Phoenix Software in partnership with Paragon Software launches Paragon Hard Disc Manager 8.5

Phoenix Software, one of the foremost software republishers, and Paragon Software Group, a leading solution provider for hard drive management, storage management and data protection, announce the launch of Hard Disc Manager 8.5 in SA.

Hard Disc Manager deals with everyday tasks of disk management and data protection with intelligence and ease, and is available in a range of editions for both the enterprise and the home user.

"Hard Disc Manager offers a complete solution for all back-up and restore, partitioning, recovery and secure disk wiping," stated Simon Campbell-Young, CEO of Phoenix Software. "Every PC user can feel confident in this product - Hard Disc Manager has the optimum combination of features and ease of use and a very competitive price point," he continued.

Main Features of Hard Disc Manager 8.5:

* All-around solution arms you with all the available disk management functionality and technology expertise.
* Smart and user-friendly interface powered by a bunch of step-by-step wizards.
* More flexible and more reliable overall system control at a low cost.

* Windows Vista-compatible application providing the bulk of its functionality under this operating system.
* Archive database helps the user to easily manage back-up images (get properties, add, delete, etc.)
* Mount archive of a separate partition to easily browse its contents and copy the required information, even with the standard Windows tools.
* Boot the computer directly from back-up capsule (no recovery media is required) and perform any restore operations in case of the operating system corruption or other boot problems.
* Restore with shrink function provides the possibility to restore a back-up image to a free block of smaller size, taking into account only the amount of actual data of the image.
* Incremental copy option significantly speeds up your cloning process due to copying only sectors that have been changed from the last copy action.
* Shutdown after completing operations function enables to set the computer to automatically switch off on the successful accomplishment of any scheduled operation.
* Possibility to add long comments to describe archives.
* DVD+/-R (DL) support.

Corporate products are available on request.

Pricing and Availability: Paragon Hard Disc Manager 8.5 Personal Edition will be available from July at SRP of R399 including VAT from www.computrolley.co.za, www.digitalplanet.co.za, www.telkomsa.net, www.aardvark.co.za and www.kalahari.net Retail boxes will be available from retail stores country wide from Incredible Connection, Hi-Fi Corporation, Game, Dion, Budget Computers, CNA and Makro. Hard Disc Manager Professional Edition will be available at SRP R999.99