Paragon K1 Fast Driver Review

Partition Magic ROFLMAO! Seriously, it was a good product until the owners sold it to Symantec who killed it.Besides the free MiniTool PWHE bootable CD, I’ve had good experiences with the free gparted (included with almost every Linux distro). You can copy partitions freely between drives of your choice.OTOH I’ve tried many, many free Windows based partitioners and most suck bigtime because they lack functionality or can’t run on a modern, non-DOS based bootable CD image (by M$FT design).Besides backups, is there something PHDM 16 Basic can do that gparted cannot?

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Backups in a proprietary format are perilous. This is disappointing. I understand the need for Paragon to tier up their customers so as to generate revenue, but the first, free tier for partition is Windows. The whole point of using something else than Windows Disk Management is to access the functions that are missing from it.For instance, can Hard Disk Manager Free move a partition?

Or just move rightwards its left limit? That, Windows 7 cannot do, and the Paragon comparison table does not say. It does not get into that level of detail.Paragon Partition Manager 14 Free was able to shave off some free space from a partition and add it to a non-contiguous partition. Can Hard Disk Manager Free do that? The comparison table does not say. It certainly looks like the bar for free features has been lowered with the merge into Hard Disk Manager.Furthermore, the paid-for version of Hard Disk Manager is horrendously expensive, at 80 €.

This, for a product aimed at home users. We don’t even know if this extortionate price allows the program to be used by several people, or to be installed on several computers. The licencing details may be hidden somewhere, but I did not find them.However, it seems that Paragon Partition Manager 15 Home is still available, at a more reasonable price of 40 €:Also, I hate free software that dangle under your nose, in big red letters, features you’re not allowed to access. Either offer it for free, or keep it to yourself.

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Do offer an upgrade path if you must, but do it in a more classy, subtle way. If you insist on reminding me, each time I use your program, how rotten and devoid of features it is, I might opt for something else to begin with.Finally, the activation system is worryingly intrusive. Will it reject disposable email addresses? Will Paragon use it for privacy-defeating behaviour? We don’t know. A partition program typically needs administrative rights.

That, plus asking for an “account”, is not a good combination.On an unrelated note, I was pleased to learn that Paragon is German. It has that typical German feel: tacky, but thorough and well-explained. I came over to Paragon about 5 years ago from Acronis. Acronis kept labeling my archives bad when I went to check them. How could I trust it?

Nope I couldn’t. In the last 5 years using Paragon I have made many backups and backup modules and everyone has always checked out ok no matter how old it was. I have made at least a 100 hard drive images with Hard Disk Manager. When it came time to restore a hard drive every one “I SAID EVERY ONE” saved my butt and restored perfectly. I really put the Images to the test when I make one I restore it immediately to test it.

I have 100% faith when using my Hard Disk Manager for making Images.I admit i don’t use to much of the other stuff but for backing up hard drives I don’t break a sweat.I didn’t like the fact that to try this 16 it made me uninstall my 15 first and i don’t like the looks of this new one. I don’t know maybe the lines need to be bolder it looks light and airy and pastel.

Like something a woman would have in their purse.