Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2009 Pro Edition v9.09.8130.X86

Hard Disk Manager 2009 Professional

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 2009 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
* Add changed and new files to a previously created image
* Restore your workstation crash from a bare-metal state
* Clone your old hard drive and deploy a new one, eliminating time consuming OS and applications installation and adjustments
* Automate any operation from hard disk imaging to partitioning with the help of the built-in scheduling and automation capabilities
* Securely erase your confidential 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

Hard Disk Manager 2009 Professional - Key Features and Benefits:

Complete set of system tools
HDM 2009 Professional provides you with the most complete and advanced hard drive maintenance tools available.

Put new HDD into operation
Divide your new hard drive into several partitions. Set up partitions for new drives by using the bootable CD with a special version of Hard Disk Manager.

Backup/Restore
Backup your hard drives, partitions or dynamic volumes regularly and automatically with the Advanced Scheduler. Save the images to CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc, another hard drive, on a network or place them into a securely protected hard drive area in our exclusive Backup Capsule. Paragon's Hot Backup technology allows you to continue working while you back up your drive, without any significant performance delays.

Advanced Recovery Utilities
Fast, easy and complete recovery (including operating system, installed software and settings) in case of system crashes or other disasters.

File-level and Image-level backups
new Add only changed or new files to a previously created image. Each backup level and each file can be restored separately! Restore your system to a specified date at anytime.

new Exclude files and folders from an image
Now you can exclude unimportant or already stored files and folders from a backup image to save HD space and working time.

new Adaptive Restore
A powerful and unique technology that allows you to restore Windows Vista to different types of hardware or to virtual machines.

Optimization and Defragmentation
Keep your system performing like when it was first installed! A powerful defragmentation and filesystem optimization utility tunes your system for maximum performance.

Data migration
Migrate your data to a new workstation or a single HDD. Paragon HotCopy™ allows you to create an exact copy of a hard drive (sector-by-sector copy) without restarting Windows. This helps keep all your valuable data safe.

Secure disk wiping
Take hard disks out of service by securely wiping all the private data it contains. Paragon's algorithms of data disposal work on the kernel level and delete all the data without any chance of restoration.

new Full MS Windows Vista and Apple® BootCamp™ support
Compatible with Windows Vista™ (32bit and 64bit). Includes updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period. Full support of Apple® BootCamp™.

new Upgradeable Demo
Demo Version upgradeable to complete version - no further downloads or installations needed.

Full Features

New features
Basic Hard Disk Partitioning Features
Advanced Hard Disk Partitioning Features
File System Performance Optimization
Backup/Restore Features
Advanced Backup/Restore Features
Hard Disk Copy Features
Disk Wiping Features
Scheduling Features
Safety and Recovery
Auxiliary utilities
Advanced features
Program Settings
User Interface Features

New features

* Full Windows Vista support (32bit and New 64bit)
* File-level backup
* File-level complement to image-based backup
* Exclude files and folders from a backup image
* Adaptive Restore with Windows Vista - Restore to completely different hardware
* Blu-ray disc support (BD-R and BD-RE)
* Support of GPT-formatted discs - including resize while restoring
* Apple® BootCamp™ Support
* Dual-boot Backup Capsule with Linux and DOS recovery environments
* Create bootable recovery media on a USB flash drive
* Boot Corrector with BCD support to solve common boot problems
* "Install New OS" Wizard
* MSI Package: Remote and silent installation, software deployment
* Demo version upgradeable to complete version

Basic Hard Disk Partitioning Features

* Create, format and delete partitions 1
* Hide/unhide partition, set partition active/inactive
* Copy and move partition of any file system, quick and sector-by-sector modes 2
* Set or change drive letter (Windows 2000/XP only)
* Change hard disk partition Label (Volume Label)

Advanced Hard Disk Partitioning Features

* Resize hard disk partitions with data 1
* Hot Resize (upward) - enlarge NTFS partition without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work 1
* Convert file system
- FAT16 to FAT32 and vice versa
- FAT16/32 to NTFS and vice versa
- Ext2 FS to Ext3 FS and vice versa
* Merge hard disk partitions (even hard disk partitions of different file systems) 1
* Undelete hard disk partition 1
* Redistribute Free Space
* Check File System Integrity
* Convert Primary hard disk partition to Logical and vice versa
* Change hard disk Partition ID (hard disk partition signature)
* Change hard disk Partition Primary Slot (in Master Boot Record)
* Update MBR (Master Boot Record) with standard code
* Convert NTFS revision (from one to another within Windows NT, 2000 and XP)
* Change FAT parameters - boot size, root size

File System Performance Optimization

* Change cluster size 1
* Defragment File System 1
* Defragment NTFS core structure - MFT (Master File Table)

Backup/Restore Features

* Backup/Restore an entire hard disk
* Backup/Restore a separate partition
* Backup/Restore all kinds of partitions: primary, extended, logical
* Backup/Restore the first track of a hard disk
* Backup/Restore the MBR
* Backup/Restore a combination of disks, partitions etc to/from one archive (several disks or/and partitions at the same time)
* Restore a separate partition (or a set of partitions) from a backup image of the whole hard disk
* Schedule backup operations
* Browse backup images (by Image Explorer and Volume Explorer)
* Restore separate files and folders from backup archives by Image Explorer and Volume Explorer
* Save backup images to local drives
* Save backup images to network drives
* Burn a backup archive to CD/DVDs (or write them to ISO-image files for later burning)
* Set archive names and add comments
* Possibility to add long comments to describe archives
* Interrupt backup operations if necessary

Advanced Backup/Restore Features

* Hot Backup of locked partitions
* Differential Backup
* Support of two technologies for Hot Backup (Paragon Hot Processing/ Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service)
* Synchronous Backup of multiple volumes (with VSS)
* Synthetic Backup (join differential archives with a base archive)
* Incremental Copy Option significantly speeds up your cloning process; copy only sectors changed since the last copy action
* Execute commands automatically before/after backup
* Split/Re-split/De-split (glue) existing archives
* Compress/Re-compress/De-compress existing archives
* Encrypt/Re-encrypt/De-encrypt existing archives (and change a password)
* Hot Backup of dynamic volumes
* Restore dynamic volumes to dynamic ones
* Restore dynamic disks with auto resize
* Backup/Restore to/from Paragon's Backup Capsule
* Create/Resize/Delete the Backup Capsule
* Archive database helps the user to easily manage backup images (get properties, add, delete, etc.)
* Save backup archives to physical partitions (without assigned drive letters)
* Create bootable archives on CD/DVDs
* Resize while restoring (upwards)
* "Restore with Shrink" function provides the possibility to restore a backup image to a free block of smaller size, taking into account only the amount of actual data of the image
* Mount partitions automatically after restoring
* Mount archive of an individual partition to easily browse its contents and copy the required information, even with standard Windows tools
* Check archive integrity when creating archives
* Check archive integrity of existing archives
* Check existing Recovery Media
* Check existing bootable archives
* Burn existing archives to CD/DVDs
* Boot the computer directly from Paragon's Backup Capsule (no external recovery media is required) and perform restore operations when the operating system is corrupt or you have other boot problems
* Reboot to the Windows Blue Screen Module (Windows NT/2000/XP/2003) when backing up locked partitions (if Hot Backup is disabled)

Hard Disk Copy Features

* Copy an entire hard disk to another hard disk (larger or smaller)
* Copy a specified partition to free area (not assigned to any partition, larger or smaller)
* Copy with resize 3
* Hot Copy
* Scheduler for setting up automatic copy operations

Disk Wiping Features

* Wipe a partition
* Wipe an entire hard disk
* Wipe only free space (destroy any remnants of deleted files/directories left on disk without affecting the used data)
* Wiping methods: U.S. DoD, Paragon's, Simple (in menu item)
* Your own customized wiping method (extreme customization option - 4 wiping patterns with up to 99 passes each)

Scheduling Features

* Scheduler - built-in tool for scheduling recurring operations
* Cyclic Backup performs regular backups and automatically manages them
* Set types of scheduling (Once/At system startup/At logon/Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
* Specify a user name and password for scheduled tasks
* Set a starting date and time for using the scheduled backup
* Manage scheduled tasks by Tasks Editor
* "Shutdown After Apply" function sets the computer to automatically switch off upon successful accomplishment of any scheduled operation

Safety and Recovery

* Recovery CD with Unique Interface in XP style for restoring under DOS/Linux 4
* Recovery Media Builder - creates CDs/DVDs(or even a floppy disk) that you can boot from and recover your system
* Linux LDM support on Recovery CD
* Network support on Recovery CD - map network shares to access or place backup image over LAN
* Power Shield ™ technology - resuming critical partitioning operations after power failure
* Resuming critical operations after power failure
* Treating bad sectors - surface test can be optionally used for format, copy, move and resize operations
* Retesting disk surface for partitions with data, relocating files from encountered bad blocks
* Automatic generation and sending operations logs over email for quick and easy technical support

Auxiliary utilities

* Built-in, simple Disk Editing utility
* Unpack & Burn Wizard - Just three clicks to burn your own Recovery CD
* Volume Explorer (fully embedded in program interface) - browse FAT, NTFS, Ext2 or Ext3 FS partition without a drive letter, edit or copy files and folders
* Image Explorer - browse backup images, edit and copy files and folders
* Automatically run an embedded BootCorrector to correct possible startup problems in the boot.ini file for Windows® 2000/XP
* Operations usually impossible under Windows 2000/XP will be automatically performed in special mode during OS reboot

Advanced features

* Convert Dynamic Disks to Basic Disks
* Security Identification (SID) Changer
* Script Generator
* Script Interpreter - takes job tasks from script files and performs them in automatic mode
* Script Language Description
* Command Line Support
* Email notification - automatically send summary emails with results of completed operations

Program Settings

* Verify data written
* Enable data loss protection (restart)
* Try to access non-BIOS cylinders
* Control archive integrity
* Set image file names automatically
* Compress backup images (No/Fast/Normal/Best)
* Split backup images (set split size)
* Enable 64KB clusters for FAT16
* Ask volume label before deleting
* Convert FAT16 to FAT32 automatically when copying (if resizing upwards is needed)
* Set surface test levels (none, normal, extreme)
* File system conversion options (Time Zone, File name language, Confirm before conversion)
* Process all sectors one by one or do not process unused sectors (both for backup and copy operations)
* Skip auxiliary files (pagefile.sys, hyberfil.sys)
* Burn every CD/DVD disk to the end
* Set burning speed (Maximum/Medium/Minimum/Automatic selection)
* Specify a bootable part for bootable archives
* Set options for bootable archives
* ISO image folder
* Disable/Enable Hot Backup/Copy (always or only when a partition is locked)
* Two options for Hot Backup/Copy: Paragon Hot Processing for backup and copy, and Microsoft VSS for backup only)
* Hot processing of a temporary drive
* 64-bit Support (EM64T, AMD64) for Paragon Hot Processing
* Run during backup options (before taking a snapshot, after taking a snapshot, and after finishing the backup process)
* E-mail options (SMTP server, E-mail address, user name, password)
* Send e-mail notification upon task execution (Destination e-mail address, Complete report after applying, HTML or text format, Send graphical disk view)
* Virtual mode options (enabled/disabled, Close progress dialog automatically)
* Operation dependency options (E-mail notification/ Shutdown connected)
* Wipe Options (Default wipe method)
* Security Identification (SID) Changer Options

User Interface Features

* Virtual pre-execution 5
* Flexible and adjustable launcher interface
* Wizards for the majority of operations
* Embedded HTML browser with navigation through toolbars and menus
* Multiple means of control and navigation (pull-down menus, user-defined menus, toolbars, active icons, bookmarks)
* Contextual operations
* Many ways to access and run the same operations, depending on user preferences
* Display hard disk configuration in graphic form (Disk View)
* Display all disk and partition properties (total size, size of used and free space, partition types, file systems, etc.)
* Display estimated archive size
* Display progress of operations in a graphic form and step-by-step
* Display archive information
* Windows Blue Screen Module localized as well as the main product modules

System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
Supported HDD Interfaces
Supported CD/DVD and other Removable Media Formats
Supported File Systems
System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

* New Full support for Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Windows 2000 Professional
* Windows XP Home Edition
* Windows XP Professional

Supported HDD Interfaces

* SATA RAID
* Parallel ATA (IDE)
* Serial ATA (SATA)
* SCSI
* All levels of SCSI, IDE and SATA RAID controllers
* IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
* USB 1.x/2.0
* New Large hard disks support (>2TB)
* PC card storage devices

Supported CD/DVD and other Removable Media Formats

* CD-R
* CD-RW
* DVD-R
* DVD-RW
* DVD+R
* DVD+RW
* DVD+/-R (DL)
* New Blu-ray disc (BD-R and BD-RE)
* Support for ZIP®, Jazz® and other removable media

Supported File Systems

* NTFS (v1.2, v3.0, v3.1)
* FAT16
* FAT32
* Ext2FS
* Ext3FS
* Linux Swap
* HPFS
* Other file systems (in sector-by-sector mode)

System Requirements

* CPU: Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent, with 300 MHz or higher processor clock speed
* RAM: 256 MB required (512 MB for Windows PE Recovery CD)
* Disk space: 150 MB free space
* Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
* Mouse
* Extra: CD/DVD drive (Blu-ray disc-R and Blu-ray disc-RE Support), SVGA video adapter and monitor

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