Most modern operating systems contain built-in tools for\r\ncreating, deleting, or resizing partitions. But many users find that\r\nthird-party tools make these types of tasks easier, since such tools might not\r\nhave the same limitations as a native partition management utility. Here are\r\nseveral good partition managers, which won’t cost you a dime.
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This tool offers options for rebuilding the MBR, copying a disk, and\r\neven doing a disk surface test.
Among the most useful features are a disk cloning wizard and a wizard that lets you migrate an OS to an\r\nalternate location.
This tool has all the basics covered and offers lots of wizards to\r\nhelp with common tasks, such as a partition\r\nrecovery wizard, an NTFS to FAT32 converter, and even a tool to migrate your\r\ncomputer’s operating system to SSD.
AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition is free; an\r\nupgrade to the professional edition is available for $36.
This application might do a good job of preventing someone\r\nwho doesn’t know much about partitions from making any critical mistakes, but\r\nit probably isn’t the best option for IT professionals.
Macrorit offers plenty of nice extras, including a disk\r\ndefragmenter, a volume checker, and a disk surface test. It also includes some\r\nvolume-level tools that allow you to do things such as explore or wipe a volume.
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