Protect your entire system and data! Drive Backup is easy-to-use software for complete system backup, hard disk imaging and cloning.

Drive Backup creates a backup image of entire hard disk, including operating system backup with all user preferences and settings, applications and data files. Paragon's Hot Backup Technology enables to create hard drive images in real time without Windows reboot or any application's interruption. You will be able to completely restore operating system with all installed and configured applications, valuable documents and files with no reinstallations required. You can also restore separate files contract hard disk's backup image.

The up-to-date hard disk backup image created with Paragon Drive Backup is the best insurance you may have in any disaster case.

Key Features and Benefits of Drive Backup Personal Edition:

Real-time hard disk image backup - using different hard disk imaging modes Drive Backup is able to backup any file system you use. For Windows' partitions you can create complete system backup image with no need to reboot Windows or close any application.

Bootable Backup Capsule - with Drive Backup you can create special secure place on your hard disk to store disk backup images and even boot the PC directly from it in case of the operating system corruption.

Differential Backup - Paragon’s clone hard drive software allows creating backup images only with changes performed since initial system backup, thus reducing the size of the further backup images. Differential backup along with built-in scheduler delivers you completely automatic disk backup solution.

 Data Restore and Recovery - Drive Backup delivers fast and easy data restore from created hard disk image. You can browse backup images and restore separate files and folders or entire partitions and hard disks. You can create also custom bootable recovery media containing backup images.

Hard Disk Cloning - with Drive Backup you can easily clone your old hard disk to deploy new one eliminating tiresome and time consuming operating system and applications installation and adjustment. Basic hard disk partitioning features included in Drive Backup allows you to add new hard drive and prepare it to work.

What’s new in Paragon Drive Backup 8.5 Personal Edition?

    * Windows Windows 7 compatible application providing the bulk of its functionality under this operating system.
    * Archive database helps the user to easily manage backup images (get properties, add, delete, etc.)
    * Mount archive of a separate partition to easily browse its contents and copy the required information even with the standard Windows tools.
    * Boot the PC directly from Backup Capsule (no Recovery media is required) and perform any Restore operations in case of the operating system corruption or other boot problems.
    * Restore with Shrink function provides the possibility to restore a backup image to a free block of smaller size taking into account only the amount of actual data of the image.
    * Incremental Copy Option significantly speeds up your cloning process due to copying only sectors have been changed from the last copy action.
    * Task List that helps the user to easily manage scheduled operations (enable/disable, rename, delete, refresh or modify).
    * Shutdown After Apply function enables to set the PC to automatically switch off on the successful accomplishment of any scheduled operation.
    * Possibility to add long comments to describe archives
    * DVD+/-R (DL) Support.

Key & New Features:

    * Backup a separate partition or an entire disk including service data of the file system.
    * Paragon Hot Backup technology allows you to create backup image without restarting Windows.
    * Create and manage the backup capsule. This is a special secured place on the hard disk where backup archives are stored.
    * Boot the PC directly from Backup Capsule (no Recovery media is required) and perform any Restore operations in case of the operating system corruption or other boot problems.
    * Backup to any media, including USB and Firewire devices.
    * Restore a partition, an entire disk or separate files from the backup archive.
    * Restore with Shrink function provides the possibility to restore a backup image to a free block of smaller size taking into account only the amount of actual data of the image.
    * Build external recovery media that help the user to restore the system even when the current operating system cannot boot anymore.
    * User friendly interface. Easily understandable icons and wizards accompany all functions of the program.
    * Previewing the resulting template of hard disks before actually executing operations (so-called virtual operations).

    * Archive database helps the user to manage backup images easily (get properties, add, delete, etc.).
    * Schedule an operation. The user can set a convenient time for the program to perform the operation automatically.
    * Task List that helps the user to manage scheduled operations easily (enable/disable, rename, delete, refresh or modify).
    * Shutdown After Apply function enables to set the PC to automatically switch off on the successful accomplishment of any scheduled operation.
    * Possibility to add long comments to describe archives
    * Basic functions for initializing, partitioning and formatting hard disks.
    * Copy Partition/Hard Disk Wizards that enable to successfully transfer all on-disk information, thus maintaining the operating system’s working capability.
    * Incremental Copy Option significantly speeds up your cloning process due to copying only sectors have been changed from the last copy action.
    * Easy-to-use One Button Copy Wizard provides a unique possibility to carry out such a technically complicated operation as cloning of hard disks just by pressing one button.
    * Recovering of any accidentally deleted partition by using the Undelete Partition Wizard.
    * Mount archive of a separate partition to easily browse its contents and copy the required information even with the standard Windows tools.
    * Volume Explorer utility allows the user to browse and export contents of the local mounted/unmounted volumes of any file system as well as Paragon backups.
    * DVD+/-R (DL) Support.
    * Windows Windows 7 compatible application providing the bulk of its functionality under this operating system.

Basic Backup Features:

    * Backup an entire hard disk
    * Backup a separate partition
    * Backup all kinds of partitions: primary, extended, logical
    * Backup the first track of a hard disk
    * Backup the MBR
    * Backup a combination of disks, partitions etc to one archive (several disks or/and partitions at the same time)
    * Schedule backup operations
    * Save backup images to local drives
    * Save backup image to Backup Capsule
    * Save backup image to remote USB or Fireware device
    * Save backup images to network
    * Burn a backup archive to CD/DVDs (or write them to ISO-image files for later burning)
    * Compressing backup image
    * Set archive names and add comments
    * Interrupt backup operations if necessary

Basic Recovery Features

    * Restore an entire hard disk, separate partition (primary, extended, logical) or any combination of disks, partitions etc from one archive
    * Bare-metal restore
    * Restore the first track of a hard disk
    * Restore the MBR
    * Browse backup images by Volume Explorer
    * Restore separate files and folders from backup archives by Volume Explorer

User Interface Features:

    * Wizard driven User Interface
    * Virtual operations
    * Wizards for the majority of operations
    * In built Volume Explorer
    * Embedded HTML browser with navigation through toolbars and menus
    * Contextual operations
    * Display hard disk configuration in graphic contract (Disk View)
    * Display all disk and partition properties (total size, size of used and free space, partition types, file systems etc)
    * Display estimated archive size
    * Display operation progress in graphic contract and step by step
    * Display archive information

Hard Disk Copy Features:

    * Copy an entire hard disk to another hard disk (larger or smaller)
    * Copy a specified partition to free area (not assigned to any partition, larger or smaller)
    * Can automatically expand/shrink a disk/partition
    * Hot Copy
    * Schedule Copy operations

Advanced Backup/Recovery Features:

    * Support of two technologies for Hot Backup (Paragon Hot Processing/ Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service)
    * Hot Backup of locked partitions
    * Differential Backup
    * Compress/Re-compress/De-compress existing archives
    * Encrypt/Re-encrypt/De-encrypt existing archives (and change a password)
    * Create/Resize/Delete the Backup Capsule
    * Save backup archives to physical partitions (without drive letters assigned)
    * Create bootable archives on CD/DVDs
    * Resize while restoring (upwards)
    * Mount partitions automatically after restoring
    * Check archive integrity when creating archives
    * Check archive integrity of existing archives
    * Check existing Recovery Media
    * Check existing bootable archives
    * Burn existing archives to CD/DVDs
    * Reboot to the Windows Blue Screen Module (Windows NT/2000/XP/Windows 7) or DOS Module (Windows 98), 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 Tasks Editor

Basic Partitioning Features:

    * Create partitions
    * Format partitions
    * Delete partitions
    * Assign/Remove drive letters
    * Hide/Unhide partitions
    * Mark a partition as Active/Inactive
    * Reorder primary partitions (change slots)
    * Change partition volume labels
    * Change partition serial numbers
    * Change partition IDs
    * Update the MBR
    * Change the SID
    * Check file system integrity
    * Test surface

Program Settings:

    * Disable/Enable Hot Backup/Copy (always or only when a partition is locked)
    * Process all sectors one by one or do not process unused sectors (both for backup and copy operations)
    * Skip auxiliary files (pagefile.sys, hyberfil.sys)
    * 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: a tool to built "recovery media" to boot from in case of unbootable system
   
Supported Operating Systems:

    * Windows Windows 7 Family (32-bit). Learn more about Windows 7 compatibility
    * Windows XP Professional
    * Windows XP Home
    * Windows 2000 Professional
    * Windows 98
    * Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Service Pack 6
    * For server operating systems backup see Paragon Drive Backup Server Edition

Supported Hard drives and removable media:

    * Parallel ATA (IDE) HDD
    * Serial ATA (SATA) HDD
    * SCSI HDD
    * All levels of SCSI and IDE RAID controllers
    * CD-R/RW
    * DVD-R/RW
    * DVD+R/RW
    * DVD+/-R (DL)
    * USB 1.0/2.0 and IEEE 1394 (FireWire) devices
    * Iomega® ZIP®, Jazz® and other removable media
    * PC card storage devices

Supported File Systems:

    * NTFS (v1.2, v3.0, v3.1)
    * FAT16
    * FAT32
    * Linux Ext2FS
    * Linux Ext3FS
    * Linux Swap
    * HPFS
    * Other file systems (in Sector-by-Sector mode)

System Requirements:

    * CPU: Pentium or compatible, 233MHz or higher processor
    * RAM: 128 MB of RAM required (256 MB or greater recommended)
    * Disk space: 40 Mb
    * Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

Available Options:

1 Year Application (+$9.99) 90 Day Application (+$4.99) Backup FlashDrive Shipped (+$9.99)