Paragon Harddisk Manager Paragon Harddisk Manager provides basic and advanced partitioning, file system performance optimization, boot management, backup and imaging, restoring and simple recovering, hard disk upgrade and retirement, variety of useful utilities and support for all currently used technologies and devices.

Paragon Harddisk Manager
vendor: Paragon

Hard Disk Manager 6.0 is easy, complete and reliable toolset for hard disks: hard disk management, maintenance and disposal, boot management, data and system security, simple recovery. A convenient and clear interface, several smart wizards and a bunch of additional utilities make any task regarding hard disk easily approachable even for home users. Includes functionality of Partition Manager, Drive Backup, BootManager, Disk Wiper and much more.

• Create a new partition configuration from scratch
• Change the existing configuration with data in any conceivable way - separate and secure important data on dedicated partition, move free space among partitions, change partitioning for new operating system or data
• Improve the file system performance
• Secure your system and data - backup important data locally, on CD/DVD, on removable media or external storage (on network in Professional and Deployment versions)
• Flexible possibilities for image burning and restoring:
  ¤ burn to CD/DVD any set of partitions, whole hard disk, or separate files
  ¤ burn to remote CD/DVD over network (Professional and Deployment versions only)
  ¤ restore any files from image and even change them inside image using Image Mounter or Image Explorer
• Install and use several operating systems on one computer, optimize partition configuration for them
• Easily dispose hard disk - with no risk for old data to be restored by somebody
• Simple recovery functionality for system crashes, including recovering important documents. Bootable CD is available to fix or restore unbootable system, or to save important documents on recordable CD/DVD.

Here you find the full list of Paragon Harddisk Manager features:

BootManager:

• Up to 16 operating systems on one PC
• Operating Windows 9x/ME along with Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
• Various installations of the same operating system (in different languages or different versions)
• Direct booting Linux (skipping LILO)
• Installing Linux beyond 1024-cylinder boundary
• Boots even unrecognized OS
• Importing external bootsector
• Password protection against unauthorized booting computer
• Boots DOS/Windows 9x/ME from second hard disk
• Different configurations can be created for the same physical installation of operating system
• Dynamically adds newly installed operating systems
• Duplicating boot.ini file to create different configurations

Backup, imaging and cloning operations:

• Create or restore an image (backup) of separate partition or whole hard disk
• Backup includes complete partition or hard disk image - the system will immediately become bootable after restore or clone
• HotBackup (Online backup) - create an image of running operating system without interrupting it (Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003 only)
• Incremental Backup
• Backup directly on recordable and writable CD or DVD
• Place backup image even on hidden partitions (FAT, NTFS, Ext2/3FS)
• Compression for backup images
• Password protection for backup images
• Restore separate partition from hard disk image
• Restore separate files and folders from backup image (Image Explorer, Image Mounter)
• Restore partition enlarging its size simultaneously
• Clone Hard Disk
• Check image file integrity (CRC check)

Partitioning operations:

• Create, format and delete partitions
• Hide/unhide partition, set partition active/inactive
• Copy and move partition of any file system, quick and sector-by-sector modes
• Resize partitions with data
• Copy with resize
• Convert file system
  - FAT16 to FAT32 and back
  - FAT16/32 to NTFS and back
  - Ext2 FS to Ext3 FS and back
• Merge partitions (even partitions of different file systems)
• Undelete partition
• Check File System Integrity
• Convert Primary Partition to Logical and back
• Set or change drive letter (Windows NT/2000/XP only)
• Change Partition Label (Volume Label)

Operations for advanced users:

• Change Partition ID (partition signature)
• Change Partition Primary Slot (in Master Boot Record)
• Update MBR (Master Boot Record) with standard code
• Convert NTFS revision (from anyone to any other within Windows NT, 2000 and XP)
• Change FAT parameters - boot size, root size

File System Performance Optimization:

• Change cluster size
• Defragment File System
• Defragment NTFS core structure - MFT (Master File Table)

Disk Disposal:

• Wiping separate partitions, free unpartitioned blocks or whole hard disks completely
• Clearing partition free space only (existing partitions with data)

Technologies Support:

• Supports large hard disks (up to 500GB tested, 2TB in theory)
• Supports P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA (SATA), SCSI hard disks
• Supports FireWire, IEEE1394, USB 1.0, USB 2.0, ZIP® and Jazz® hard disks
• Supports NTFS from Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003
• Supports NTFS with compressed and encrypted files and folders
• Supports FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Ext2 FS, Ext3 FS, Reiser FS, HPFS file systems
• Executable for:
  - Windows 9x/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP
  - DOS
  - Linux (on RecoveryCD)
• Supports long filenames (FAT, NTFS) and filenames in national languages
• Supports 64K FAT16 extension

Safety and Recovery:

• Recovery CD
• Resuming critical operations after power failure
• Treating bad sectors - surface test can be optionally used for format, copy, move and restore operations
• Retesting disk surface for partitions with data, relocating files from encountered bad blocks
• Automatic generation and sending operations logs over email for quick and easy technical support

Easy to use:

• Scheduler - built-in tool for scheduling recurring operations (regular incremental backup of documents, for example)
• Email notification - to receive operation report over email
• Virtual pre-execution
• Wizards for most usual scenarios:
  - Hard Disk Copy Wizard
  - Partition Undelete Wizard
• Automatic updating BootManager boot menu after partitioning operations
• Operations usually not possible under Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP will be automatically performed in special mode during OS reboot

Auxiliary utilities:

• Image Explorer - browse backup image, edit and copy files and folders
• Partition Explorer - browse FAT, NTFS, Ext2 or Ext3 FS partition without drive letter, edit or copy files and folders
• Image Mounter - transparent read-write access to image through regular drive letter
• Built-in simple Disk Editing utility
• Unpack&Burn Wizard - Just three clicks to burn your own Recovery CD

Hard Disk Manager Professional and Hard Disk Manager Deployment only:

• SID Changer (HDM Deployment only)
• Multiple Image Access - deploy multiple workstations simultaneously from one image (HDM Deployment only)
• NetBurner - create backup image on remote recordable or writable CD or DVD device
• Convert Dynamic Disks to Basic Disks (Dynamic Disks are available under Windows 2000/XP/2003)
• Network support on Recovery CD - map network shares to access or place backup image over LAN
• Linux LDM support on Recovery CD
• Premium Maintenance
• Upgrade Insurance - 1 year
• Windows NT/2000/2003 Server and Windows PE support
• Script Generator
• Command Line Support

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• IBM AT compatible computer with i486 or higher CPU
• 128 Mb of RAM
• VGA-compatible monitor
• A 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP (NT/2000/2003 Servers are supported in Professional Version only)
• Mouse (recommended)
• 60 Mb of free disk space
• CD-ROM drive of any interface: IDE, SCSI, USB and so on (only for CD-based version, not for versions distributed electronically)

Paragon Harddisk Manager Paragon Harddisk Manager provides basic and advanced partitioning, file system performance optimization, boot management, backup and imaging, restoring and simple recovering, hard disk upgrade and retirement, variety of useful utilities and support for all currently used technologies and devices. Product licence price Buy online Paragon Harddisk Manager Personal Licence  79,95 USD Purchase Paragon Harddisk Manager Professional Licence  179,95 USD Purchase Paragon Harddisk Manager Deployment Licence (starts at 10 installations) starting at   300,00 USD Purchase Paragon Harddisk Manager Technician Licence  995,00 USD Purchase