


This is what they called the WinPE based Recovery Media. It happened to me more than once while testing various backup programs, you restore what claimed to be a successful backup to a new drive and it either will not boot, or will not run properly after booting.Īs I said, be sure to use the stand-alone version of Paragon. There are lots of system backup programs that run under windows, but if Windows is running other processes are scribbling on hard drive and there's a very real chance they can corrupt the backup, which you'll never know until you try to restore and it's too late!. The reason I like both of these is that they can run stand-alone.
PARAGON HARD DISK MANAGER SYSTEM BACKUP FREE
I also tried Clonezilla, which is free but I think the user interface is too difficult for most users. Versions of Paragon after 2010 are easier to use and backup faster. One program I can recommend is Paragon Hard Disk Manager. You notice I said WHEN, not IF, because sooner or later it's going to happen to you. In my discussion of Complete System Backup I recommended using a stand-alone program that creates a complete backup of your C drive which can be easily restored to a newly formatted hard drive when your C drive fails or becomes hopelessly corrupted by a virus.

Backup Programs: Paragon Hard Disk Manager 15 (or 14) Suite by Wren McMainsĪfter reviewing, click for a two page Summary of the Backup Steps you can print.
