Take a look at the Suite version as an alternative. If you're a regular home user, just looking for straightforward partitioning, copy and backup tools, then this is probably overkill. Essentially it's replaced the menus with a new ribbon, but is otherwise fairly similar to before. The 'quick launcher' has a very 'Windows 8' look if that doesn't appeal, don't worry, the main program hasn't changed quite so much. There's better compatibility everywhere, with new and enhanced support for Windows 8.1, Apple HFS+, Windows Storage Spaces, and all the latest virtualisation software (MS Virtual PC, VMware Workstation 10.0, VMware Fusion, and Oracle VirtualBox 4).Īnd this is all presented in a new interface. There's full uEFI support, including the ability to create a bootable GPT/uEFI-compatible backup capsule for your 64-bit Windows installation, making it easy to repair any problems.Ī new, simpler Recovery Media Builder can build bootable WinPE or Linux-based recovery environments itself, with no need to install further Windows development tools (ADK, WAIK). You can save partitions or entire disks - real or virtual - to pVHDs, then mount and restore them from Windows, WinPE or Linux. New features to both suites (Suite and Professonal) include the pVHD format, a special VHD file which comes optimised for backups. You get more backup and virtualisation options a GPT Loader allows Windows XP systems to access modern high-capacity drives and powerful scripting tools mean you can automate all of these operations, without any browsing through the GUI. Low-level optimisations - change cluster size, defragment/ compact the MFT - ensure the maximum possible performance. Paragon Hard Disk Manager 14 Professional takes this further with Bitlocker and dynamic volume support. And there are tools to copy drives, fix boot problems, save drives to virtual disk formats, convert drives between file systems (no formatting required), wipe disks to destroy confidential data, and more. You're able to back up anything from emails, to your documents folder, individual partitions or an entire hard drive.

The package includes everything you get in Hard Disk Manager 14 Suite. You can create, format, merge, split, delete or undelete partitions. Paragon Hard Disk Manager 14 Professional is a comprehensive suite of tools that comes ready to handle all your hard drive management needs.

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