Great software but...hey 202 MB for a partition manager tool?? Come on... I used the trial version of this software a few weeks ago and on the official site of Paragon this program is only 45 MB in size, while on Softpedia it costs only 10 bucks (a typo??)!!

I wonder why PARAGON programs here are always much bigger in size (in this case almost 5 times bigger) when compared to their official version sold on the company's website!

Maybe the folks at Paragon's headquarter are still not perfectly aware of the fact that not everybody in the world can enjoy a high-speed connection at home.

Anyway, this version is something located between the FREE and the PROFESSIONAL edition....so it's NOT the flagship product of the company, since some ADVANCED features are missing here!!

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal/comparison.html

Its best feature is undoubtely that called "Hot Resize", which enables you to increase the size of your partitions without having to restart Windows.

Overall I give a THUMBS UP to the product but a big THUMBS DOWN to the exagerated size of it.


BEST FREEWARE ALTERNATIVES

* PARTITION WIZARD
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Screenshots:
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition-Screenshot-133833.html

As far as I know this is the only FREEWARE providing you with a Bootable CD/DVD & Bootable Version even for 64 bit OS: just burn the ISO file (see link below) onto a CD using any CD/DVD Burner software (ImgBurn for instance)

http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html

Short Tutorial:
http://www.partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html

As for Partition Wizard Bootable FLASH DRIVE, it looks like you can create it on your own through a special app called “Bootable Media Builder”, which is only provided with MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition (NOT FREE!!) and other advanced versions!!

http://www.partitionwizard.com/bootable-flash-drive.html

Never mind, just download & burn the above mentioned bootable CD File ISO (39 MB) and you are done dudes!!

* EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/EASEUS-Partition-Manager.sht

* Aomei Partition Assistant Home Edition
http://www.extend-partition.com/free-partition-manager.html

Screenshots:
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Partition-Assistant-Home-Edition-Screenshot-158562.html

* GParted
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/liveusb.php

That being said, it’s worth noting that WINDOWS already includes its own partition manager...

http://www.howtogeek.com/101862/how-to-manage-partitions-on-windows-without-downloading-any-other-software

So if you don't need the ADVANCED features provided by this GAOTD and the other FREE ones mentioned above, you can skip downloading any third-party partition manager software and use the Windows partition manager instead.

Enjoy!!

giovanni  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+184)

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Message from Paragon Software team.

Installation tips:

The package can be installed on both 32 and 64-bit Windows versions and also includes Recovery Media.

If you have a previous version of Paragon Partition Manager you should first uninstall it via Control Panel >> Add or Remove Programs. After that launch the installation wizard, register Paragon Partition Manager 12 Home Special Edition and enjoy using it!

ps: This product is a full version of Partition Manager 12 Home, called “Special Edition” for GiveAwayOfTheDay.com

Thank you!

Giveaway of the Day project team  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+90)

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OK, so fixing this was ugly. Paragon's knowledge base owns up to the problem here:
http://kb.paragon-software.com/paragon/include/templ/object2.jsp?catId=2124&objId=6698&statId=2106125&foLang=en

I searched for the referenced Microsoft Cleanup Utility, and eventually found a copy here:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/Windows-Installer-CleanUp-Utility.shtml

HOWEVER, that Microsoft product does not create an entry in the Windows Start menu, so I had to search for msicu.exe, which I found and ran. It actually DID remove the PM 10 copy. Thank goodness.

Then, PM 12 installed fine.

Hope this helps you folks access and install this free product today, because it ain't as easy as usual.

Tx, GOTD and Paragon.

AnAceBuyer  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+44)

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200 MB for a partition tool

Please note, that the version available here is the full version with Recovery CD. If you download Partition Manager from our site, you get it in the trial mode, i.e. with limited functionality and without Recovery CD. But if you purchase the full versions of our products, they contain all the features and can't be too small.

paragon  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+42)

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Hello TK!

WinPE is not included with this Special Edition, but Partition Manager 12 Home doesn't have WinPE neither. Linux-based Recovery CD is available, of course.

paragon  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+29)

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