66 MAY2020|COMPUTERSHOPPER|ISSUE387
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REGISTERYOURSOFTWARE
BY16thAPRIL2020
HARD DISKMANAGER17 is a
comprehensive suiteoftools that
comes ready to handle all your
HDD management needs.
Whenyou first loadHardDisk
Manager 17 you’ll notice the
interface is split into sections.
The first is Backup &Recovery.
Here you can backupand
restoreeitheranentiredriveorindividualfiles
andfolders, and to justaboutany location.
With differential backupsupport, youcan run a
schedule to getthe latest versions of yourfiles
uploaded at theend of everyday.
Within thePartitionManagermodule,you can
create, format, merge,split, deleteorundelete
partitions. Yo ucan back up anything fromemails to
your documents folder, individualpartitionsoran
entire hard disk. There arealso
tools to copydrives, fix boot
problems, save drives to virtual disk
formats, convert drives between
file systems (no formatting
required), wipedisks to destroy
confidentialdata andmore.
TheDiskWiper module does
what it says on the tin. If you plan
to disposeofyourcomputer or sell it on, then you’ll
need to securely erase the contents.The DiskWiper
module enables you to wipe an entire partition or
drive,internal or external, usinggovernment-
approvedsecure wiping methods.
Then there’s DriveCopy, another useful moduleif
you wanttomigrateyour data to another drive.
Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 providesan
array of reliable and effective harddisk tools, most
of which are powered by helpfulwizards so they’re
extremely easy to use. If you needasolid all-in-one
package,crammed with business-oriented extras,
then it’sdefinitely worth atry.
ParagonHardDiskManager
17LimitedEdition
REQUIREMENTSWindows10;3 00 MBharddiskspace
WEBSITEwww.paragon-software.com
NOTESGetyourregistrationcodeattinyurl.com/paragonregistration
REQUIREMENTSWindows10;
40MBharddiskspace
WEBSITEwww.abelssoft.net
NOTESGetyourregistrationcodewithinthe
application
INSTALLWINDOWS 10 andyou’d think that the
operating systemis locked down with maximum
security turned on by default. Sadly,itisn’t. Apps are
configured to talk to each other,your data can be
shared online,and information about your PC,
activity and application crashes is automatically
sent to Microsoft.
Fortunately,there are tools availabletohelp
make Windows more
secure and privatewith
how it handlesyour data.
AbelssoftWin10PrivacyFix
is one such tool.
When you first launch
Win10PrivacyFix, you’ll see
some recommended
automatedoptions. From
here you candeactivate
all communication to
Microsoft, apply data
sharing and permissions
rules to apps or,ifyou’ve
AbelssoftWin10PrivacyFix
lost track of your changesand want to start all
over again, you can use Win10PrivacyFixto
restore theWindows 10 privacy settings back to
the original defaults.
What can be switchedonoroff? There’sahuge
numberofoptions, including turning off tracking,
preventing appsfromgaining access to your
microphone,orautomatically recognising yourself
(orother people) using
your apps, with much
more besides.
There’s also plenty of
adviceonoffer,and
Win10PrivacyFix will
suggest whether an
option should be
switched on or off.
That’shelpful if you’re not
sure whether disabling a
setting will simply protect
your privacy or hobble a
much-usedapplication.
