The main focus of Paragon Software Group is providing top level, professional hard disk management and repartitioning solutions. In the last 10 years we have developed the most innovative technologies for hard disk management and partitioning.
Our continuous technology research resulted in Partition Manager - one of Paragon's key products.
And we continue developing Partition Manager to serve your most sophisticated needs in hard disk management.
Here you can find the detailed release history of the most innovative partitioning product:

Date Version Features
08.03.2007 8.5 Paragon Partition Manager 8.5 was released. Program core engine was seriously improved to deliver you more reliability and effectiveness of all operations.
Windows Vista support was added.
25.08.2006 8.0 Paragon Partition Manager 8.0 is released New version 8.0 is improved for easier and more convenient work. Now it has unique interface in XP style and many new wizards for most usual scenarios. We made also serious program core engine improvements, developed new features, overviewed some existing ones to make them even more effective.
Partition Manager 8.0 features following 4 editions for sale:
  • Personal Edition
  • Professional Edition
  • Server Edition
  • Enterprise Server Edition
Now you can expand your toolset by following new functions (depends on edition):
  • New Partition List
  • Volume explorer (fully embedded in program interface)
  • Save to scheduler/Scheduled Task Editor
  • Info Browser (Help)
  • New wizards:
    - Create partition
    - Format partition
    - Delete partition
    - Copy partition
    - Copy hard disk
    - Backup
    - Restore
  • Improved email notifications
  • Embedded BootCorrector
  • New program options
  • Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
  • Synchronous backup
  • Windows x64 Editions support
28.07.2005 7.0 Paragon Partition Manager 7.0 is released New version 7.0 has unique interface in XP style for restoring under DOS/Linux from Recovery CD and includes new powerful features.
Partition Manager 7.0 features following 4 editions for sale:
  • Personal Edition
  • Professional Edition
  • Server Edition
  • Enterprise Server Edition
Now you can expand your toolset by following new functions:
  • Hot Resize (upward) - enlarge NTFS partition without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work
  • Convert Dynamic Disks to Basic Disks (Dynamic Disks are available under Windows 2000/XP/2003)
  • Recovery Media Builder - creates CDs/DVDs(or even a floppy disk) that you can boot from and recover your system
  • Email notification - automatic sending email with operation result information
  • Script Interpreter (psi)
28.04.2004 6.0 Paragon Partition Manager 6.0 is released
Version 6.0 was redesigned and rewritten, program core engine was improved, a wide range of new functions were developed and included.
Partition Manager 6.0 features following 3 licenses for sale:
  • Personal Version
  • Professional Version
  • Technician License
Now you can expand your toolset by following new functions:
  • Virtual pre-execution - perform all intended operations virtually, evaluate final state and either apply changes to be realized physically or discard them.
  • Easy-to-use wizards for usual scenarios - Redistribute Free Space Wizard, Merge Partitions Wizard, Partition Undelete Wizard
  • Merge adjacent partitions (FAT, NTFS)
  • Undelete partition
  • Check File System Integrity
  • Convert primary partition to logical and back
  • Change partition ID (signature)
  • Change partition primary slot (in Master Boot Record)
  • Update MBR (Master Boot Record) with standard code
  • Defragment FAT or NTFS partition
  • Retesting disk surface for partitions with data, relocating files from encountered bad blocks
  • Automatic generation and sending operations logs over email for quick and easy technical support
23.09.2002 5.5 Paragon Partition Manager 5.5 was released
New Features:
  • MFT defragmenter
  • Downgrading NTFS revision
  • Dynamic Disk support
  • Support for Ext3FS and ReiserFS
Partition Manager 5.5 includes
  • MFT defragmenter
  • Downgrading NTFS revision
  • Dynamic Disk support
  • Support for Ext3FS and ReiserFS
24.09.2001 5.0 Windows XP support added.
20.06.2001 5.0 Paragon Partition Manager 5.0 was released
01.05.2001 2000 New version of Paragon Partition Manager 5.0 is announced. It includes a new version of Boot Manager and Paragon Ext2FS Anywhere Promotional Edition. New Professional Technician version of Paragon Partition Manager 5.0 also includes extended scripts for partitioning operations and Diskette Build Wizard.
10.01.2000 2000 Paragon Partition Manager 2000 was released. The program engine is completely rewritten and offers extended partitioning functions. The program support multiple OS and devices
21.08.1998 2.0 Paragon Partition Manager 2.0 was released. The basics of OS-independence are laid.
12.10.1996 1.2 Paragon Partition Manager 1.2 was released.
17.03.1996 1.0 First version of Paragon Partition Manager was released