Paragon
Hard Disk Manager Professional is an integrated set of powerful tools that
is specially designed to tackle most of the problems encountered while using
Windows PC. It includes all the latest technologies in managing stand-alone
Windows® environments: drive partitioning and file system optimization, disaster
recovery and system migration, data sanitization and boot management for both,
virtual and physical systems. And it's open to Boot Camp users as well!
All the necessary tools you need to manage and maintain your hard drive in one
advanced toolset! The professional edition manages your system's hard drive(s)
through every stage of its lifecycle: from placing a new drive into service,
setting up real and secured dual boot environment, advanced partitioning without
data loss, regular backups of system and data, solving any boot problems,
restoring your system from bare metal state and much more.
HDM 2010 Professional allows you to:
* Put your new hard drive into service.
* Perform advanced partitioning operations.
* Safely run multiple operating systems on the same PC.
* Effortlessly manage and switch between multiple operating systems.
* Make hard disk image backups without interrupting your work flow.
* Cyclic Backup - "Set and forget" backup policy that performs regular backups
and automatically manages them.
* Differential and Synthetic Backup.
* Restore your workstation in case of a system crash from a bare-metal state.
* Clone your old hard drive and deploy a new one eliminating time consuming OS
and applications installation and adjustment.
* Automate any operation from hard disk imaging to partitioning with the help of
the built-in scheduling and automation capabilities.
* Securely erase your critical data - prevents recovery even with advanced
recovery tools.
* An extremely flexible package that supports a wide range of software and
hardware.
* All functionality is easily accessible from one standalone package, so you
don't need to purchase any other application.
Key Features of Hard Disk Manager Professional Edition:
• Support for Windows 7 - Accomplish any operation under Windows 7
• Easy Partition Resize - Resize partitions directly on the Disk Map with the
drag-and-drop technique
• Merge Partitions - Consolidate the disk space, from two adjacent partitions
(NTFS, FAT16/FAT32), into a single, larger partition
• Redistribute Free Space - Increase free space on one partition by utilizing
the on-disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions
• Boot Manager - Easily manage several operating systems on one computer
• Live imaging and migration - Protect or migrate Windows systems online with
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (MS VSS) or Paragon Hot Processing
• All existing backup techniques - Sector and file level backups with
differential or incremental updates as well as an exclusive file complement
• Any backup destination - Local mounted/un-mounted partitions, external
storages, CD/DVD/Blu-ray discs, network shares, New FTP servers as well as the
secured hidden partition (Backup Capsule)
• Cyclic Backup - Establish a self-acting data protection system that is fully
compliant with the Set-and-Forget Backup Policy
• Smart Backup Wizard - Back up exactly what you need, with the best backup
technique automatically chosen according to the type of data you wish to protect
• Archive Database - Easily manage multiple backup images (get properties, add,
delete, mount, etc.)
• Advanced system of filters - Automate the process of building up contents of
future backup images by excluding irrelevant data such as movies, music, etc.
• Synthetic Backup - Change any property (merge a given differential image with
its full image, split/un-split, compress/de-compress, etc.) of an existing
backup without carrying out a physical backup operation
• Selective Restore - Easily extract files and folders from a backup image
through the Restore Wizard without the need to restore an entire image
• Scheduling for the File backup - Set up a timetable for any file-based backup
operation, thus providing a new level of flexibility
Encryption and password protection for backups Guarantee security for your
confidential data
• Support for major virtual machines - MS Virtual PC, VMware Workstation, VMware
Fusion, MS Windows Vista/7 backup, Parallels Workstation
• Wide migration options - P2V, P2V Restore, V2P, V2V, update P2P, migration of
Windows 7installed on .vhd
• Connect VD - Connect and work with virtual disks as if they are physical
• P2V Adjust OS / P2P Adjust OS - Make OS start up after unsuccessful migration
or virtualization with 3rd party tools
• Comprehensive recovery environments - Three types to choose from, based on the
latest Linux, DOS, and New WinPE 2.1, available on CD/DVD/Blu-ray, thumb drives,
and Backup Capsule
• Disaster recovery for Apple Boot Camp - Protect dual-boot Macs from the
Windows side or in the Linux or WinPE 2.1 recovery environments
• Boot Corrector - Fix most system boot problems that result from human or
program error, or a boot virus activity
• Data Wiping - Destroy all on-disk information or only remnants of deleted
files/directories with a custom algorithm or the US DoD 5220.22-M military
standard
• NTFS and FAT defragmentation - 27 defragmentation strategies, MFT
defragmentation and shrinking, low free space defragmentation (less than 1% of
the free space required)
• Smart Driver Injector - Make the process of adding new drivers smooth and easy
• Script Generator - Chain multiple operations into one job and make a script to
execute it later on computers locally or remotely in the unattended mode
• Better support for 64-bit platforms - Your computer will automatically be
rebooted to native Windows boot-up mode to complete operations which cannot be
accomplished under 64-bit Windows
• Better support for GUID Partition Table (GPT) - Back up and restore not only
single GPT volumes but entire disks, including the option of resize during the
restore operation
• Better support for Apple Boot Camp - Not only back up and restore this kind of
configuration, but copy single volumes or entire disks with resize
• Better support for Linux ExtFS - From Ext2FS to the new Ext4FS
What's new in 2010 version:
* Easy Partition Resize
* Express Create Partition Wizard
* Express Resize Partitions Wizard
* P2P Adjust OS
* Smart Driver Injector
* Smart Backup Wizard
* Backup to an FTP server
* Selective Restore
* Scheduling for the File backup
* Advanced system of filters
* Boot Corrector for WinPE
* The latest Linux kernel (Linux-based recovery environment )
* WinPE 2.1 recovery environment
* Safe Defragmentation Mode
* More flexibility for online data processing techniques
* Better support for 64-bit platforms
* Better support for GUID Partition Table (GPT)
* Better support for Apple Boot Camp
* Better support for Linux ExtFS
Professional Edition only:
* Support for major virtual machines
* Wide migration options: P2V, V2P, V2V, P2P, migration of Windows 7installed on
.vhd
* P2V Adjust OS
* Connect VD
