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How can I get the ISO Image for Paragon Partition Manager 6.0 Personal?
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After using Paragon Partition Manager 6.0 Personal, I urgently need the Recovery CD Image from Paragon because I am not able to boot my computer anymore. My computer now shows this message: Your disks were modified by Paragon Partition Engine! Insert its boot diskette and press any key..."
To get the ISO image from Paragon that would hopefully fix the booting problem, you need to register as a customer at the Paragon website. However, I was unable to register the product (serial no.: 210-080-1200). I got the CD for free along with a external HDD that I bought, which is apparently the cause of the registration problem.
Is there any way I can register the product to get the free download of the ISO image? If this is not possible, can I purchase the ISO image for Partition Manager 6.0?
Would it help to purchase any up-to-date version of Paragon partition manager to get this ISO image?
I need it to boot my computer and fix it.
Paragon has not replied to the request I submitted and I'm afraid they discontinued the support for Paragon Partition Manager 6.0.
Should I give up looking for that ISO image and use my Windows XP Recovery CD?
PS: Fortunately, my personal files are stored on another partition and should not be affected even if I use Windows XP recovery CD.
Your help is greatly appreciated
After using Paragon Partition Manager 6.0 Personal, I urgently need the Recovery CD Image from Paragon because I am not able to boot my computer anymore. My computer now shows this message: Your disks were modified by Paragon Partition Engine! Insert its boot diskette and press any key..."
To get the ISO image from Paragon that would hopefully fix the booting problem, you need to register as a customer at the Paragon website. However, I was unable to register the product (serial no.: 210-080-1200). I got the CD for free along with a external HDD that I bought, which is apparently the cause of the registration problem.
Is there any way I can register the product to get the free download of the ISO image? If this is not possible, can I purchase the ISO image for Partition Manager 6.0?
Would it help to purchase any up-to-date version of Paragon partition manager to get this ISO image?
I need it to boot my computer and fix it.
Paragon has not replied to the request I submitted and I'm afraid they discontinued the support for Paragon Partition Manager 6.0.
Should I give up looking for that ISO image and use my Windows XP Recovery CD?
PS: Fortunately, my personal files are stored on another partition and should not be affected even if I use Windows XP recovery CD.
Your help is greatly appreciated
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One more thing:
You may inspect the current state of your disk/partitions, and also backup data if still accessible, by using a Linux boot CD.
Download the free Parted Magic: www.partedmagic.com, write the iso image to disk (use ImgBurn: www.imgburn.com - which is free as well) and boot your PC off it.
On the desktop, click the 'Mount' tool, mount your HD partition(s), and inspect the files you see in the filemanager that automatically opens. If you find your data, you can copy them to USB media.
You may inspect the current state of your disk/partitions, and also backup data if still accessible, by using a Linux boot CD.
Download the free Parted Magic: www.partedmagic.com, write the iso image to disk (use ImgBurn: www.imgburn.com - which is free as well) and boot your PC off it.
On the desktop, click the 'Mount' tool, mount your HD partition(s), and inspect the files you see in the filemanager that automatically opens. If you find your data, you can copy them to USB media.
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Thank you so much! I love this expert exchange platform!
I haven't touched the PC so far but I'm prepared for the worst case..
Finally, the German support team of Paragon replied to my enquiry and I was able to download Partition Manager 7 Recovery.exe from a link that they e-mailed to me. It seems like you know the Paragon team quite well as your post is absolutely correct. Thanks!
I'll have someone burn the image on CD so that I can proceed with the operation that broke down. Currently, I'm using a biz laptop where I don't have admin rights to burn the CD.
It seems that I'm on the right track, now. I hope my patience will pay off...
I haven't touched the PC so far but I'm prepared for the worst case..
Finally, the German support team of Paragon replied to my enquiry and I was able to download Partition Manager 7 Recovery.exe from a link that they e-mailed to me. It seems like you know the Paragon team quite well as your post is absolutely correct. Thanks!
I'll have someone burn the image on CD so that I can proceed with the operation that broke down. Currently, I'm using a biz laptop where I don't have admin rights to burn the CD.
It seems that I'm on the right track, now. I hope my patience will pay off...
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Did it went well since booting from Recovery CD? Any update?
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Thanks a lot!
I finally received the Paragon Recovery CD that was burnt for me and I booted my computer with it. The Normal Linux mode started automatically after a couple of seconds. It took some time to complete the operations that were scheduled.
The CHKDSK that came later showed that there were some issues with certain files but it seems that these issues were corrected.
My system is up and running again and I promise I won't touch it anymore.
At the first glance, my data does not seem to be damaged. However, I am going to make a backup of it on an external HDD.
Unfortunately, my wireless connection didn't work anymore but after several attempts and some old tricks I'm online.
Thanks again! All your help was incredible and worked out.
I finally received the Paragon Recovery CD that was burnt for me and I booted my computer with it. The Normal Linux mode started automatically after a couple of seconds. It took some time to complete the operations that were scheduled.
The CHKDSK that came later showed that there were some issues with certain files but it seems that these issues were corrected.
My system is up and running again and I promise I won't touch it anymore.
At the first glance, my data does not seem to be damaged. However, I am going to make a backup of it on an external HDD.
Unfortunately, my wireless connection didn't work anymore but after several attempts and some old tricks I'm online.
Thanks again! All your help was incredible and worked out.
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I'm glad I asked experts instead of trying to fix the problem myself.
Glad to hear it worked for you.
Here is my explaining of what happened. As I could get from support rep, the tool puts special record to MBR at the time you apply the operations. This is done to prevent data loss in case of unexpected PC turn off. IN case of power shortage or someone did hard reset the PC, the tool will let you continue the operation correctly till the successful end. I think it would be better if they modify the warning message to - "you have uncompleted operation, please use CD to complete it etc".
Here is my explaining of what happened. As I could get from support rep, the tool puts special record to MBR at the time you apply the operations. This is done to prevent data loss in case of unexpected PC turn off. IN case of power shortage or someone did hard reset the PC, the tool will let you continue the operation correctly till the successful end. I think it would be better if they modify the warning message to - "you have uncompleted operation, please use CD to complete it etc".
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I tried to shift my system partition (C:), which I regret now. The system had to restart and I saw how modifications were being made (data was shifted). So I left the computer and when I came back I saw the black screen telling me: Your disks were modified by Paragon Partition Engine! Insert its boot diskette and press any key..."
The Windows XP Recovery is now being sent to me because I recently moved to Switzerland.
Then I'll try FIXMBR.
Just one more question: Will all my applications be gone and need to be reinstalled after that operation?