gHacks technology news » paragon http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Free Paragon Software Special Editions http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/02/free-paragon-software-special-editions/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/02/free-paragon-software-special-editions/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 21:18:31 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=12538 paragon softwareIt has been a while since we last covered free downloads of commercial software programs. This time it is a collection of software programs from Paragon Software. The programs are so called special editions which have a few limitations. Among them a limitation for private usage only, no upgrade possibilities to newer versions and no official support from the developers. The functionality on the other hand is usually close to the commercial version or even exactly the same.

The following software programs are available as special editions:

Just follow the links. They lead to registration websites that ask the visitor to enter a few basic information including the name, email and country. Paragon will send an email to the email account containing the product key and serial number needed to activate the software program on a local computer system. The very same email contains a link to the user profile page at the Paragon website from where the software program can be downloaded.

Update:

Download links for programs that are not listed under My Downloads in the Paragon profile.

Drive Backup 9.0
Partition Manager 9.0
Drive Copy 9
Hard Disk Manager 8.5

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/02/free-paragon-software-special-editions/feed/ 27 O&O DiskImage 3 Express Edition http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/03/oo-diskimage-3-express-edition/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/03/oo-diskimage-3-express-edition/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:46:01 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=6731 O&O DiskImage 3 Express is a backup software that backs up all hard drives that are connected to the computer with the press of a button. That is by far the main selling point of O&O DiskImage 3 Express Edition. The backup program is basic and intends to be that way, supposedly for the user’s sake but probably also because they need arguments to sell the professional and enterprise version of O&O DiskImage 3.

O&O DiskImage 3 Express Edition comes with three buttons that control the backup and restoration process. Button 1 creates an image of all system partitions on the computer. The user simply selects a drive where he wants the backup to be restored and that’s it. No selection of single partitions, no options whatsoever. Pure and simple but probably to simple for tech savvy users.

The second button restores a partition. One major drawback is that the system partition cannot be restored. So all personal data on that partition is lost unless you buy the pro or enterprise version which can restore the system partition.

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The question that arises is why the program does backup the system partition if it cannot be recovered? The answer to that is probably a business decision. Would a user who needs data from his system partition buy a commercial version of DiskImage? I bet he would.

The last button lets a user browse an image that was created. Each additional backup only saves the differences and not the full partition saving disk space on the (external) hard drive where the images will be stored on.

Paragon’s Drive Backup is an alternative which offers more functionality and the option to restore the system partition as well.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/03/oo-diskimage-3-express-edition/feed/ 0 Free Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8.0 Special Edition http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/21/free-paragon-hard-disk-manager-80-special-edition/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/21/free-paragon-hard-disk-manager-80-special-edition/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 13:00:42 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=4217 I usually use a hard disk manager to partition a new drive that I bought. I did so after building my new computer. It’s not really necessary anymore these days but I personally prefer different partitions for a better overview. The Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8.0 Special Edition can partition hard drives but provides other features like backing up and restoring partitions, moving and resizing partitions and creating recovery disks.

The Special Edition looks much like the Hard Disk Manager 2008 Suite from Paragon which retails for $49.95. To get your free serial number for the application you need to visit the registration page and fill in your information. The serial number will be send to your email account. The download of the actual software has to be done from the Computeractive website.

The information have to be entered during installation of the software and a restart of the system is necessary before all functions become available.

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I think that the Paragon Hard Disk Manager is one of the better products and will come in handy from time to time. You should definitely give it a try for as long as the offer lasts.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/21/free-paragon-hard-disk-manager-80-special-edition/feed/ 10 Free Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/28/free-paragon-hard-disk-manager-8/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/28/free-paragon-hard-disk-manager-8/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:43:27 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/28/free-paragon-hard-disk-manager-8/ Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 is a sophisticated hard disk partitioning tool for Windows. You can use it to create, merge and edit partitions on your hard drive but also to backup data for instance. Hard Disks can have several partitions that are then accessible through independent drive letters. My first Samsung hard drive with a capacity of 160 Gigabytes is divided into two partitions with the drive letters C and E for instance.

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 is a commercial software currently retailing for $49 according to the Paragon website. Computer Active, a British PC magazine ran a promotion last year which was announced to expire on April 11, 2007. Users were able to download a special edition of  Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 and grab a free serial number for it as well.

Jawwad found out that the offer is still valid and that it is still possible to download the special edition and generate a serial number at the Paragon website.

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8

All you need to do to grab a free copy of Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 is the following:

  • Download the software from the Computer Active Website
  • Register it at the Paragon Website

The serial number will be send to the email that you use in the registration process.

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