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Paragon Hard Disk Manager vs Parted Magic: catalog facts
Paragon Hard Disk Manager	Parted Magic
Paid A paid licence is required.	Paid Sold as a paid subscription; the licence covers unlimited drives.
Windows	Linux
Partitioning, imaging, migration and wiping in a single supported product Builds a bootable recovery medium from within the application	NIST SP 800-88 compliant secure erase for HDD, SSD, NVMe and eMMC Partitioning, cloning, rescue and erasing in one boot drive
Paid licence with no free tier Windows only	Requires a paid subscription Drives cannot be securely erased through USB connections
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Operating system
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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