things of displaying the contents of data files used by various popular database, wordprocessor, and spreadsheet packages
Central Point Backup — a backup utility for archiving and restoring data to and from disc or tape.
DiskFix — a utility for repairing on-disc filesystem data structures of a disc volume
Unformat — a utility that attempts to reverse the effects of a high-level format of a disc volume
Undelete — a utility that attempts to reverse the effects of deletion of a file
Mirror —
Compress — a disc volume Defragmentation utility
FileFix — a utility for repairing corruption to the data files used by various popular database, wordprocessor, and spreadsheet packages
Commute — a remote control utility
VDefend — a computer virus detection utility
The Mirror and Undelete utilities were licenced by Central Point to Microsoft for inclusion in MS-DOS version 5.0.
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