EASEUS Partition Master
FREE disk partitioning utility


EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition is a FREE disk partitioning utility that offers a powerful range of functions such as resizing partitions, formatting partitions, copying partitions, creating new partitions, deleting partitions, hiding partitions, changing drive letters, setting active partitions, and a handful other functions.

What's more, the freeware works perfectly with hardware RAID and Windows 2000/XP/Vista (32 bit) Operating Systems. Your data is completely protected during all operations. Why not free download EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition now to enjoy it like the commercial program Partition Magic?

EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition ONLY supports 32 bit Windows systems (See How to figure out Windows 32 or 64?). If your computer is running 64 bit Windows systems, please check the Professional or Server editions

Last Updated 07 March 2011
Win 2000/XP/Vista/7

Partition Manager 2010 Free Edition
The safest tool for hard drive partitioning!

Secure performance of critical operations:
Easily resize and move partitions through the smart and safe Resize Wizard
Organize and optimize your hard drive with Create, Format and Delete Wizards
Latest Hardware and software support.

Proven expertise in partitioning technology:
Paragon Hot Resize™ technology to enlarge partitions without rebooting Windows
Paragon Smart Partition ™ technology to securely perform partitioning operations
Paragon Power Shield™ technology to provide data consistency.

Easy execution of key scenarios:
Organize your hard drive and gain additional space in an your existing partitions
Simplify the backup process by separating your data from your Operating System
You can install several operating systems on separate drive partitions and have a choice on startup

Win XP/Vista/7 (32 and 64 bit)

Partition Logic
Hard disk partitioning and data management tool

Partition Logic is a free hard disk partitioning and data management tool. It can create, delete, erase, format, defragment, resize, copy, and move partitions and modify their attributes. It can copy entire hard disks from one to another.

Partition Logic is free software, available under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is based on the Visopsys operating system. It boots from a CD or floppy disk and runs as a standalone system, independent of your regular operating system.

Partition Logic is intended to become a free alternative to such commercial programs as Partition Magic, Drive Image, and Norton Ghost.

A bootable ISO CD image file includes the full Partition Logic distribution, ready for burning to CD

Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

GParted Live
Small bootable GNU/Linux distribution for x86 machine

GParted Live is a small bootable GNU/Linux distribution for x86 machine.
It enables you to use all the features of the latest versions of GParted.

GParted Live can be installed on CD, USB, PXE server, and Hard Disk then run on an x86 machine

Note:
It is recommended to do a whole disk or partition image backup before you use GParted to resize or move your partition.

Win 2000/XP/Vista

SwissKnife

If you are looking for an external hard disk drive solution that can be used interchangeably between Windows XP, Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, there is only one way to prepare the hard disk and SwissKnife does it for you.

You can create, delete and format partitions on your hard disk drives in one smooth, simple process. While the product has been tested up to 500GB, it should support hard disks of up to 500GB. SwissKnife allows creation of FAT32 & NTFS partitions. FAT16 option is provided for compatibility.

Supports Internal interfaces such as IDE and SCSI and External interfaces such as Hi-Speed USB, Parallel port, PCMCIA, USB On-The-Go, Firewire®, SATA interfaces etc.

Creates Fixed and Removable Disk Format types.

Key Features:
• Formats faster than the OS (click on chart for details)
• Allows change of cluster size during Full format or Quick Format
• Divides a single hard drive into one or more partitions
• Supports Hi-Speed USB, PCMCIA, SATA, SCSI, USB 1.1, and FireWire® external drives
• Supports Fixed and Removable disk formats
• Supports FAT, FAT32 & NTFS systems
• Allows creation of a single partition of up to 500GB of FAT32 or NTFS file systems.
• Full format or Quick Format of existing partitions
• Selective partitions can be modified for optimum flexibilit

Win 95/98/Me/2000/XP
Mac
Linux

Ultimate Boot CD

Software for diagnosing and fixing problems on your computer, managing your hard disk partitions (including creating, resizing, copying, moving, etc), imaging or cloning your hard disk partitions (it includes Partition Saving, see elsewhere on the Free Hard Disk Backup and Image Software page, resetting your (forgotten) password on NT, Win2k, or XP, scanning your hard disks for viruses (it includes some free antivirus utilities), etc.

The software included on this boot CD include a number of those already listed on this page.

You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:

Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.

Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.

Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn't you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!

New! Run Ultimate Boot CD from your USB memory stick. A script on the CD prepares your USB memory stick so that it can be used on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. You can access the same tools as you would from the CD version

Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Partition Wizard Home Edition 5

Partition Wizard Home Edition is a free partition manager designed by MT Solution Ltd. It supports 32/64 bit Windows Operating System including Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

Home users can perform complicated partition operations by using this powerful but free partition manager to manage their hard disk partition such as Resizing partitions, Copying partitions, Create partition, Delete partition, Format partition, Convert partition, Explore partition, Hide partition, Change drive letter, Set active partition and Partition Recovery.

Partition Wizard Home Edition is designated for home user only.

Features:
Support Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows7 (32 bit & 64 bit) operating system.
Support RAID.
Extend system partition to improve computer performance to maximum.
Manage the hard disk to get the best performance of computer.
Create , Delete and Format partitions with simple steps.
Disk Copy to protect or transfer data.
Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB.
Convert partition format from FAT to NTFS.
Partition Copy: Copy the entire hard disk to another one.
Copy Disk Wizard: Copy the entire hard disk to another one without windows reinstalling.
Disk Map - Visually demonstrate your disk/partition configuration; preview the changes before applying.
Hide/unhide partition, set active partition, etc. - Change partition properties.
Explore FAT/NTFS partition.

Last Updated 14 April 2010
Win 2000/XP/Vista/7

Ranish Partition Manager

Ranish Partition Manager is a powerful hard disk partitioning tool.
It gives users high level of control for running multiple operating systems,
such as Linux, Windows 98/XP, FreeDOS, and FreeBSD on a single disk.

Partition Manager can create, copy, and resize primary and extended partitions.
It includes command line interface and simulation mode that works with large files
so you can safely experiment before working on the real hard drive partition tables.

Last Updated 14 July 2009
Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Linux

The Partition Resizer
Popular freeware partitioning program

Partition Resizer is a small DOS executable, which requires no installation, and can perform, all these tasks in a short while, giving you the opportunity to re-arrange your partitions safely, quickly and fuss-free.

Features include:

• Int13 extensions support allows handling of disks up to 2TB (2048GB) of size.
• New Resizing/Moving engine with simpler inerface. Move and resize your partitions in one step.
• Transparent extended partition resizing (no more confusion with extended partitions).
• Command line parameters for accessing advanced options (read-only operation etc.).

Win 2000/XP/Vista

TestDisk

TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.

TestDisk can
• Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
• Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
• Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
• Fix FAT tables
• Rebuild NTFS boot sector
• Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
• Fix MFT using MFT mirror
• Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock
• Undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
• Copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3 partitions.

TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know little or nothing about data recovery techniques, TestDisk can be used to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive which can then be sent to a tech for further analysis. Those more familiar with such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery.

Last Updated 31 March 2008
Win 98/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista

extended FDISK
Create and delete partitions

eXtended FDisk, or short XFDisk, is a free DOS FDISK replacement that offers more comfort and comes with a bootmanager that allows you to have more than one operating system installed on your hard disk.

With XFDisk you can partition your hard disk or install and configure the bootmanager, which will be located in the first 17 sectors of your first hard disk. The bootmanager will not occupy an own partition, so you can fully use the four available primary partitions per hard disk.

If you choose to have an extended partition with logical drives on your hard disk, XFDisk transparently manages the extended partition for you. So you don't need to worry about the size of the extended partition any more. Of course, XFDisk and the bootmanager support more than one hard disk and even booting from logical drives.

But it must be said clearly that most operating systems that are commonly used on PCs require a primary partition on the first hard disk at least for their boot files.

Last Updated 13 November 2009
Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000

Cute Partition Manager
Advanced hard disk partition management utility

Partition Manager is an advanced hard disk partition management utility. Using Partition Manager, you can easily add, edit, delete and manage the partitions in your computer.

Most of the hard disks have plenty of space and can store plenty of data and easily accommodate more than one operating system. In order to efficiently store large amount of data or install multiple operating systems, you need to partition your hard disk with a partition management utility like Partition Manager.

Partition Manager is very easy to use. It lets you preview the changes before you save them.

It lets you edit the boot flag, partition type and other advanced parameters. It gives you total control of your system during the partition process. For example, it lets you edit all existing partitions. It even lets you install all the operating systems from scratch.

Main Features:
• Lets you create more than 100 partitions per hard disk.
• Lets you preview changes before you can save them.
• Lets you edit advanced partition parameters such as boot flag, partition type, etc.
• Lets you remove every single partition in your system.
• Does not require an operating system to run (everything is built-in).
• Can be booted from CD, DVD, Blank Floppy, DOS Boot Floppy, etc.

Last Updated 14 July 2009
Win 98/Me/2000/XP
Mac
Linux

Partition Assistant Home Edition
Create, delete, format, extend, shrink and resize Disk Partitions

Partition Assistant Home Edition is completely FREE partition manager software. It allows you to manage partition, redistribute disk space easily, and you can use it to perform more complicated partition operations on your hard disk, which like the commercial Partition Magic.

This freeware software home edition supports 32 bit Windows operating systems including Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7. It can Resize and Move Partition, Extend System Drive, Repartition, Merge, Split Partition and so on. It's very convenient and magic for common users to acquire more advantages in disk partition management field.

Features:
Extend NTFS system partition without restarting computer.
Resize and Move partition to optimize disk space management.
Extend Partition Wizard help you step by step expand the size of your selected partition.
Merge two or more partitions into a larger one.
Split one partition into two or more.
Create, Delete and Format partition.
Convert file system from FAT to NTFS.
Wipe permanently sensitive data to anti-recovery.
Repartition by drag & drop mouse on a disk panel.
Support Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 (Only 32 bit).
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Last Updated 22 May 2010
Win 2000/XP/Vista/7