You will be prompted with a setup wizard. To create a disk image backup, select “Backup to VD” (where VD means virtual disk). On the main window in full mode, you will tabs for “Backup & Restore” for creating and restoring disk images, “Partitioning” for managing partions, “Copy & Migration” for copying to a new hard disk, migrating the OS, or migrating to a virtual machine, “Archives” to verify and selectively restore from backups, “Schedule” to set up regular backup schedules and “Volume Explorer” to navigate your hard disks. You want to be confident you can restore all your old disk images, and minimize the risk of any corruption in your backups. Paragon has an impeccable and long standing reputation for making reliable software, which is a major selling point. Part of the reason for the old interface is that Paragon has been around a long time (since 1994), making it one the oldest disk imaging tools that is still actively developed.

However, it also offers an “Express mode” interface, which is simpler and far more intuitive (although still not as polished as Acronis True Image).

Its interface is less user friendly than Acronis True Image, and some might find it a bit dated. create/merge/split/wipe) partitions as well as create disk image backups, then this is a good way to go, since you get these extra features for a similar cost to a dedicated imaging tool.

As the name implies it offers a range of hard disk management features, so is not only for disk imaging. Paragon Hard Disk Manager (HDM) is a decent choice of disk imaging tool if you also want general disk management features but don’t mind spending time learning how to use the software.

Paragon hard disk manager