Paragon Partition Manager description
Easy and safe partitioning functions to even none-professional users

Partition Manager from Paragon provides easy and safe partitioning functions to even none-professional users. It's very easy to use.

You can reclaim wasted disk space, organize your data, add new operating systems, speed up file system performance. You just select what partition modification should be done.

All will be done automatically without data loss.

Here are some key features of "Paragon Partition Manager":


Basic hard disk partitioning operations:
Create, format and delete partitions1
Hide/unhide partition, set partition active/inactive
Copy and move partition of any file system, quick and sector-by-sector modes2
Set or change drive letter (Windows NT/2000/XP only)
Change hard disk partition Label (Volume Label)

Advanced hard disk partitioning operations:
Resize hard disk partitions with data1
Hot Resize (upward) - enlarge NTFS partition without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work1
Copy disk to disk
Copy with resize3
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)
Undelete hard disk partition
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 anyone to any other within Windows NT, 2000 and XP)
Change FAT parameters - boot size, root size

File System Performance Optimization:
Change cluster size1
Defragment File System1
Defragment NTFS core structure - MFT (Master File Table)

Technologies Support:
Supports large hard disks (up to 500GB tested, 2TB in theory)
Supports P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA (SATA), SCSI hard disks
All levels of SCSI and IDE RAID controllers
Supports FireWire IEEE1394, USB 1.0, USB 2.0, ZIP® and Jazz® media
Supports Flash devices
Supports NTFS from Windows NT, 2000, XP
Supports NTFS with compressed and encrypted files and folders
Supports FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Ext2 FS, Ext3 FS, HPFS file systems1
Executable for:
- Windows 9x/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP/Vista Family (32-bit)
- DOS
- Linux (on RecoveryCD)
Supports long filenames (FAT, NTFS) and filenames in national languages
Supports 64K FAT16 extension

Safety and Recovery:
Recovery CD with Unique Interface in XP style for restoring under DOS/Linux4
Power Shield ™ technology - resuming critical partitioning operations after power failure
Recovery Media Builder - creates CDs/DVDs(or even a floppy disk) that you can boot from and recover your system
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

Easy to use:
New unique wizard-driven interface in XP style
Virtual pre-execution5
Wizards for most usual scenarios:
- Create Partition Wizard
- Format Partition Wizard
- Delete Partition Wizard
- Copy Hard Disk Wizard
- Copy Partition Wizard
- Partition Merge Wizard
- Redistribute Free Space Wizard
- Partition Undelete Wizard
Operations usually impossible under Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP will be automatically performed in special mode during OS reboot

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
Automatic run of the embedded BootCorrector to correct possible startup problems in the boot.ini file for Windows® NT/2000/XP

Requirements:

· Pentium CPU 300 MHz and higher
· 128 MB RAM
· 35 MB disk space
· IE 5.0 or higher


Limitations:

· Virtual mode only