Go out and buy a brand new computer and the first thing you'll want to do is partition the existing drive. That can be tricky, when the manufacturer has pre-installed Windows and other software. There might be more than a few partitions, some of which you'd like to delete or merge in to one larger partition. Either way, the software required to do this won't have shipped with Windows and it's wise to keep some partitioning software in your collection of applications, in case you want to re-partition at a later date. Buy an external hard drive and you may want to partition this. You may need to give your system partition more space, in the future. The options are endless.

Paragon Partition Manager 9.5 Professional, worth £42 (or $79.95), is available to download, for free from the Paragon Software website. This download has absolutely no restrictions - you can use it on your workstation or home PC - and it's the Professional edition, rather than the more basic Personal edition. This is a must have download and is only available between the 14th and 18th of October. 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available.

Paragon Partition Manager 9.5 Professional link.

16 Oct 2009