That aside we'd certainly trust Paragon Disk Manager Suite 14 with our disks and data.Įditors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite 14.Unlike traditional backup tools, designed to work with physical machines, Paragon’s solution can operate at the virtualization layer, employing MS VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) to provide agentless backup and restore of any guest machine of Hyper-V. Paragon Disk Manager Suite 14 combines both (and more) in one toolkit, but the User Manual and Help file issue needs to be addressed. Bottom Lineĭisk management utilities and backup utilities are two types of software we've never minded paying for since they're critical. For a powerful disk utility, it's potentially disastrous.įree gets closer: Freeware disk utilities are gaining ground in features and performance, though the premium packages like Paragon still hold an edge, especially in support. Manual labor: Despite a tile for the User Manual, the all-but-empty Help file instructed us to download the manual via a link we couldn't access. But if you're still running Windows 2000 or XP, the publishers have you covered.

Not forgotten: Most users don't need to install the optional HotCore Driver for Windows 2000. It supports major VMs including Oracle and VMWare.

Virtual machinery: Paragon let us virtualize our system or start our OS after an unsuccessful migration using a third-party program. Windows 8: Paragon's tools are fully compatible with Windows 8, and its tile-based quick launch interface looks at home in Windows 8 systems.īackups: The Smart Backup Wizard backs up disks or partitions, email, media files, documents, or any files or folders plus you don't have to buy a separate backup utility.

It's a premium suite that you can try for free for 30 days. Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite 14 can back up, restore, copy, and partition hard drives migrate your OS to a new disk securely wipe data transfer files and more.

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