Exact Image 2009

• Support of USB-sticks (with MBR only)
• Backup separate partitions or entire disks including service data of the file system
• Backup only specific files and folders rather than an entire drive
• Create incremental file archives for backup images of separate partitions, or perform file-level backups and keep only necessary changes
• Hot Backup technology creates backup images without restarting Windows
• Backup Capsule management for secure archive storage on your hard disk
• Boot the computer directly from dual-boot Backup Capsule, choose your recovery environment and perform any restore operations in case of system corruption or other boot problems
• Exclude unnecessary files and folders from a backup to reduce size of resulting image
• Backup to any media, including USB and Firewire devices
• Restore a partition, an entire disk or separate files and folders from backup archives
• Restore Windows Vista to completely different hardware or even to a virtual machine
• Restore with Shrink™ function restores backup images to free sections of smaller partitions by using only the amount of actual data in the image
• Build external recovery media on flash memory and get all the program features on a compact, reliable and fast device
• User friendly interface with intuitive icons and wizards for all program functions
• Virtually preview the resulting layout of hard disks before executing operations
• Archive database for easy management of backup images (get properties, add, delete, etc.)
• Operation scheduling for convenient, automatic performance
• Task List for easy management of scheduled operations (enable/disable, rename, delete, refresh or modify tasks)
• Shutdown After Apply function allows automatic shutdown after task completion
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• Basic functions for initializing, partitioning and formatting hard disks
• Mount archives of separate partitions to browse contents and copy information with standard Windows tools
• Volume Explorer utility for browsing and exporting mounted or unmounted volumes of any file system as well as Paragon backups
• Compatible with GPT hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR
• Blu-Ray Disc Support
• Windows Vista 32- and 64-bit compatible application with increased functionality

• Backup an entire hard disk or separate partitions - primary, extended or logical
• Backup the first track of a hard disk , MBRs, individual files and folders
• Backup different combinations of disks and partitions to one archive
• Schedule backup operations - Set and forget!
• Save backup images to local drives, Backup Capsules, networks, external USB or Firewire Devices
• Burn a backup archive to CD/DVD/BDs or write them to ISO-image files to burn later
• Compress backup images
• Set archive names and add comments
• Interrupt backup operations if necessary
• Supports USB 2.0 hard drives

• Restore an entire hard disk, separate partitions (primary, extended, logical) or any combination of disks and partitions from one archive
• Restore individual files and folders from file-level backup
• Restore on Bare-metal
• Restore the first track of a hard disk and the MBR
• Browse backup images by Volume Explorer
• Restore individual files and folders by File Transfer Wizard

• Wizard driven User Interface for the majority of operations
• Contextual Help for all User Interface controls
• Virtual and Contextual operations
• Built-in Volume Explorer
• Embedded HTML browser with navigation through toolbars and menus
• Graphical hard disk configuration displays for: disk and partition properties (total size, used, free space, partition types and file systems), estimated archive size, step-by-step operation progress

• Hot Backup™ of locked partitions
• Differential Backup
• Incremental File Backup
• Exclude files and folders during backup
• Create/Resize/Delete the Backup Capsule
• Save backup archives to physical partitions (without assigning drive letters)
• Create bootable archives on CD/DVDs
• Resize while restoring
• Mount partitions automatically after restoring
• Check archive integrity of existing archives or when creating new ones
• Check existing Recovery Media and bootable archives
• Reboot to the Windows Blue Screen Module (Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista) or special recovery environment (Windows XP/Vista 64-bit), when backing up locked partitions (if hot processing is disabled)

• Set types of scheduling (Once/At system startup/At logon/Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
• Specify a user name and password for scheduled tasks if necessary
• Set a date and time of starting scheduled backup
• Manage scheduled tasks by Scheduled Tasks Editor

• Creates, formats, deletes, hides/unhides partitions
• Assign/Remove drive letters
• Mark a partition as Active/Inactive
• Reorder primary partitions (change slots)
• Change partition volume labels, serial numbers and IDs
• Update the MBR, check file system integrity, and test surfaces
• Supports USB 2.0 hard drives

• Disable/Enable Hot Backup™ of locked partitions
• Process all sectors one by one or skip unused sectors (both for backup and copy operations)
• Skip auxiliary files (pagefile.sys, hyberfil.sys) and archived backup images
• Exclude files and folders matching defined mask during backup
• Control archive integrity
• Compress backup images (No/Fast/Normal/Best)
• Encrypt and protect backup images by password
• Split backup images (set split size)
• Set burning speed (Maximum/Medium/Minimum/Automatic selection)
• Set options for bootable archives
• Specify a bootable part for bootable archives
• Set image file names automatically
• E-mail notification options (SMTP server, user name, password)
• Virtual mode options (enabled/disabled)
• Enable 64KB clusters for FAT16
• Convert FAT16 to FAT32 automatically when copying (if resizing upwards is needed)
• Set surface test levels (None/Normal/Extreme)

• Recovery Media Builder: builds a new "recovery media" to boot from in case of an unbootable system
• Check Recovery Discs: checks the recovery media for integrity and boot ability
• Recovery CD: a powerful tool to give access to all functions of Drive Backup in case of an unbootable system
• View Logs: view in-depth information about any operation carried out by the program

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