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Screenshots: Five free apps to simplify partition tasks

By // February 17, 2016, 7:30 AM PST

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  • Introduction

    Most modern operating systems contain built-in tools for creating, deleting, or resizing partitions. But many users find that third-party tools make these types of tasks easier, since such tools might not have the same limitations as a native partition management utility. Here are several good partition managers, which won't cost you a dime.

    Note: This gallery is also available as an article.

  • MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition

    As its name suggests, MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition is a free tool for creating and managing partitions. It has a clean interface and does a nice job of providing access to the most common partition-related tasks without being overly complex.

  • MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition

    This tool offers options for rebuilding the MBR, copying a disk, and even doing a disk surface test.

  • EaseUS Partition Master Free Edition

    EaseUS Partition Master Free Edition is another free tool for creating and managing partitions. At first glance, it appears to be somewhat lightweight. Upon closer inspection, however, you'll discover that it includes some nice features.

  • EaseUS Partition Master Free Edition

    Among the most useful features are a disk cloning wizard and a wizard that lets you migrate an OS to an alternate location.

  • AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition

    AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition is a free partition management tool. Its interface isn’t exactly original. In fact, I had to do a double take to see whether this application was just a reskinned version of one of the other applications discussed in this article. But the application is indeed unique.

  • AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition

    This tool has all the basics covered and offers lots of wizards to help with common tasks, such as a partition recovery wizard, an NTFS to FAT32 converter, and even a tool to migrate your computer’s operating system to SSD.

    AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition is free; an upgrade to the professional edition is available for $36.

  • Paragon Partition Manager Free Edition (64-bit)

    Paragon Partition Manager Free Edition is a lightweight tool for creating and managing partitions. It appears to be designed for beginners. The application contains a series of colorful tiles with options for things like creating, resizing, and deleting partitions. When you make a selection, the application launches a wizard that guides you through the tasks. These wizards are largely automated and provide few options for controlling the selected operation.

  • Paragon Partition Manager Free Edition (64-bit)

    This application might do a good job of preventing someone who doesn't know much about partitions from making any critical mistakes, but it probably isn’t the best option for IT professionals.

  • Macrorit Disk Partition Expert Free

    Macrorit Disk Partition Expert Free reminds me a lot of MiniTool Partition Wizard, but it allows for a greater variety of operations.

  • Macrorit Disk Partition Expert Free

    Macrorit offers plenty of nice extras, including a disk defragmenter, a volume checker, and a disk surface test. It also includes some volume-level tools that allow you to do things such as explore or wipe a volume.

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Introduction

Most modern operating systems contain built-in tools for creating, deleting, or resizing partitions. But many users find that third-party tools make these types of tasks easier, since such tools might not have the same limitations as a native partition management utility. Here are several good partition managers, which won't cost you a dime.

Note: This gallery is also available as an article.

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