# Paragon Hard Disk Manager

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Manage partitions, migrate systems, and protect data with Hard Disk Manager backup and recovery tools.

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 combines partition management, system transfer, and backup tools in one storage utility. It supports disk preparation, ongoing data protection, and recovery when a system fails to start.

### Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 key features

Windows support

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Basic partitioning

Create, format, delete/undelete, hide/unhide, active/inactive, assign/remove drive letter, change volume label, file system conversion (FAT to NTFS, NTFS to FAT, HFS to NTFS, NTFS to HFS), file system integrity check

Advanced partitioning

Split/merge, redistribute free space, change cluster size, convert to logical/primary, edit sectors, compact/defragment MFT, convert to MBR/GPT, change primary slots and serial number, connect VD, surface check

Disk cleanup

Industry-class algorithms, shell integration, SSD trim, clear HDD/partition, clear free space, cleanup reports

Data Migration

Copy Partition, Copy Disk, Operating System Migration

Backup and Restore

Backup/restore system and data, single backup job, File Transfer Wizard

Backup automation

View/edit backup jobs, unlimited number of jobs

Recovery Media Builder

Hybrid (uEFI and BIOS compatible) x32/x64 recovery environment, WinPE bootable USB/ISO, optional Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK), Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), driver injection, pre-mounted network connection during setup

#### Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 Supported Technology

Computer bus interfaces

- SCSI, iSCSI
- IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
- Complete uEFI support
- External SATA (eSATA)
- USB (Universal Serial Bus) 1.x/2.0/3.0
- All types of RAIDs (hardware and software)
- SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment)
- Parallel ATA (Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment)
- PC or PCMCIA Card (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association)

Storages

- HDD
- SSD (Solid State Drive)
- 2.2TB+ hard disk drives
- AFD (Advanced Format Drive)
- Non-512B sector size drives
- CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD+/-R (DL) BD-R, BD-RE

Partitioning schema

- Microsoft Dynamic Disk
- MBR (Master Boot Record)
- GPT (GUID-Partition Table)
- Windows Storage Spaces Support

File systems

- Apple HFS+
- FAT17, FAT32
- NTFS (v1.2, v3.0, v3.1)
- With BitLocker encrypted hard disks
- Other file systems (in the sector-by-sector mode)
- Linux Ext2FS, Linux Ext3FS, Linux Ext4FS, Linux Swap

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