Paragon Partition Manager Community Edition is Windows software for organizing drives and adjusting partition space. Users can resize or move partitions by dragging them or entering an exact size, redistribute free space, and change labels or drive letters. It can check partitions for errors, format or delete drives and partitions, and undelete volumes or recover data after accidental partition deletion. Conversion options include logical-to-primary partitions, HFS to NTFS without reformatting, and MBR/GPT in either direction. Supported storage includes HDDs, SSDs, Storage Spaces, and RAID; listed filesystems include NTFS, FAT32, Ext2/3/4, ReiserFS, HPFS, Apple HFS+, Btrfs, XFS, and Linux Swap. The edition includes WinPE bootable media, command-line support, and native Arm64 CPU support. It runs on 64-bit Windows 10 x64 version 1809 or newer, Windows 11 x64, and Windows 11 Arm64. The free edition is for non-commercial use. It does not include partition merge or split operations, Windows Server support, backups, OS migration, data wiping, or virtual disk support.
Who it is for
This edition suits personal and home users who need Windows partition management and recovery tools. Its listed OS support includes Windows 11 Arm64 as well as specified 64-bit x64 versions.
What is good
- Resize and move partitions by dragging or exact size.
- Can recover data after accidental partition deletion.
- Supports MBR/GPT conversion in either direction.
- Includes WinPE bootable media and command-line support.
- Native Arm64 CPU support is listed.
What to know first
- Free use is limited to non-commercial purposes.
- Partition merging and splitting are not included.
- Windows Server support is excluded.
- Disk or volume backup is not included.
Verdict
Community Edition offers a broad set of partition operations, conversions, and recovery tools for supported Windows systems. Its non-commercial restriction and excluded functions may rule it out for some users.
Paragon Partition Manager Community Edition plans and pricing
All plansCompared on disk partition software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Bootable media
- Yes
- Partition table support
- both
- Filesystem support
- NTFS, FAT32, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, ReiserFS, Linux Swap, HPFS, Apple HFS+, Btrfs, XFS
- Operating systems
- windows
- Move partitions
- Yes
- Merge partitions
- No
