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Hard Disk Manager
 

Hard Disk Manager 8.0

Professional Edition

  
   
 
         
     
 
   

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

Basic Hard Disk Partitioning Features:


Advanced Hard Disk Partitioning Features:
File System Performance Optimization:
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
  • 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 MS VSCS)
  • Synthetic Backup (join differential archive with base archive)
  • 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)
  • Backup dynamic volumes
  • Restore dynamic volumes to dynamic ones
  • Backup/Restore to/from the Backup Capsule
  • Create/Resize/Delete the Backup Capsule
  • Save backup archives to physical partitions (without drive letters assigned)
  • Create bootable archives on CD/DVDs
  • Resize while restoring (upwards)
  • Mount partitions automatically after restoring
  • 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
  • Reboot to the Windows Blue Screen Module (Windows NT/2000/XP/2003) or DOS Module (Windows 98), or boot from the Recovery Diskette (Windows Me) when backing up locked partitions (if Hot Backup is disabled)

Hard Disk Copy Features:
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: US 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
  • Set types of scheduling (Once/At system startup/At logon/Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
  • Specify a user name and password for scheduled tasks if necessary
  • Set a date and time of starting scheduled backup
  • Manage scheduled tasks by Tasks Editor

Safety and Recovery:

  • Recovery CD with Unique Interface in XP style for restoring under DOS/Linux4
  • 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 drive letter, edit or copy files and folders
  • Image Explorer - browse backup image, edit and copy files and folders
  • Automatic run of the embedded BootCorrector to correct possible startup problems in the boot.ini file for Windows® NT/2000/XP
  • Operations usually impossible under Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP will be automatically performed in special mode during OS reboot

Advanced features

  • Convert Dynamic Disks to Basic Disks
  • SID Changer
  • Script Generator
  • Script Interpreter - takes job tasks from so-called script files and performs them in automatic mode
  • Script Language Description
  • Command Line Support
  • Email notification - automatic sending email with operation result information
  • Windows NT/2000/2003 Server support (Server Edition only)

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 of Hot Backup/Copy to choose (Paragon Hot Processing - for backup and copy, and Microsoft VSS - only for backup)
  • Hot processing temporary drive

  • Run during backup options (before taking a snapshot, after taking a snapshot, after finishing the backup process)

  • E-mail options (SMTP server, E-mail address, user name, password)

  • Send e-mail notification on apply (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)

  • SID Changer Options

User Interface Features:

  • Virtual pre-execution5
  • 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 places to 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 operation progress in graphic form and step by step
  • Display archive information
  • Windows Blue Screen Module localized as well as the main product modules
 
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