

In an ideal situation, you should have a separate hard disk to back up your important data. I spent some time testing all the product's features and was impressed with the simplicity that the wizards brought to what could be considered complex Test the disk surface and check file system integrity Wipe a partition or clear the "free space" that appears empty in the GUI but might have remnant data from earlier file activity Change the cluster size, serial number, or partition ID.Just from this menu alone, you can:īurn the partition to a CD-ROM, DVD, or Blu-ray DiscĬonvert or "downgrade" the file system to an earlier NTFS version or FAT

Tools and options, which is another indicator of just how many features are available in this product. Right-clicking one of the disks brings up a menu of more than 20 Type of file system, volume size, partition size, used disk space, and free disk space.įigure 1: Hard Disk Manager's Easy-to-Navigate UI A variety of information is provided for each one, including the Is absolutely chock full of useful features.Īs Figure 1 shows, the main screen is laid out with the hard disks logically displayed. It didn't take me long to realize that this product Installation on my Dell Inspiron laptop took only a few minutes. Although not installed by default, the installationĮxecutable includes the GPT Loader for hard drives that exceed 2TB and the HotCore Driver, which enables Win2K Pro machines to back up and copy locked Licensing is handled by a product key and serial number combination. Requirements include Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 or later, an Intel Pentium or compatible 300MHz or higher processor, 128MB of memory, and a hard disk withĪt least 250MB of free space. Hard Disk Manager comes in a single executable, which you can install on Windows 2000 Professional (Win2K Pro) and later, including Windows 8. Repair and manage physical and virtual Windows workstations throughout their life cycle. Paragon Software's Hard Disk Manager 12 Professional is a very big gun and deserves a place in your tool box. But sometimes things don't go as planned (or designed), and you need toīring out the big guns. Modern hard disks and OSs are pretty reliable.
