Watch Out
Reviewed by: William Hogben, Tue Jul 14 2009
WARNING on PARAGON NTFS for MAC OS X
I installed the Paragon NTFS for Mac OSX Trial today on a bog standard first generation Intel Mac Pro, running 10.5.7 and no other mods.
The installation asked for my password twice, which struck me as odd - but I did not have the foresight to cancel it. When asked to restart after successful completion I complied, and that's when the trouble started.
The computer restarted with nothing showing on the two standard Apple Cinema Displays. The fans which once used to adjust to the activity level of the computer are now constantly on high. The computer otherwise seems functional, despite that fact that it cannot find or display on any monitor in the house.
I accessed the computer over the network using screen sharing and ran the uninstaller for Paragon NTFS for Mac OSX - however this had no effect on the problems. In the system profiler under Graphics/Displays it says the system does not contain any supported devices.
Just how much damage the Paragon NTFS for Mac OSX trial managed I do not know. I know that the symptoms have stopped the computer from being usable, and include the system fans (& whatever system controls those) as well.
A quick trip to the Paragon support forums revealed a host of different problems people are experiencing, none of which were answered by Paragon.
I am writing to forewarn you, if there is any way you can avoid rolling the dice with Paragon NTFS for Mac OSX please do so, the results are unpredictable and in my case incapacitated the computer. Other people in the forums reported corruption of their NTFS and FAT partions causing complete data loss, and other issues that did not resolve themselves when Paragon NTFS for Mac OSX was uninstalled.
Do yourself a favor and steer clear - I certainly won't risk any other Paragon trials. I'm spending my day remote reinstalling Leopard in the hope it will resolve these issues - I hope by reading this you'll save yourself and your business that time.
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