Most reliable and fastest data protection tool covering essential Windows 8 backup needs for free!
Paragon Backup and Recovery 2012 Free edition with new Windows 8 support and Paragon’s latest performance engine to deliver the fastest, most stable and effective hard disk operations. Supporting the enthusiasm of Windows 8 beta testers and the newest trends in the PC market, Paragon Software, with nearly 20 years of development experience, has been among the first to provide the most essential backup and recovery solution to Windows 8 users free of charge. Paragon Backup and Recovery 2012 Free edition has been tested on Windows 8 Developer Preview and Consumer Preview versions, and is available immediately for download.
Backup Features
Backup Capsule: A special, secured place on the hard disk that has an independent system layout (e.g., a separate partition) to store a backup image and will stay operable should the active file system be damaged; hidden and unable to be mounted in the OS to avoid accidental removal or unauthorized access
Support for the latest hardware and hard disk partitioning schemes
Support of all present-day techniques to store backup images
Disk backup to save all on-disk information as well as system service structures, including backup images of an entire hard disk (including GPT discs) or system partitions to guarantee the operating system’s working capability
Differential backup to considerably save backup storage space
Restore Facilities
Restore an entire disk, separate partition images
Restore with Shrink to restore a backup image to a free block of smaller size
Create bootable USB Flash drive, CD or DVD to recover your PC on demand
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 bootability
Basic partitioning operations
User Friendly Fault Minimizing Interface
Graphical representation of the data
Comprehensive wizards to simplify even the most complex operations
A context sensitive hint system for all functions of the program
Previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations (so-called virtual operations)
Availability:
Paragon Backup & Recovery FREE is available for download free of charge at:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/index.html