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

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