Price listed is the listed price for the professional edition of this software NOT the compact edition, so were not getting an accurate offering today i.e. fully licensed comercial package.

As far as I read their website there is no "Compact" edition on sale on their website making this a fake giveaway especially if GAOTD are being charged full license fee for the Profesional edition which this clearly is not with all the missing features:

"Paragon Drive Copy 11 Compact is based on Professional Edition, excluding the following functionality:

•WinPE Recovery CD (Linux-based Recovery CD is included into the product)
•Crating virtual clone of your PC (P2V operations)
•Adjusting OS to different hardware (P2P operations)
•Migration to 3TB drives
•Scheduling and scripting"

The usual Special Edition (SE) Paragon offer only remove WinPE from GAOTD package leaving mostly fully functional product underneath but this one removes some pretty fundimental features as well making it essentially crippleware compared to the fully licensed comercial product it's pricing it as.

TK  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+235)

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to #2/Tom:

Create backup image of the drive after DC11 installation. Later when you need to reinstall the DC11 the only chance would be restoring to the state where DC11 was installed and working.

to #3/TK:

Compact edition was created for OEM channel, so it's paid version but it doesn't have its retail price and own website. We used website and price of DC 11 Pro for your info as Compact edition is built on the same engine excluding just a few features and covers most of migration scenarios.

to #4/Not Telling:

Your email is used to register in our system to receive a serial number to unlock the product. We never use your contact details in any third party purposes.

to #5/Merlin:

P2P functionality can't be used without WinPE Recovery CD, which is usually not provided in special editions due to our license agreement with Microsoft.

to #7/Mark Fordworth:

This software contains fully functionally Recovery CD image inside so you download only one file not two. It's technically impossible to make file size very small without splitting it in 2 files. Recovery CD is extremely helpful to get all benefits from the software so we want everybody downloads it.

to #8/unhap:

If you need P2V functionality, you can use our free solution Paragon GoVirtual. We saved most of migration functionality from Pro edition here.

Kirill (Paragon)  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+100)

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Useless, guys take the time to read clearly that this is a STRIPED DOWN VERSION of the Professional version.
I was hopping to try the P2V features, alas..
You basically get NOTHING out of it. BIG TIME WASTER. Unusual from Paragon (?).

unhap  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+99)

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I agree with TK, this is not far off from being a demo version. This is not the first time Paragon has done this either, i.e. "personal" editions of backup software. While I find it hard to complain about free software, there is a point to be made here.

We all come here to try software for free that we would otherwise have to pay for, in return the vendors are hoping that we will enjoy/find it so useful that we will recommend it to our friends or customers (which I have done), or purchase it if we are to use it in a professional environment. With a product like this we are not able to fully use the software, thereby making it hard to recommend, as well as the fact that has been pointed out, you cannot buy this version of the software. While I will try it out, I am very disappointed not to be able to try the virtualization option. On that basis alone I will not recommend this software to anyone.
Not to seem ungrateful, I greatly appreciate all of the free software I have downloaded over the years. And I have downloaded my fair share. The reason I come here daily to see what is offered is, while I may not need that days offering, I many times will install it to try down later and of course the advantage over downloading the demo version is that I am busy, and most demos are time limited. I may not need the software in the next 15 to 30 days or have the time to devote to fully trying it out right now, but down the road I may use it. That being said, if GOTD continues to allow vendors the option for these types of offerings they run the risk of damaging their reputation and becoming just another "demo" site.

JP  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+80)

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As to mining of information (#2, Not Tellin), you say you already messed up and gave the address to someone untrusted. You might even find it necessary to abandon that address if things get too bad. I suggest you might want to look at a fantastic completely free forwarding service at spamgourmet.com. I've been using them for years (just a user, in no way involved with the operation), and they protect my private addresses just great. I can let legitimate mail through, or even just let one e-mail through to get a registration code like this one. and I can shut down a forwarding address if I ever see spam, all without risk to my private data. It isn't just commercial companies like you mention, I even had to block one address that I used to sign up for a technical forum when the idiot forum manager made it public and it started being spammed. Of course you want to be careful with all private data, not just an e-mail address, but the e-mail one is the only one I was concerned about with this offer and I used a spamgourmet address with no problem, so at least I will not be spammed.

Mark Fordworh  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+54)

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