My understanding is that it IS the latest version, but all of Paragon's FREE programs are numbered .5 less than the PAY version. I doubt that. No reason for them to give away their newest products for free, that too the professional version, and in a giveaway that lasts for several days. On the other hand, it makes sense for them to give out a slightly older version as a teaser/demo to encourage people to buy the latest one. I don't know for sure, however.
Had no problems with other paragon software. Sounds like a great deal if you don't backup.
I still use Drive Image pro for my XP machines- has never never failed in any way. But I sprang for a a retail version of Acronis for vista, because I didn't want my innate cheapness to cost me two days of reformatting. The Paragon should work fine if you need it. If you don't already back up, do so b4 you feel really really stupid when your HD fails. Remember to keep a set of fairly recent backup disks off premises if you can just in case.
FTLOSM
Senior Member
posted: May. 1, 2010 @ 11:37a
I have a wd 2 tb drive that i ended up removing the wd software (horrible) and had been using a program called syncback (their freeware version) http://www.2brightsparks.com/ overall it's working ok but I am thinking of trying this just to see if it's better, the backups for syncback are painfully slow.
My understanding is that it IS the latest version, but all of Paragon's FREE programs are numbered .5 less than the PAY version. I doubt that. No reason for them to give away their newest products for free, that too the professional version, and in a giveaway that lasts for several days. On the other hand, it makes sense for them to give out a slightly older version as a teaser/demo to encourage people to buy the latest one. I don't know for sure, however.
The free products do not have the same tech support as the paid version hence the .5 version.
I think the discussion regarding the versions starts at comment #5 Giveaway of the Day It was a different product, but still by Paragon.
Paragon giveaways, discounted offers tend to be crippled versions of the real thing; end up having to pay the full ride for all desirable, necessary features
jonkoerner
Member
posted: May. 1, 2010 @ 5:15p
This is v.9.5. The current version for sale is 10. There is no list of features or anything about 9.5, so don't know what it is missing compared to v.10.
mikia
Member
posted: May. 1, 2010 @ 10:32p
They did not send me product key and serial number. Only password.
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