Full Features
New & Key Features
- Support of USB-sticks (with MBR only)
- Backup separate partitions or entire disks including service data of the file system
 Backup only specific files and folders rather than an entire drive- Create incremental file archives for backup images of separate partitions, or perform file-level backups and keep only necessary changes
- Paragon Hot Backup technology creates backup images without restarting Windows
- Backup Capsule management for secure archive storage on your hard disk
- Boot the computer directly from dual-boot Backup Capsule, choose your recovery environment and perform any restore operations in case of system corruption or other boot problems
- Exclude unnecessary files and folders from a backup to reduce size of resulting image
- Backup to any media, including USB and Firewire devices
- Updated! Restore a partition, an entire disk or separate files and folders from backup archives
- Restore Windows Vista to completely different hardware or even to a virtual machine
- Restore with Shrink™ function restores backup images to free sections of smaller partitions by using only the amount of actual data in the image
- Build external recovery media on flash memory and get all the program features on a compact, reliable and fast device
- User friendly interface with intuitive icons and wizards for all program functions
- Virtually preview the resulting layout of hard disks before executing operations
- Archive database for easy management of backup images (get properties, add, delete, etc.)
- Operation scheduling for convenient, automatic performance
- Task List for easy management of scheduled operations (enable/disable, rename, delete, refresh or modify tasks)
- Shutdown After Apply function allows automatic shutdown after task completion
- Describe archives in detail with comment section
- Basic functions for initializing, partitioning and formatting hard disks
- Mount archives of separate partitions to browse contents and copy information with standard Windows tools
- Volume Explorer utility for browsing and exporting mounted or unmounted volumes of any file system as well as Paragon backups
- Compatible with GPT hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR
- Blu-Ray Disc Support
- Windows Vista 32- and 64-bit compatible application with increased functionality
Basic Backup Features
- Backup an entire hard disk or separate partitions - primary, extended or logical
- Backup the first track of a hard disk , MBRs, individual files and folders
- Backup different combinations of disks and partitions to one archive
- Schedule backup operations - Set and forget!
- Save backup images to local drives, Backup Capsules, networks, external USB or Firewire Devices
- Burn a backup archive to CD/DVD/BDs or write them to ISO-image files to burn later
- Compress backup images
- Set archive names and add comments
- Interrupt backup operations if necessary
- Supports USB 2.0 hard drives
Basic Recovery Features
- Restore an entire hard disk, separate partitions (primary, extended, logical) or any combination of disks and partitions from one archive
- Restore individual files and folders from file-level backup
- Restore on Bare-metal
- Restore the first track of a hard disk and the MBR
- Browse backup images by Volume Explorer
- Restore individual files and folders by File Transfer Wizard
User Interface Features
- Wizard driven User Interface for the majority of operations
- Contextual Help for all User Interface controls
- Virtual and Contextual operations
- Built-in Volume Explorer
- Embedded HTML browser with navigation through toolbars and menus
- Graphical hard disk configuration displays for: disk and partition properties (total size, used, free space, partition types and file systems), estimated archive size, step-by-step operation progress
Advanced Backup/Recovery Features
- Hot Backup™ of locked partitions
- Differential Backup
- Incremental File Backup
- Exclude files and folders during backup
- Create/Resize/Delete the Backup Capsule
- Save backup archives to physical partitions (without assigning drive letters)
- Create bootable archives on CD/DVDs
- Resize while restoring
- Mount partitions automatically after restoring
- Check archive integrity of existing archives or when creating new ones
- Check existing Recovery Media and bootable archives
- Reboot to the Windows Blue Screen Module (Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista) or special recovery environment (Windows XP/Vista 64-bit), when backing up locked partitions (if hot processing is disabled)
Administration
- 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 Scheduled Tasks Editor
Basic Partitioning Features
- Creates, formats, deletes, hides/unhides partitions
- Assign/Remove drive letters
- Mark a partition as Active/Inactive
- Reorder primary partitions (change slots)
- Change partition volume labels, serial numbers and IDs
- Update the MBR, check file system integrity, and test surfaces
- Supports USB 2.0 hard drives
Program Settings
- Disable/Enable Hot Backup™ of locked partitions
- Process all sectors one by one or skip unused sectors (both for backup and copy operations)
- Skip auxiliary files (pagefile.sys, hyberfil.sys) and archived backup images
- Exclude files and folders matching defined mask during backup
- Control archive integrity
- Compress backup images (No/Fast/Normal/Best)
- Encrypt and protect backup images by password
- Split backup images (set split size)
- Set burning speed (Maximum/Medium/Minimum/Automatic selection)
- Set options for bootable archives
- Specify a bootable part for bootable archives
- Set image file names automatically
- E-mail notification options (SMTP server, user name, password)
- Virtual mode options (enabled/disabled)
- Enable 64KB clusters for FAT16
- Convert FAT16 to FAT32 automatically when copying (if resizing upwards is needed)
- Set surface test levels (None/Normal/Extreme)
Supplementary Tools
- Recovery Media Builder: builds a new "recovery media" to boot from in case of an unbootable system
- Check Recovery Discs: checks the recovery media for integrity and boot ability
- Recovery CD: a powerful tool to give access to all functions of Drive Backup in case of an unbootable system
- View Logs: view in-depth information about any operation carried out by the program
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