Paragon Backup & Recovery Free

Anything can happen to a hard disk, during a computer's life, so the best idea is to be prepared at all times. Paragon Backup & Recovery Free can be used to back up disk partitions or an entire hard drive. Although it is a bit limited, compared to its paid version, the software provides you with powerful backup and restore functions. Also, all procedures are well explained, so you won't have any difficulties when preparing and executing them.

The program is offered free of charge, as the name points out. It is compatible with all modern Windows versions and it provides full support for both 32 and 64-bit editions. If you don't have any of the program's prerequisite tools, the setup wizard will install them for you, before installing the program itself.

Paragon Backup & Recovery Free has two operating methods. You can either work with a quick launcher, from which you can run various backup and restore tools or you can work with the main user interface, if you want to find all tools on one interface. The available tools are presented as tiles, like in the Windows 8 Metro theme and you only need to click one to launch it.

The software can back up a partition of your choice and store the data as a virtual disk. Incremental backups can be performed as well. If your source data has been updated, you can update an existing backup, rather than creating a new one. Another interesting feature is the possibility of creating a backup capsule, which is a specially reserved space for storing backups. You can create the capsule on any drive and allocate as much disk space as you need.

All operations are prepared with the aid of wizards. Their instructions are clear and easy to understand, so you won't encounter any difficulties.