If you're a total beginner to hard drive technologies then this may not be quite enough. And they won't make any changes to the drive until you explicitly give permission (so you won't find you've accidentally deleted something important by clicking 'Next' once too often). We found these to be generally well-designed, clearly explaining each step involved. Once you've chosen an option then the program will display a wizard to walk you through the process. (And if you're not, you can alternatively launch the full program with a click, and have full access to all its most advanced features.) When you first launch Hard Disk Manager 2011 Suite, for instance, you're presented with a simple 'Express Mode' menu that organises the program's functions into categories, like 'Partitioning', 'Backup and Recovery' and 'Security and Optimization.' If you're a newcomer to Paragon's applications then this will help you find your way around.

But Paragon do their best to minimise any complexity. There's no shortage of drive management power on offer here, then. Or, if you don't have a recent backup, then they're also able to fix some boot problems that Windows Startup Repair tool won't address, potentially a very valuable feature that could justify the purchase price, all on its own. There are Linux and Windows PE 3.0-based bootable recovery discs, for restoring a previous backup if Windows refuses to start.

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