Anyone have a Magic Card?

[Technonut]

I am thinking of buying one of these, and would like to hear opinions from any forum members on how it is working. Even if you do not have one.... What do you think?

Magic Card

MagicCard of Toronto (www.magiccard.ca) created a buzz on the show floor with its new PCI card that protects Windows-based computers against accidental or intentional damage. This includes everything from glitches when installing hardware drivers or software, right up to viruses and malicious hacker attacks - even a full format of the hard disk is reversed with a simple reboot of the computer.

The $189 card sets up a kind of virtual state where programs run alongside the actual operating system's processes, protecting the hard drive from direct damage. It also stores critical information on a hidden section of the hard drive and has technology that protects the PC's BIOS settings, the company said. The user periodically takes a snapshot of their working system and important files (a three-second process), and if anything corrupts the operating system, they simply reboot and everything reverts to a working state automatically. The MagicCard protects with the PC's root drive and can handle up to eight logical partitions (a network version is also available for multiple computers). The company offered $500 to anyone at Comdex who could trash the operating system of a MagicCard-equipped PC.

 

[Goosemaster]

?!?

 

[Technonut]

What..... No interest or opinions on this? It was good enough to be developed for the Israeli military. 😉

 

[majewski9]

seems neat but how much disk space does it take up to back up? I dont see this being that pratical for the home user but could be for the business.

 

[alkemyst]

Did anyone at Comdex know this offer was happening? I hear all sorts of $$$ offered to hackers that can break systems, but unfortunately they never find out about it and when they ask the 'deal is over, no one was successful'

🙂

 

[Technonut]

Originally posted by: majewski9
seems neat but how much disk space does it take up to back up? I dont see this being that pratical for the home user but could be for the business.

It ony takes 1% of disk space. 🙂 EDIT: I see it as VERY practical for the home user...No worry about hosed BIOS flashes, bad driver installs, viruses, etc...

Did anyone at Comdex know this offer was happening? I hear all sorts of $$$ offered to hackers that can break systems, but unfortunately they never find out about it and when they ask the 'deal is over, no one was successful'

Don't know, but it did win the Best of Comdex Award... 😉

EDIT: Check out the Video Review at 3DGameMan.

 

[ScottMac]

Maybe they'll have one that'll recover WIN2K encrypted data after someone reformats with saving the key properly......

JM.02

Scott