MiniTool Partition Wizard
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MiniTool Partition Wizard - Partition Management | |
| Developer(s) | MiniTool Solution Ltd. |
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| Initial release | 1 December 2009 |
| Stable release | 9.0 / 14 January 2015 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | IA-32 and x64 |
| Available in | English, Chinese |
| Type | Utility software |
| License |
Freeware (some features removed) Trialware (Pro version and above) |
| Website |
www |
MiniTool Partition Wizard is a computer program for hard disk drive partitioning originally made by the MiniTool Solution Ltd. The program runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems including Windows 2000 and Windows XP, Windows Vista, 7, or 8.
Advantages
This program consists of a list of useful functions on disk partition management.[1]
- Partition Resize: Extend or Shrink partition size.
- Disk Partition Type Conversion: Disk type conversion between MBR and GPT without data loss, supporting up to 3TB hard disk.
- File System Type Conversion: Convert FAT/FAT32 to NTFS without disk command; Convert NTFS to FAT32 without reformatting.
- Partition Recovery & MBR Rebuilt: Lost or deleted partition recovery, MBR table rebuilt.
- Partition Alignment: Align partition and improve SSD I/O performance.
- Disk Partition Management: Create partition, delete partition, wipe partition, copy partition, clone disk etc.
Disadvantages
The free edition is limed as follows: Not for commercial use, No support for "server" Windows versions, limited support for dynamic disk, and no lossless cluster size changing
Release history
| Major Version | Minor Version | Release date | Notes | ||||
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| 4.0 | 4.0.0 | Jul. 22, 2009 | - | 5.0 | 5.0.0 | 13 Apr 2010 | New features,extend NTFS partition without reboot, Support Linux Ext2, Ext3 system, new GUI. |
| 5.2 | 5.0.0 | 18 Aug 2010 | supports to manage removable disk. For example: memory card, memory stick and Flash drive. | ||||
| 6.0 | 6.0.0 | 9 May 2011 | Support Linux Ext4 file system; Support 2 TB partition for FAT32; Optimize Move/Resize Partition performance; | ||||
| 7.0 | 7.0. | 5 Sep 2011 | support for Windows Dynamic Disk | ||||
| 7.5 | 7.0 | 22 Jun 2012 | fully supports disk with 2048 bytes sector size and 4096 bytes sector size. | ||||
| 7.6 | 7.0.0 | 1 Sep 2012 | add Extend Partition and Split Partition functions | ||||
| 7.7 | 7.0.0 | 10 Jan 2013 | fully supports UEFI Boot. Enhances the ability to convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk. | ||||
| 7.8 | 7.0.0 | 12 May 2013 | support to copy UEFI boot disk and enhances ability to handle memory card & flash drive. | ||||
| 8.0 | 8.0.0 | 1 Jul 2013 | support to copy dynamic disk volume, Convert NTFS to FAT and GPT Disk and MBR Disk inter-conversion. | ||||
| 9.0 | 9.0.0 | 14 Jan 2015 | Adds Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard and operating log.Supports Storage Spaces in Windows 8.Function improved & bug fixed. | ||||
Reception
The product has been reviewed by PC Magazine,[2] PC World',[3] Download.com,[4] Softpedia [5] and PC Advisor .[6]
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Disk partitions. |
- Partition (computing)
- Partition (database)
- Partition type
- Disk partitioning
- List of disk partitioning software
- Partition alignment
- Extended partition
- File system
- Disk sector
- Master boot record
- Hidden file and hidden directory
- Data recovery
References
- ↑ "Free Partition Manager for Window PC". PartitionWizard.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ JEFFREY L. WILSON (January 22, 2015). "MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro Edition 9". PC Magazine.
- ↑ Jon L. Jacobi (Jul 8, 2014). "MiniTool Partition Wizard 8 review: A potent free partitioning toolkit". PC World.
- ↑ Download.com staff (May 7, 2014). "MiniTool Partition Wizard". CNET.
- ↑ "MiniTool Partition Wizard FreeEdition". Softpedia.
- ↑ Nick Peers (January 19, 2015). "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free 9.0". PC Advisor.
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