The Knowledge Base offers answers to some of the most common questions. The automatic backup tool enables you to copy an entire disk or just specific files. With Backup and Recovery, it’s easy to manage your data at a glance and create a consistent backup schedule.

Once the data is backed up, Backup and Recovery makes it simple to import it back to the original location. We didn’t encounter any major performance issues while using the application, but the backup took slightly longer than expected. Unfortunately, Mac users can currently only access the program on macOS 10.15. Paragon Backup and Recovery has relatively low system requirements and should work well on any computer running Windows 7 or newer, although it’s worth noting that as Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft, you probably should have upgraded your OS by now. Regular backups help avoid the need to recover lost or corrupted files as other versions of your files are kept safely elsewhere. It’s easy to set up a bootable USB drive as Backup and Recovery walks you through each step of the process. But for basic or infrequent operations, it'll do fine.This backup of 4.61 GB took roughly 15 minutes. Partitioning and managing disk drives requires care and attention to detail, and experienced users will probably want more flexibility and control than Paragon Partition Manager 2014 Free offers. The only available partition space it found was on our C drive (which we did not want to change) not our 320GB D drive or the 650GB external drive with 93GB of free space we wanted to partition.Ĭhaos potential: Inexperienced users who want to create a separate partition for their music files (for example) on their C drive might accidentally wipe the wrong partition (Paragon recommends backups we strongly agree). Too little control: The software looks for the first disk to create a partition, then the next, and so on. It's free: Users have comparatively few choices in freeware disk partitioning tools, so Paragon's entry is certainly welcome.Ĭomplicated documentation: We're not sure which is more complex the software's algorithms or the documentation explaining them. Mac and back: A built-in NTSF/HFS+ Conversion Wizard can make your Windows disks accessible to your Mac and your Mac disks accessible in Windows. All you have to do is check some basic options and let the software do the rest.

Mostly automated: Paragon Partition Manager scans your disks to identify existing partitions and available free space. Advanced users may need more control than this software's algorithms permit. Paragon Partition Manager 2014 Free aims to make it easy to create, resize, reformat, and delete hard disk partitions, but its wizard-based processes compromise flexibility.

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