Program for dividing a hard drive. Programs for working with hard disk partitions

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Aomei Partition Assistant – a powerful program for working with a hard drive, administering partitions for PCs and workstations. The program will answer questions such as: “How to resize a partition or merge partitions without losing data? How to increase computer performance?” Additionally, PA includes AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager Pro (DDM), which means it has the ability to manage a dynamic disk volume.

Torrent Breakdown hard drive - AOMEI Partition Assistant Technician Edition 6.6 RePack by KpoJIuK details:
Main features:
Possibility to expand the system NTFS partition without rebooting your computer to maximize computer performance and minimize downtime;
· Merging adjacent partitions into one large one without losing data, or merging unallocated space into a partition;
·Splitting one large partition into two or more partitions;
·Create as many partitions as you need without using free disk space;
·Copying partitions for migration Windows systems or when backup important data;
· Cloning a hard drive helps with updating it;
·Quick distribution of free space from one partition to another for full use disk space.

New opportunities:
OS migration to SSD/HDD: For many SSD users, this simple technology can help you migrate your OS to SSD and keep the original system.
Partition recovery: Recover lost or deleted partitions in a few steps.
Partition alignment: acceleration of disks when reading and writing data, especially SSD disks.
·Creating bootable CDs: performs safe management disk partitions in WinPE mode and booting from CD/DVD, USB flash memory.
MBR Rewrite: rewriting from the main boot disk to the damaged one HDD MBR for easy recovery.
·Conversion between GPT and MBR: conversion from GPT disk to MBR without data loss and back.
·Control Linux partitions: creating, deleting, formatting, copying, destroying, restoring Ext2/Ext3 partitions.
·Changing the partition type (ID) and changing the serial number.

Changes in version 6.6:
Fully support exFAT file system, including create, delete, format, move, and copy exFAT partition.
The Windows PE bootable media created on 64-bit system support both UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes.
Remove the limitation to resize/move system boot partition in Windows 10, version 1703 and later.

Version Features:
·Type: installation [official installer]
·Languages: multi, there is Russian
·Treatment: carried out

Command line switches:
Quiet installation: /S /Q
Select installation location: /D=PATH

The /D=PATH parameter is specified last

The hard drive in your computer and the drive icon in the My Computer window are different concepts. For example, a computer may have one hard drive installed, while there may be several of them in “My Computer”. The reason for this strange discrepancy is that the hard drive can be divided into so-called partitions. This is called logical disk layout.

I will talk about why such markup is needed, how to do it correctly (and whether it should be done at all), and also tell you about free programs for such a delicate procedure.

Why do you need to partition your hard drive?

There are several reasons to partition a hard drive:

Partitions on a hard drive are primarily needed for proper storage of information. For example, some users prefer the following division: operating system and programs on one disk (usually C), documents - on the second ( D), photo archive on the third ( E) and so on. In this case, there may well be only one hard drive.
If you have one hard drive, but want to have two or more operating systems, you will have to divide the hard drive into partitions, since Windows and other operating systems can only be installed on different partitions or hard drives.
Manufacturers of laptops (and some computers from famous manufacturers such as Acer) have their own reason for dividing hard drive partitions: on a section that is visible as a disk C, Windows installed, second ( D) is completely empty, and the third (which is not visible in any way in the “My Computer” window) stores a compressed copy of the partition C. This hidden section hard drive is called recovery partition. If something happened to the operating system (“Windows crashed” - as some users like to say), then when you turn on the laptop, just press a key combination (see which one - see the instructions for the laptop) and a special program will clean the disk C, then unpacks the contents of the hidden partition there. As a result, the user will receive a laptop with the programs that were originally on it at the time of purchase in the store. Disk D however, it will not be changed. The conclusion suggests itself: if you store all documents on a laptop with such a recovery system not on drive C, A only on D, can be restored at any time damaged Windows brand new, without losing important data. By the way, any advanced user can make such a recovery system for themselves, but I’ll tell you about it some other time.
The Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems, when installed on a blank, “unpartitioned” hard drive, create a hidden partition of 100-350 megabytes in size. This small partition stores a bootloader designed, oddly enough, to boot Windows. This partition will not exist or its contents will be damaged - and the computer will not start the operating system, displaying the message on a black screen “ Boot fail», « Cannot find boot device", "Boot error" or similar, the meaning of which is the same - not found boot disk with the operating system. Actually, the bootloader can be stored on disk C:, and/or in hidden sectors of hard disk (outside partitions), but the developers decided in Windows 7/8 to use a separate hidden partition in order to somehow protect the boot loader from damage by other programs, viruses or the user.
There are other reasons too hard division disk into partitions. For example, for correct operation GNU/Linux operating systems should create several sections, but this is the topic of a separate article, we will not consider them here.

So, main reasons division of hard disk into partitions: for the convenience of storing information, for installing several operating systems, for operating a recovery system, for storage Windows boot loader 7/8.

A little theory: file systems, partition types

Information about partitions (i.e. logical drives) is stored in a "partition table". Each logical drive can have its own file system. You can read more about all this in the Wikipedia articles: Disk partition, Logical disk, File system. A novice user only needs to know the bare minimum:

If you divide the hard drive into logical drives(sections), Disk capacity will not increase- there’s simply nowhere to find free space! You can make sections of any size, but in total they cannot be larger than the volume real hard disk. Less please. Then you will get unlabeled free space, not visible in My Computer, from which you can get one or more new partitions. This is a question I often get from newbies, so I put it first.
Exist primary (main) And extended (additional) sections. One hard drive cannot have more than four main partitions (see the links above for why this is so), so they came up with an extended partition - this is a primary partition that can include any number of partitions. As a result, thanks to the extended partition, the hard drive can have any number of partitions - tens, hundreds.
Each partition can have its own file system. IN this moment For Windows installations Vista, 7 and 8 can only be used NTFS, and the outdated Windows XP can be installed on disks with the FAT32 file system. However, I do not recommend doing this, as it imposes too many restrictions. Make all partitions in NTFS - everything will work as it should.
Any hard drive must be partitioned one way or another. In one or more logical drives- you decide. When purchased, the hard drive is usually already partitioned into one partition - this is what the manufacturer decided. If you are satisfied with this way of organizing information, leave it alone.
It is very undesirable to partition the disk in laptops - most of them have hidden recovery partitions that can be damaged (see point 3 of the previous chapter).
If you bought a 2 terabyte hard drive, but in “My Computer” it is “only” 1.86 terabytes (1860 gigabytes), then do not rush back to the store. It's all about how manufacturers and Windows calculate the volume. Read more about this in the Wikipedia article Hard Drive. How larger size hard drive - the more clearly you can see that there are fewer real gigabytes.
Sections can be delete, create, move(change their physical position on the disk), resize them, format them, convert them file systems on partitions from one to another. Moreover, many programs can do this while saving all the data. There are other operations, but novice users most often need the above.
If there is an error during the process of changing partitions (see point 7), information is almost always lost. Yes, it can be restored (or part of it) using special programs with the participation of specialists, but it is best to save all of it in advance important information to other disks (not logical, but real disks) or flash drives, so as not to pay money for data recovery.

Disk Management in Windows

Windows has a standard partition changer - " Disk Management". Depending on the Windows versions, the capabilities of this program change a little, but in general over the past years (if we talk about Windows Vista, 7, 8) there have been no major changes. Windows XP looks more modest in this regard - apart from formatting and changing the drive letter, there is little that can be done there.

As an example I’ll take “ Disk Management» Windows 7. You can open this program in several ways:

The simplest one is to right-click on the line Computer on the menu Start- select an item Control- in a new window select Disk Management.
Opening Control Panel - Administration - Computer management - Disk Management.
Click Start - Execute(or the Win+R key combination) - enter in the window that opens diskmgmt.msc- press OK.

Disk Management looks like that:

Here you can see how physical disks(including DVD drives, flash drives and other devices for storing information), and logical, i.e. virtual - hidden partition of the Windows 7 boot loader, disks C And D. The number of disks on your computer may vary.

Basic actions are available by right-clicking on the desired section:

The list of actions is quite meager:

Items Open, Conductor allow you to view the contents of disks
Make the section active- indicate on which disk (partition) the bootloader is located. In Windows 7 and 8 this is system reserved chapter. You cannot make another partition active - the operating system will stop loading.
Change drive letter or drive path- you can change the drive letter displayed in the Computer window or display it as a folder. Yes, partitions can be displayed not only as disks, but also as folders on any disk.
Format- you can read about this in the Wikipedia Formatting article. The item opens a window with which you can start high-level formatting.
Extend volume- if there is space on the hard drive that is not marked as a partition, then you can expand the partition size using this free space.
Shrink Volume- this item allows you to reduce the size of the partition. The result will be the formation of unallocated space, which can be used to expand the volume of another section (see the previous paragraph).
Delete volume- delete the section. Don't click on an item without thoroughly considering the consequences. If you delete a partition, the information on it can only be saved using special programs, and even then not always.
Properties- a properties window will open with information about the selected disk (partition).

Of course, this is not a complete list of possibilities. Disk Management. You can create dynamic disks, for example. However, this is of no use to novice users. this article designed just for them.

So, to create, delete, resize partitions via Disk Management, you only need three menu items: Expand Volume, Shrink Volume, Delete Volume.

All operations take place in real time, i.e. after pressing desired item and an affirmative answer to the question - do we want to do this - the actual action occurs.

Do not forget that there is a risk of failure, due to which we could lose either one or all of the partitions. This applies primarily to computers with big amount unnecessary programs- each of them may be the culprit in deleting all data. Moreover, the scenario is when you need to change the partition from which Windows is launched (usually this is the disk C), is the worst - most often problems arise for users when they try to change system partition.

To minimize the risk of failure, There are three methods:

Insert the hard drive into another computer and change partitions from it by running Disk Management or any other program for changing partitions. Due to the fact that Windows will be launched from another disk, no programs will fit on foreign disk, interfering with a critical operation.
Boot from a Live CD - the operating system and programs will be launched not from the hard drive, but from a CD or DVD, flash drive - again, nothing will interfere with changing partitions.
To change partitions, use a program that can work in Native mode. For example, disk check C always works in this mode - a black window with white text before loading the Desktop. In this mode, a minimum number of programs are launched and the risk of failure is minimal.

The third option is the simplest, because the user essentially does not need to do anything - just restart the computer and wait a few minutes. Two can do this the following programs review.

Free for home use program for changing hard disk partitions.

Surface test- checking the disk surface (physical). Allows you to detect bad sectors (so-called “bads”, “bad blocks”).

View properties- display information about the disk.

Yes, knowledge of English is clearly required here, especially considering that almost every item opens a window with settings for the action being performed. After you have made the necessary manipulations, you need to apply the changes by pressing a button Apply(Apply):

Only then will the partition changes begin. This process may take some time - from a couple of minutes to several hours.

Depending on whether the system partition is affected or not, operations are carried out either immediately in the window, or you will need to restart the computer and start changing the partition in Native mode:

The program has so many functions that it is impossible to list them all. I recommend that you read the help for EaseUS Partition Master. She is on English language, unfortunately, but you can use Google translator. The translation is quite understandable.

Pros of EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition:

Lots of functions.
All actions are “virtual” until you click the Apply button. This means that you can cancel operations before this “point of no return” and try to do something else with the partitions. Or don’t do it at all if you change your mind.
Works stably and predictably. For example, during testing, while changing partitions, I started copying files to the partition that was to be changed. Result - a window appeared stating that the partition could not be locked, all operations were interrupted, the data did not disappear anywhere.
The program is free for home use.

Cons of EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition:

The interface is in English only.
There are, perhaps, too many possibilities - this can confuse beginners.
A serious failure during the operation will lead to serious consequences.
For example, if you turn off the computer while changing a partition, the data on the partition will disappear. However, this is a minus of absolutely all programs for changing partitions.

Conclusion: the program is good. You can and should use it; there is no alternative among free programs.

Paragon Partition Manager 11 Free

Free program for changing partitions from a company based in Russia. Unfortunately, the program is in English. What made the developers take such a step is unclear. Moreover paid version Russian-language programs.

The main window of the program is no different from the window of the hero of the previous review, except that the buttons have changed their order:

Deserves special mention Express Mode(Simplified mode). By clicking on this button, we will get a window with a list of the most common actions:

One could say that this is an ideal mode for beginners, if not for one “but”: everything here is in English. Moreover, I had a suspicion that the English here was somehow incorrect, as if it was not a person who was translating, but a machine.

pros Paragon Partition Manager 11 Free:

Many windows are clear enough to understand the functions.
Some operations are carried out immediately in the program window, some (if required) in Native mode. That is, the program does everything to reduce the chance of data loss.
The program is free to use at home.

Cons of Paragon Partition Manager 11 Free:

English-language, and due to the strange construction of phrases it is quite difficult to understand.
The simplified Express Mode works exactly the opposite: firstly, the descriptions of operations and the operations themselves have more technical subtleties than is required; secondly, this mode is very capricious and does not really work, producing meaningless errors.
The program is too slow. For example, deleting a 38 GB hard drive partition took me about 5 minutes - quite long for such a simple operation.

Conclusion: The program works, but somehow it is unpredictable. I do not recommend using this program, fortunately there is an alternative in the form of EaseUS Partition Master Home.

Changing partitions during installation of Windows 7, 8, 10

This tool also deserves a mention.

We take any installation disk with Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 or 10, start the disk installation, go to the partition selection and click Disk setup:

It seems that everything is simple: you need to click on a section in the list, then the action button. Unfortunately, there is little action here: deletion, formatting, partitioning and expansion.

You can, for example, delete a partition and use the freed up space to increase the size of another partition or partitions (by selecting required sections, you need to press the Delete and Extension buttons in turn).

Alas, a very popular operation - reducing the size of partitions - is not here. You can delete the partition, then re-create a new one with a smaller partition, but, unfortunately, we will lose the data.

All operations take place in real time, i.e. after pressing the button, the action occurs.

Result: editing partitions during Windows installation is an extremely primitive tool. It works, but performs only a limited list of actions, among which the only one that saves data is increasing (expanding) the size of the partition. If you need to install Windows and do not need to save data on partitions, then the tool will come in handy.

If you suddenly accidentally deleted a partition during Windows installation or through some program, do not despair - the partition recovery function is included in EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition.

In order to recover a deleted hard drive partition, don't touch the partitions, immediately boot into Windows (or insert the hard drive into another computer if you deleted the system partition and Windows boot impossible), then run the above program, click on the line with the word in the list Unallocated("Unallocated"), then click the button Partition recovery.

The rest, as they say, is a matter of technique - the action wizard will tell you where to click, where to check the boxes, and then restore your deleted disk.

Tip #2: Installing two or more Windows operating systems on one hard drive

All you need for this is several sections. If your hard drive already has a second partition that is visible in the " Computer" - make sure that there is at least 20 GB of free space (more is better), then during Windows installation simply specify this second (third, fourth, etc.) disk. Once installed, you will be able to select Windows using a menu that appears when you turn on your computer.

If you have one disk ( C), I suggest the simplest option: Through Disk Management give it to the section first WITH team Compress, reducing it by at least 20 gigabytes (or better yet, more, because in addition to Windows you will also be installing programs):

Right click on drive C...

After pressing the button Compress disk size C decreases, unallocated (free) space appears in the partition map:

We indicate unallocated space. The installer will create the partition itself.

After installation, you will have two operating systems. You can create unallocated spaces or empty disks and indicate them for installation.

Thanks to reader Vladimir for raising this topic.

You may have noticed that in the screenshots of the Disk Management window, all partitions are marked with a blue stripe. You may have sections with green stripes. What is the difference between blue and green sections?

A green bar in Disk Management is a sign of an extended (additional) partition. As I wrote above, there may be “nested” sections inside, which from the user’s point of view are no different from the main (primary) ones. Nested partitions have one peculiarity - if you reduce their size, then due to the free space that appears, you will not be able to simply expand the main partition. You must first compress the extended partition itself (which stores free place and a smaller partition) to create free space outside of any partitions, only then can you expand the disks.

Sometimes there comes a time when the user is not satisfied with the volume of logical partitions on the hard drive. Of course the easiest way to make a change is hard dimensions disk during Windows installations, but it is not always possible to reinstall the operating system. A hard drive partitioning program will help with this. There are different software, which ensures changing the structure of the hard drive without losing data and without reinstalling the OS. Let's look at the most popular programs for partitioning the hard drive and the built-in Windows application "".

If you need to make simple steps by changing the disk structure, then standard means Windows will be quite enough. In Windows 7 and 8 similar utility can be called by running the following actions: Right-click on “My Computer,” select “Manage,” and then “Disk Management.” Then a program window will open.

To make changes to the structure, you need to open context menu by right-clicking the mouse. In the list that appears, you need to use the following functions:

Shrink volume. This operation Shrinks an existing partition to provide more memory for another partition.
Expand volume. Using this function, you can increase the performance of a disk partition. It is important that the hard drive has unallocated disk space.
Change drive letter. This function allows you to change the drive letter to any free one.

If you need to shrink or expand a volume, you need to select the appropriate operation in the menu and specify the new size in megabytes.

EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition

EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition utility is powerful software, which is used to control hard drive V personal computer. The utility has the following functionality:

Checking the hard drive for bad sectors.
Hide sections from My Computer.
Recovering and deleting data from partitions.
Changing partition letters.
Changing volume partitions.
Removing and creating partitions.

Such software is free for home use and is great tool to control the hard drive. The utility has no analogues among free software.

The only drawback of the program was the lack of Russian language. So let's look at the controls.

When starting the program, select “Partition Manager”. Then the utility window for dividing the hard disk will open.

Then the required partition on the hard drive is selected. All possible operations are presented in the Operations menu. Let's look at the most important of them:

Surfacetest. Checking the hard drive for bad sectors.
Deleteallpartitions. Delete all used partitions.
Copydisk. Copying all information from one hard drive to another.
Wipepartition. Deletes all files from the specified hard drive partition.
formatpartition. Formatting a section.
Deletepartition. Deleting a section with all the information on it.
Hidepartition. Hiding partitions in the My Computer folder.
Changedriveletter. Changing the letter of logical partitions hard drives.
Mergepartitions. The process of merging several sections into a single one. All available information is saved.
Copypartition. The process of copying one hard drive partition to another. All data is saved. The operation is effective for creating a backup or before installing the OS.
Resize/Movepartition. Resizing hard drive partitions. Move logical volumes within disk space.

Now you can begin the process of changing hard drive partitions. To do this, select the Resize/Movepartition item.

In the window that opens, select the desired volume size in the “PartitionSize” menu and click “OK.” Then in the working window of the utility, select “Apply”. After this, the process of resizing the partition will be shown.

If a resize is made on a non-system partition, the changes will take effect without a reboot. If the partition where Windows is installed changes, you need to reboot.

Paragon Partition Manager

This program will be quite effective for working with hard drive partitions. The utility is free and is an analogue of the previous program. Changes only in the interface.

The application is styled for Windows 8. The main points of the program:

DeletePartition. Removing partitions.
FormatPartition. Formatting sections.
ResizePartitions. Resize existing partitions.
CreateNewPartition. Creating a new section.

Let's look at the process of resizing a hard drive. You need to select the “ResizePartitions” item, then click on “Next” twice.

In the window that opens, you need to move the slider to the required location. As alternative solution Enter the desired partition volume in the right or left field, then click “Next” again.

After that, check “Yes, apply the changes physically” and click “Next” again, then “Restart the computer”.

After you press this button, the computer will restart. You should save your documents and close all applications beforehand.

After the reboot, the software will begin resizing the volume. This process approximately takes about 15 minutes. When performing the procedure, it is not recommended to press the keyboard buttons and restart the computer. When the resizing task is completed, the computer will boot as normal.

In this article we looked at three free programs, which can be used to divide a hard disk. For this process don't buy expensive ones software packages or look for them on torrents.

Very good news for owners of the Windows 7 and 8 operating system is that users do not have to download various programs to partition your hard drive, because thanks to the built-in Disk Management feature we can do this for free. I would like to remind you that in operating system XP, you will not be able to do this, since one of the main functions of this application is missing.

To quickly launch the Disk Management application, right-click on the “My Computer” desktop icon. In the menu, select Manage

In management, click the "Disk Management" section. By right side program we will see a list of our hard drives.

Now you need to select the hard drive that will be partitioned. In my case, the laptop has one hard drive installed, which is divided into two partitions E and D. The program clearly shows where main disk, and where are its sections.

I will create another partition of 10 gigabytes. To do this, right-click on the C: drive and select “Shrink volume” from the menu.

In the small window, I fill in the compression size at 10,000, which is equal to 10 Gigabytes, and click the compress button.

Did you do everything correctly? Please note that we now have an unallocated partition with a size of 9.77GB. Now all that remains is to create a new volume from it.

Right-click on the unallocated area and right-click on it, select “Create simple volume.”

Now we follow the instructions as in the picture. Changing the volume letter or its name is not necessary, everything can be left as in the pictures. Let's go.

After formatting Windows disk will indicate that the disk is ready for use.

As you understand, such a breakdown cannot cause any difficulties. I also want to note that you will no longer need programs like Partition Magic, or similar ones. Firstly, many packages are paid, and secondly, the partitioning takes 10 times longer than the built-in one Windows application 7 or 8.

Good luck!

Often it is not enough to work with a hard drive standard tools offered by the system. And therefore we have to resort to more effective solutions, which allows you to obtain detailed information about the HDD and its partitions. The solutions discussed in this article will allow you to familiarize yourself with the operations applied to the drive and its volumes.

Thanks to its tools, AOMEI Partition Assistant is one of the best programs of a kind. Wide functionality will allow you to efficient setup volumes of hard disk. In addition, the program makes it possible to check a specific section for errors. One of interesting features– this is transferring the OS with all installed software to another hard drive or SSD.

Writing an image file to a USB device is also supported. The interface is endowed with a pleasant graphical shell. Despite the large number of useful functions, the program is available for free use, which makes it even more in demand. At the same time, it is possible to download the Russian version.

MiniTool Partition Wizard

This software has powerful functionality that allows you to merge, split, copy partitions, and a number of other functions. MiniTool Partition Wizard is completely free and available for non-commercial use only. The program provides the ability to change the disk label, and when creating a partition, the cluster size.

The surface test operation allows you to detect bad sectors on the HDD. The ability to convert is limited to only two formats: FAT and NTFS. All tools for working with disk volumes are located very in a convenient way, so even an inexperienced user will not get confused.

EaseUS Partition Master

A program that opens up many possibilities when working with a hard drive. Among the main ones: disk cloning and importing the OS from HDD to SSD or vice versa. Partition Master allows you to copy an entire partition - this function is suitable if you need to create a backup copy of one partition to another.

At the program user-friendly interface, in which all operations are located in the left block - this allows you to quickly find the desired function. The peculiarity of EaseUS Partition Master is that it can be used to hide a specific volume by deleting a letter on it. Creating a bootable OS is another interesting and useful tool.

Eassos PartitionGuru

The convenience of working with Eassos PartitionGuru is achieved primarily thanks to simple design. All instruments are located on top panel. Distinctive feature is the ability to build a virtual RAID array. To do this, the user just needs to connect drives to the PC, from which the program itself will construct a RAID.

The existing sector editor allows you to search for the required sectors, and the right block of the panel displays hexadecimal values. Unfortunately, the software is supplied in an English trial version.

Macrorit Disk Partition Expert

A pleasant interface displays functionality, which is divided into sections. The program allows you to scan your PC for bad sectors, and you can configure the disk space to be checked. Conversion of NTFS and FAT formats is available.

Macrorit Disk Partition Expert is free to use, but only in the English version. The software is suitable for people who need to conduct quick setup hard drive, but for more efficient work It is recommended to use analogues.

WonderShare Disk Manager

Program for implementation various operations with a hard drive, allowing high-quality data recovery. Compared to other similar software, Macrorit Disk Partition Expert allows you to deeply scan partitions for lost information.

You can trim and merge hard disk volumes without losing files stored on it. Other tools will allow you to hide the partition if necessary or convert the file system.

Acronis Disk Director

Acronis Disk Director is one of the most powerful programs with a set of functions and operations for management sections of hard disk and more. Thanks to the capabilities of this software from Acronis, users can recover lost or deleted data. Among other things, it is possible to defragment the volume and also check it for file system errors.

The use of mirror technology allows you to save backup copy section selected by the user. Acronis Disk Director suggests using a disk editor, which makes it possible to find a lost cluster, taking into account the fact that the execution environment for this operation displays hexadecimal values. The program can be safely used to carry out the most efficient work with the HDD.

Partition Magic

A program that allows you to perform basic operations with a hard drive. The interface is very similar to standard application Windows Explorer. At the same time, among the instruments located in graphical shell, easy to find what you need. The advantageous feature of Partition Magic is that it allows you to select multiple active partitions, each of which has its own separate OS.

You can also use conversion services file systems, two of them are supported: NTFS and FAT. You can resize the volume and merge partitions without losing data.

Paragon Partition Manager

Paragon Partition Manager pleases users with an interesting set of functions and purposes for their use. One of them is connecting the image virtual disk. Among them, image files are supported, VMware and other virtual machines.

A noteworthy feature is that it allows you to convert HFS+ file system formats to NTFS and vice versa. Other operations are basic for partitions: trimming and expanding. A large number of settings provided by the program will allow you to customize all the functionality to your liking.

Reviewed software solutions have unique potential, each in its own way. The powerful tools of the developed software make it possible to save disk space and extend performance of hard disk. A function HDD checks detection of errors allows you to prevent critical errors in the operation of the drive.