Paragon Partition Manager 12 Professional

Brand New! Split and Merge Partitions Split any partition in two and define desired partition size, proportions and files to be transferred; all with no data loss!

Brand New! Compatible With Windows 8* Compatible with Windows 8, even before the official release

* Tested on Windows 8 Developer Preview Edition

Basic Partitioning
Create, format, delete, undelete, hide or unhide partitions; set partitions as active or inactive; set, change or remove a drive letter; change the hard disk partition label (Volume Label); convert file systems; check file system integrity; run a complete surface test.

Change Partition Properties
Change partition ID; Serial Number; Downgrade NTFS version or Security Identifier – SID.

Change Cluster Size
Effectively control system performance and the “waste space factor”.

Redistribute Free Space
Increase free space on one partition by utilising the on-disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions.

Automatic Partition Alignment
Sometimes when restoring partitions to a new hard-drive, problems can occur with partition alignment (i.e. the new drive generation has a different sector size to the old) and this can lead to hard-drive performance loss.

Paragon Partition Manager 12 ensures optimal hard-drive performance by automatically aligning partitions during partitioning/copy operations.

Compatible With The Latest Hardware & Software
Supports the latest hardware and software including; SSD and GPT Disks, MS Virtual PC; MS Dynamic Disks and Apple Boot Camp configurations for redistribution of space between Mac® OS X and Windows partitions. (Supports all data devices over 2TB without restriction).

Convert Dynamic to Basic MBR
Convert a dynamic MBR or GPT disk containing simple volume(s) into a basic MBR disk.

Convert Basic GPT to Basic MBR
Convert a basis GPT disk containing simple volume(s) into a basic MBR disk (and vice versa).

Simple Backup Support
Backup the content of a hard-drive before altering or relocating the partitions.

Paragon Boot Media Builder
Create a WinPE-based rescue environment on CD, DVD, BD or USB stick, or in the form of an ISO image. This way, all functions can be executed in the rescue environment in case the PC cannot be restarted.

Boot Manager
Easily manage several operating systems on one computer.

Support For All Major Virtual Machines!
Including: MS Virtual PC, Vmware Workstation, Vmware Fusion and Oracle VirtualBox 4.

Partition Of Virtual Disks Via Connect VD
Mount virtual drives in read-only mode and create test snap-shots in order to test all configurations without destroying the virtual drive.

• Windows 7, Vista, XP Pro (each 32/64-bit), Windows XP Home;
• Intel Pentium processor with at least; 300 MHz or equivalent;
• 128 MB RAM;
• 350 MB free hard drive space;
• Internet Explorer version 5.0 or newer;
• SVGA graphics card.