If you don’t know whether or not you use basic or dynamic, you probably use basic because that is what Windows is configured by default to use - you have to specifically configure Windows to use dynamic and you would know if you did that Note: Most people use basic disks so not supporting dynamic disks is not a big deal for the average Joe.Does not support dynamic disks (supports basic disks only).Only full backups are supported, you cannot do selective restore, no compression capability, no password protection capability, no ability to automatically split backup archives, backups cannot be directly stored on CD/DVD/Blu-ray (you can store backup archives locally, removable media, or on networked share), and restores can only be done via bootable media (even of partitions that aren’t your main system partition).Drive-level/system backup is a bit too basic,.Doesn’t support WinPE-based bootable media.Fairly easy to use - has on-screen wizards to guide you through each task.Supports hot processing (Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and/or Paragon Hot Processing) meaning, depending on what type of operation you are doing, you may be able to modify a partition that is in use without having to reboot your computer.Supports all types of hard drives: SSD, IDE, SATA, SCSI, USB, FireWire, AFD, etc.Supports both MBR and GPT disks (2TB+ in size is supported).

Supports Windows (FAT16, FAT32, NTFS), Linux (EXT2, EXT3, EXT4) and Mac (HPFS, HFS+) file systems.Supports Linux-based bootable/recovery media on CD/DVD/USB flash drive.Has basic drive-level/system (image) backup capability.Splitting partition features is not like your average split in other partition managers it allows you to split a partition into two separate parts but also allows you to select which files go into which partition.Has advanced partition management features: Merge (NTFS and FAT16/32 only), split, redistribute free space, set active/inactive, make primary/logical, convert file systems without formatting (NTFS -> FAT32 and vice versa only), “install new OS”, fix/modify boot manager, and error checking (file system integrity and surface test).Has basic partition management features: Create, format, resize, delete, undelete, hide, unhide, and rename (label and letter).

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