Paragon Partition Manager 14 Home with free updates [for PC]

The market leader! Proven reliability for all kinds of partitioning tasks

• Advanced hard drive partitioning without data loss
• Convenient split partition wizard
• 2TB+ and AFD drives support
• Alignment aware partitioning and disk management
• Full Windows 8.1 support

Partitioning and Optimization Features

New Partitioning Engine

A completely new, extremely strong engine for all partitioning tasks that works generically with all modern hard drive technologies

Basic and Advanced Partitioning

Create, format, delete, undelete, hide or unhide partition; set partition active/inactive; set, change or remove drive letter; change hard disk partition label (Volume Label); convert file systems without formatting; check file system integrity; run complete surface test

Split Partitions

Separate the OS and data, or different types of data by splitting one partition into two different partitions of the same type and file system

Merge Partitions

Consolidate 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 unallocated on-disk space and the unused space of other partitions

Update Automatic Partition Alignment

Optimize performance of your hard disk during partitioning operations (not all operations are supported*)

Boot Manager

Easily manage several operating systems on one computer

Backup and Recovery Features

Simple Backup Wizard

Backup a partition or hard drive to a local or network drive to safeguard data before executing complex operations

New Backup to VD Wizard

Backup separate partitions or entire hard disks to a new pVHD (Paragon Virtual Hard Drive) format – a special VHD, optimized for storing backups of virtual and physical machines. pVHD allows obtaining backups that are up to four times smaller than original backup objects!

Restore Wizard

The opposite of backup, use restore operations when the system fails to start up or files are accidentally lost**

New Restore from VD Wizard

Restore entire hard disks, separate partitions, or certain files and folders from pVHD (Linux-based recovery environment only)

Hot Processing Options

Live backup is a key feature for any backup software. The product has a highly flexible, improved configuration for two different methods of hot processing: Paragon HotBackup and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

Improved write-operations by using asynchronous backup

Improve the speed of the backup processing by using asynchronous writing operations

Comprehensive recovery environment

Recovery environment based on the latest Linux is available on CD/DVD/Blu-ray or thumb drives

Boot Corrector

Fix most system boot problems that result from human or program error, or a boot virus activity**

Supported Technologies and Operating Systems

New Support for Windows 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP

Accomplish any operation under Windows 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP

New User-friendly Interface

The user interface is now fully compatible with the Windows 8 streamlined, tile-oriented interface, offering a Metro-style Express Launcher and a ribbon-based full scale launcher

New Recovery Media Builder

Prepare either Linux-based recovery environment on a USB thumb drive or in an ISO file.

Support for Apple HFS+

Not only resize, but also create, format or gain read-only access to HFS+ file systems

New Support of GPT/uEFI configurations

Perform operations under a 64-bit Windows configured to the uEFI-based boot mode

New Complete uEFI Support

Adjust your 64-bit Windows system configured to the uEFI boot mode to successfully start up OS after restore. The Linux-based recovery environment supports systems configured to the uEFI boot mode.

New Full Windows Storage Spaces Support

Use existing hard drives and combine them to one big storage to save videos or other large files. Easily manage large storage pools directly in your program with full Windows Storage Spaces support!

New Separate x86 and x64 Installation Packages

The x86 installation package includes x86 product binaries and the x86 Linux recovery environment. The x64 installation package includes x64 product binaries and two Linux recovery environments (x86 and x64 EFI-compatible)

Support for the latest HDD standards

Enjoy support for AFD (Advanced Format Drive), 2TB+ and non-512B sector size drives

Support for USB 3.0

Manage external hard drives more effectively by using all the benefits of a USB 3.0 interface

Check FS Integrity and Data Loss Policies

Specify the acceptable balance between the operation performance and the risk of data loss