April 7, 2010This giveaway is not available any more.
Get the original! Paragon Software’s advanced partitioning tools help you completely control and manage your hard disks.
With growing hard drive capacity, the need to reasonably split up the space is more important than ever. This easy-to-use partitioning tool is ideal for re-structuring your hard disk for optimal and effective data storage.
Technical Support:
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| System Requirements: | Windows 7/Vista/XP (32/64-bit); 300 MHz or higher; RAM 256 MB; Hard disk drive with 100 MB of available space; Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher; SVGA video adapter and monitor |
| Publisher: | Paragon Software |
| Homepage: | http://www.paragon-software.co... |
| File Size: | 128 MB |
| Price: | $39.95 |
This software was available as a giveaway on April 7, 2010, this giveaway is not available any more.
You can download the trial version of this software at http://www.paragon-software.co....
Terms and conditions
Please note that the software you download and install during the Giveaway period comes with the following important limitations:
1) No free technical support; 2) No free upgrades to future versions; 3) Strictly personal usage.
THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, END USER ASSUMES THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE PRODUCT.
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The Good
* Fairly easy to use – simple on-screen wizards to guide you through each task.
* Can create, expand, resize, merge, delete, undelete, copy, hide, unhide, rename (label and letter), and defrag partitions.
* Supports Windows, Linux, and Mac file system formats for partitions.
o Allows users to easily redistribute space between Windows and Mac partitions.
* Can copy a whole hard drive to another.
* Has error checking utilities.
* Allows users to perform image backups/restores.
o Can do selective restores and “restore partition with resize”.
* Can create recovery media on CD/DVD/USB flash drive.
* Has handy MBR related features.
* Allows users to view partition contents of any file system while in Windows.
The Bad
* Huge download size.
* Doesn’t support WinPE bootable media (Linux-based only).
* When formatting a partition, if partition size is small seeing which partition you have selected is difficult.
* Image backup size estimate is inconsistent and inaccurate.
* You can’t copy a partition into an existing partition.
Free Alternatives
Paragon Partition Manager Free Edition
Partition Wizard
EASEUS Partition Manager Home Edition
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On January 11, 2010, we got Partition Manager 10 Personal already. So this is kind of a step backwards… Anyway, fine for new GOTD users.
Wow! What a gem! This may be the older version (the latest is 10), but don’t miss this.