Giveaway of the Day - Paragon Backup and Recovery Compact Edition
March 17, 2010Paragon Backup and Recovery Compact Edition offers more safety to all your important data including videos, images, music files, documents and applications. Find other extra features onboard this toolkit along with a Windows 7 and 64-bit Operating Systems support.
Paragon Backup and Recovery Compact Edition Features:
- Complete set of features for entire disk imaging and file Backup.
- Backup to any destination: including local mounted/un-mounted partitions, external storage locations, CD/DVD/Blu-ray discs, network shares, FTP as well as a secured hidden partition on your local drive (Paragon Backup Capsule).
- Smart Backup options for headache-free security: So you can backup exactly what you need and with the best backup method, chosen automatically depending on the data to protect.
- Professional Recovery tools.
- Useful extras: boot corrector, simple partitioning and more.
- Create bootable USB Flash drive, CD or DVD to recover your PC on demand.
- Partitioning tools.
Find detailed information here.
If you are x64 system user, please follow the link here
Technical Support:
During the Giveaway period Paragon Software provides technical support at http://twitter.com/paragonsoftware. Please, post your questions if you have any troubles while downloading, registering and using the software. Paragon Software’s support team will reply you as soon as possible.
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| System Requirements: | Windows 7 (x32/x64), Vista (x32/x64), XP Professional SP2 (x32/x64), XP Home SP2, 2000 Professional SP4; CPU: 300 MHz or higher; RAM: 256 MB; Disk space: 120 Mb; Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher |
| Publisher: | Paragon Software |
| Homepage: | http://www.paragon-software.co... |
| File Size: | 125 MB |
| Price: | The program is available for $39.95 , but it will be free for our visitors as a time-limited offer. |
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Paragon Backup and Recovery Compact Edition is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 7 hours 24 minutes to download and install it.
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Registration link is:
http://www.paragon-software.com/registration/brcompact.html
This tool stands between Backup & Recovery Free and Drive Backup 10 Professional:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/brs/comparison.html
Unlike Free Edition, Compact version has File Backup and Backup Capsule functionality. But it doesn’t have Cyclic Backup, no copy feature, no dynamic disks support.
This does not install on 64bit OS
An error box pops up saying its not supported!
Not very compact with 125MB for a backup tool…
To install on a 64-bit system, look right above the Technical Support: heading for the following link description:
If you are x64 system user, please follow the link here
Paragon always does this by having two different programs – one for 32-bit and the other for 64-bit.
Quote from product description by GOTD:
If you are x64 system user, please follow the link here
http://files.giveawayoftheday.com/ParagonBR10_x64.zip
Please read product description carefully to avoid misunderstanding!
Also here’s detailed comparison chart for Backup & Recovery Compact and Backup & Recovery 2010 Suite:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/brs/br_comp-vs-suite.html
Please note: WinPE CD is not included into this GOTD!
64 bit users: as always for Paragon, there is a separate link to download 64 bit version! Stop commenting that it is not supported!!!
Look for “If you are x64 system user, please follow the link here”
Or the link is: http://files.giveawayoftheday.com/ParagonBR10_x64.zip
125 mb is so huge size for backup and recovery software
and there are alot of other b&r software better than this one
and they are free so simple
by the way i used paragon HD manager before in fact all softwares from this company are huge in size and with ugly interface
right now am using to do backup software from easeus and am realy satisfied
the website is http://www.todo-backup.com/
This may be a really stupid question, but here goes: If I wish to backup from a 32-bit system, and restore onto a 64-bit system, do I have to get both packages?
#9 if you backup from a 32-bit system you can not use that backup to restore to s 64-bit system. At least that has been my experience in dealing with backups. Oh and By the Way Thanks GOTD this is a nice addition to the other Paragon tools offered previously.
#9 You can restore 32x system to 64x hardware, but you will need to restore from Recovery CD created by Paragon Backup and Recovery Compact. there is no need to save both 32x and 64x installers for this purpose.
I have been using the free version of this for a few months now. This looks exactly the same with a few extra bells and whistles such as incremental and differential backups. In my experience this software, is safe, reliable and stable and does exactly what it says on the tin. Super easy to create bootable USB Flash recovery media. The only failure I had was as a result of bad sectors on my HDD. Once repaired everything has run totally smoothly. Takes my netbook about 10mins to back up 11 GB of operating system. Backup file is about 6GB.
Strongly recommended.
#9 You may be able to restore a 32x file system to a 64x box – but it’s very likely that the system will not work – as the drivers for the hardware will be different and will just crash on startup.
Will this software do complete images of your entire hard drive to an external USB hard drive? Multiple drives on the same computer? I checked the website, and my eyes can’t follow the row across a wide computer screen and see if the dots line up to what features, my eyes are tired and get off level with no lines to make rows I can follow. I can copy individual folders of music, videos, and photos myself without third-party software. Are these images (If Paragon Compact makes them) more reliable, or have more features, than the ones Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit makes natively? If one of my system files gets corrupted, or an .ini file I need to run one of my applications gets broken during a sudden shutdown of Windows, can I restore a single file from backup (image), or do I need to buy the complete Paragon Disk Manager 2010 Suite to do that, or Acronis, or Genie or something else for that functionality? Years ago I had a tool called GoBack by Roxio that did that, it saved my butt many times, but it didn’t make disc images, and then Norton bought it and sold it for awhile, and then it disappeared from sale, but I hear Genie does almost the same thing. Does Paragon Compact create disc images, several versions of images, if so does it allow restore of individual files? Thank you GOTD for whatever level of satisfaction this turns out to offer, this isn’t the first time I have heard of Paragon, also for their partition products for the inexperienced (I don’t know how to make them, find them confusing).
Does anyone know how this version differs from the version given away a month ago (Paragon System Backup 2010 Special Edition (English Version) )?
If you’re curious or concerned about the download size of Paragon’s backup apps, once installed they *typically* take up roughly 120MB, but 60MB of that is the bootable CD/USB rescue disc image, & an added 40MB goes to html files used for example by the built-in [& pretty complete] help.
There are plenty of backup apps out there, but only Paragon & Acronis make it to the top tier — Acronis will set you back $100, is geared much more towards corp IT than any individual or home user, & doesn’t match Paragon’s feature set. [In all fairness Seagate does provide a stripped down, Acronis backup app for their customers, so if you have 1 of their drives installed -- it checks -- it is possible to get a minimal version for free.] EASUS does make a Very good partitioning app, but their [always free] backup solution is almost unusable. Lately [at least here in the US] companies are starting to advertise backup to on-line storage, which is good for critical data *if/when you trust their security*, but you need much more than the average broadband bandwidth if you expect to use it for more than critical data files.
If you’re not familiar with the way backup software works, it all boils down to two different types: file backup [copying files somewhere else], & using a disk image [an exact copy of all the ones & zeros stored on your drive]. Now data is stored in 1s & 0s, & the OS [Windows, *nix etc] translates those into the individual files that makes or allows everything to work. Making/restoring an image backup skips that translation, presenting both pros & cons — in a nutshell you *have* to do that translation sooner or later, & when you do it *might* cost you… Most of the time you’re backing up as a precaution, so the increased speed creating an image file is a Big plus. Being faster helps when you’re restoring a complete backup, moving [&/or cloning] to a new drive/partition, & based on 1 large file [that can be split over several DVDs], backup images simplify managing backups you’ve stored, while often taking up less space. On the downside, while Paragon Backup software can handle it, when/if you only need some of the files in a backup image, it takes more time & effort than simply copying those files from one place to another — with a file backup it’s not such a big deal because while they’re usually compressed, individual files are still stored as individual files, with no added translation from 1s & 0s necessary… to restore a single file from a disk image, you have to *mount* that image [essentially restore it to a real or virtual drive], & then copy whatever file(s) you need.
Backup software features…
Paragon [& many other] backup apps allow you to do *Incremental* [Paragon calls it differential] backups… that means backup just the changes since the last time you backed up. For file backups this can sometimes be a time-saver — for image backups not so much… that *translation* I talked about is necessary before files can be compared to see what’s changed.
I normally just restore an image backup wherever I need it, so why have or use disk/partition copy?… If you have a LOT of data/files to copy or move, it can be faster [no translation -- just 1s & 0s] [you can also use apps like the free FastCopy]. NTFS [the newer, better Windows file system] adds a new twist if you have drive problems… even if it’s wrong, even if it’s been fixed, NTFS will remember, *Never Forget* any & all drive sectors that were marked *Bad*. THAT can cause problems when you go to use partitioning & defragging software etc. When you clone a drive [e.g. restore a backup image] that bad sector info’s cloned right along with it. You can either copy that drive/partition to another drive/partition, & optionally back again, or go through a bunch of steps in Linux, or hard format the drive/partition & start over. [Note that drive/partition copy is not included in today's GOTD]
Moving a lot of data, whether as files or 1s & 0s, happens *much* faster in a 32 bit, Windows-like environment. Would you rather spend roughly 1/2 an hour restoring a backup, or 3, 4 hours or more? And how much would you want or like that?… the answer determines whether you’ll want to setup a bootable Windows-like environment, or upgrade to the full version Paragon software that includes their WinPE recovery environment. If that sounds too much like a sales pitch, I sincerely apologize — I’m impatient, & won’t/can’t tolerate the long wait, but for many [maybe even most] it’s not that big of a deal, especially since hopefully [knock wood] they’ll never have to go through it anyway.
While there are many more features listed in the comparisons on Paragon’s site, those are IMHO the most relevant to the majority of users — if you’re concerned about viewing/editing sectors you’re not likely to have read this far anyway. ;-) In real-world use, & FWIW, I keep & use Acronis’ free tool from Seagate occasionally when/where I want to do some stuff fast outside of Windows. I use EASEUS Partition Master when/if I want to do something without effecting the rest of Windows — Paragon adjusts Windows for what you’re doing, & recently when I copied a partition to another & back [that NTFS bad sector stuff], I didn’t want/need it to. I use Paragon for everything else, & haven’t found or had a problem.
Hey Paragon! How the heck are you gonna make money when you guys keep on giving away your products huh?
No offense, but this is a fact, if you keep on giving away things, that instead of customers buying your stuff, they are most likely gonna wait until you guys giveaway your things.
I don’t know, but haven’t you guys gave away things a bit too much this year?
~Joji~
#9: “If I wish to backup from a 32-bit system, and restore onto a 64-bit system, do I have to get both packages?”
32 bit version will install in 32 bit Windows — 64 bit will install in 64 bit Windows. If you want to run Paragon Backup in 64 bit Windows, then you’ll want/need to download/install the 64 bit version. Backups will be compatible either way — it’s just the app to backup/restore that’s different. You ***Might*** be able to run the 32 bit version of backup restore in Windows 64 *if* you run the launcher.exe app from a Windows 32 install after you 1st copy qtp-mt334.dll to the program folder from the Windows 32 System32 folder, but ***NO*** guarantees. [I run Paragon Backup *for Restore Only* that way off USB with other portable apps in LiveXP, a 32 bit Windows-like environ... *Most* portable apps work in Windows 64 too, but I've never tried Paragon Backup & right now I'm in XP Pro 32.]
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#11: “You can restore 32x system to 64x hardware, but you will need to restore from Recovery CD created by Paragon Backup and Recovery Compact.”
And you can go out to dinner, maybe wash the car beforehand, perhaps do a bit of housekeeping, take a long nap… ;-)
Just saying…
@ hussain, #8
I like to try, and often use, free software just like the next PC user. That being said, after reviewing TODO’s features, it looks exceedingly similar to Windows XP SP2 Backup utility – a program (utility) that is ALSO free with XP, and I believe available with Vista and Windows 7 as well.
TODO appears to lack option to schedule backups, to incremental backup, or to automatically delete existing backup.
I would miss the ability to execute an incremental backup.
While I cannot say beyond a reasonable doubt, like many free software programs, TODO may simply be a GUI overlay that uses Windows backup. Then again, it may not.
Either way, given its current features, I have to ask, why go TODO when Windows XP SP2 Backup performs the same functions? Sometimes free is not better, its just the same or, worse, less.
Just my 2 cents,
Martin
Is this better than Paragon Disk Backup 9 Pro? Or am I better off just keeping the Pro version?
Thank you
@15-dlooms
Why would anyone give this guy a neg mark?
It’s a very pertinent question!
And Im asking too!!
Does anyone know how this version differs from the version given away a month ago (Paragon System Backup 2010 Special Edition (English Version) )?
If I could time travel to a post-apocaplyptic future and could only take one piece of software with me, it would be Paragon Backup and Recovery Compact Edition. This software is the finest creation known to man and more thought was put into it than did Einstein and his whole ‘Theory of Relativity’ and gravitational phenomena.
There are only 2 things certain in life. Death… and your hard drive will fail. Aren’t you glad Paragon will be there for you (for the hard drive problem. The software doesn’t support death).
Thanks Paragon and GAOTD for today’s awesome giveaway!
Hopefully, I have helped all of you make an informed decision to download.
Thank you,
Boingo
Love it! Running on 64bit windows 7 and backing up to an external hdd. Thanks gaotd! :D
Dear All,
How this app differs from Paragon Drive Backup 2010 SE given away here in December, 2009? Is it worth to download this if I grabbed that one?
Thanks in advance.
Above it says
“Technical Support:
During the Giveaway period Paragon Software provides technical support at http://twitter.com/paragonsoftware. Please, post your questions if you have any troubles while downloading, registering and using the software. Paragon Software’s support team will reply you as soon as possible.”
Pardon me for being Twitter-ignorant, but I cannot see on that page any place to ask a question (I have IE6—please don’t tell me I ought to upgrade…). Can you ask a question and see others’ questions without having to sign up to receive Paragon’s Digeests from now on…?
Thank you!
I’ve been less than consistent in the past regarding backing up my computer. I’ve opted to go to an online service to back up my files. It’s constantly on, adding new files as they’re created. Given what I’m doing, do you see a need for me to take advantage of today’s offering? What protection would it give me in addition to what I’m already doing? All my software is either on disc or as an easily availabe download. (Except, of course, for the GAOTD offerings).
Thanks in advance for your comments.
#21
System Backup and Backup & Recovery are completely different software. Backup & Recovery has more backup/partitioning features and simple interface. System Backup was designed to backup all your storage devices (of course you can choose what to backup if you use special backup wizard which is rather hard to find) and store this image on a special location.
If you want to know more about these two programs follow these links:
System Backup – http://www.paragon-software.com/home/systembackup/comparison.html
Backup & Recovery – http://www.paragon-software.com/home/brs/br_comp-vs-suite.html
Just downloaded and install and it’s Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Free Edition. It does not say anything about Compact Edition… What gives???
I am not a computer expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I downloaded Paragon Drive Backup 2010 SE in December and have had to use it twice, due to a couple of system quirks, and both times it successfully restored and saved my system. It’s easy to use and it works!
downloaded the Pro demo and was surprised, Compact key works also on slightly modified Pro
#20
If you are not using Windows 7 operating system that Drive Backup 9 Pro does not support then it is the best solution for you than Backup & Recovery Compact. Drive Backup 9 Pro has following features, which Backup & Recovery Compact does not have: P2P Adjust Wizard, Disk Wiper, Undelete Wizard and Copy Partition & HDD.
I am always wary of Paragon’s software after their defragmenter destroyed a drive of mine, and they couldn’t have cared less.
The program told me soon after starting that the process would finish in 8 hours – eight hours. I thought I’d do it some other time, but when I pressed Escape to cancel the current job I was warned not to stop the program. Wait 8 hours instead! I couldn’t conceive of the warning being correct so I stopped the defrag – and never saw the data on the disk again.
I still have the couldn’t-care-less emails from Support. There’s a programmer out there and a product manager who are prepared to jeopardise data to such an extent that a user has no way of closing down a busy Paragon program. A ‘paragon’? Not. Take care, seriously.
This is what I have now from the last time I got it from GOTD. Is todays version an upgrade? Thanks!
Paragon Backup and Recovery™ , version 10.0, build 9169 (01.12.09 ) Compact Edition
Components versions:
Paragon Base Services Library, version 1.1, build 9169 (01.12.09 )
hdm.dll, version 10.0, release 10, build 10569
biont.dll, version 10.0, release 10, build 10569
biont.sys, version 10.0, release 10, build 10569
@ martin, #19
firstable did you use TODO before or not?
there are many diferences between built in windows backup tool and TODO
1 lack of bootable cd creation in case of total system fail
2 HD clon in case of changing HD or transfer your system to external HD……
ABOUT schedule backups is useless and make the system down cuz it is runing in background and interfer with your work specialy like me i like play games……
i think i gave you the answer for you Q