Hard disk cloning
The most common situation: your hard disk is full and you have to change it with a new larger one. Here you face the unpleasant necessity of reinstalling the OS, reinstalling all the software applications and copying all your data. Paragon Drive Backup provides you with hard disk cloning, helping you to avoid all of these reinstallations.
Paragon Drive Backup clones all the data you have on the hard disk: operating systems, installed applications, documents, pictures, music, address books, mail, databases, settings and preferences. The resulting backup image is the exact hard disk clone.
Paragon Drive Backup provides the ability of hard disk cloning independent of the file system in use. During the hard disk cloning process, Paragon Drive Backup copies the controlling records of the existing partitioning scheme, the boot code and on-disk partitions. Hard disk cloning can be accomplished with the Drive Backup's Copy Hard Disk Wizard. Just follow the easy instructions to make an exact copy of the hard disk.
- Fast cloning mode for partitions of known file system types: significantly reduces time required for hard disk cloning;
- Automatic switching between Quick Copy and Sector-by-Sector modes while copying partitions of both known and unknown file systems;
- Automatic proportional resizing of all partitions during the hard disk cloning; it may be very useful in upgrading the hard drive to larger (or smaller) one;
- Preview before performing any operations: you can see how the new disk will look like without making real changes to your hard disk;
- Wide hardware support (including USB, FireWire hard drives).
See also:
Backup Capsule
Backup Image
Bootable CD
Data restore
Differential Backup
Disk imaging backup
Disk imaging modes
Recovery CD