FULL Paragon Drive Backup 9.0.5541 Pro Portable
Sharif Garmon
The reason why I'm elaborating on Paragon is because I'm using it on my Windows 7 installation on top of myHP laptop. Alongside freeware CloneZilla andpayware Acronis True Image, Paragon serves my needs for system backup and recovery. The program is fairlyrobust and reliable, otherwise I would not be using it, but there are some less trivial things that demandspecial attention. In this review and tutorial, I'm going to teach you how to use the program and how to avoidclassic mistakes that could jeopardize your data.
I will also elaborate a little on real physical setups, including dual-boot configurations, Windows re-activation due to reassigned driveletters bug, GRUB bootloader problems and more. Tested on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7, using Paragon 10.1and 2011 versions.
Still, let's take the briefest of looks on the backup sequence. This screenshot has actually been taken on aphysical machine. So here we have a dual-boot setup, with two Windows partitions, including the 100MB SystemReserved and C:, as well as three Linux partitions in an Extended partition container. Like most backupsolutions, Paragon is Linux-based and has no problem seeing the Linux filesystems.
Paragon Recovery Media is in fact a very small Linux, with a handful of drivers for different filesystems,hardware devices and network. It fits neatly on small storage, like thumb drives, which explains the KingstonData Traveler we saw earlier.
After rebooting, we're back in business as usual, barring an occasional bootloader hitch and sometimes asomewhat sinister drive letter error that could invalidate your Windows activation, but more about that furtherbelow.
On single-boot systems (Windows only), there's little special care required. You should keep your data on aseparate partition (or several). On dual-boot systems with Linux where GRUB is used as the primary bootloader,I would suggest backing up Windows components one by one into separate archives - one for MBR, one for System Reserved, one for C drive, and so forth, oralternatively use the full Restore process when required.
I hope this review & tutorial has helped you understand the topic a little better, as well as answeredquestions regarding Paragon software. There's the backup procedure, which is pretty straightforward, there'sthe recovery media. The restore process demands your attention to details. The best way to avoid problems is tocreate separate archives for each partition, so that you don't end up with broken drive letters or destroyedbootloaders.
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