AOMEI Partition Assistant
| Developer(s) | AOMEI Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, China[1] |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 13 August 2011 |
| Stable release |
6.3
/ 21 April 2017 |
| Operating system |
Windows XP and later Windows Server 2003 and later |
| Platform | IA-32, x64 |
| Available in | English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese |
| Type | Utility software |
| License |
Freeware (some features removed) Trialware (Pro version and above) |
| Website |
www |
AOMEI Partition Assistant is a computer program for hard disk drive partition management originally made by AOMEI Technology, Co, Ltd, the typical function is resizing the existing partitions. There are six different editions of this software: free Standard Edition.[2](for common users), Professional Edition[3](with additional features such as convert primary/logical partitions, allocate free space from one partition to another etc.), Lite edition (free version for server users) Server Edition[4] (aimed at server users), Unlimited edition (aimed at companies with many computers) and Technician Edition (aimed at IT consulting company that provide technical services).[5] As partition software, Partition Assistant can create, resize, delete, merge, split partition and more, it also offers other advanced utilities, such as convert file system from NTFS to FAT32, convert MBR and GPT disk, make bootable media etc. The software embeds sector-level data protection technology. The Standard and Pro editions only support Windows PC operating systems including Windows 2000 and Windows XP, Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 or 10, both 32&64 bits. The other four editions also support Windows Server operating system including Windows Server 2003, 2008 (R2), 2012 (R2) and SBS 2011.
Advantages
This program consists of a list of useful functions on disk partition management.
- Partition Resizing: it is able to shrink, extend, merge and split existing partitions.
- Reallocate disk space: increase a partition by taking unused space from other drives.
- Copy and migration: completely clone an entire disk or single partitions to back up and miragte Operating System and data.[6]
- Conversion: convert between FAT and NTFS, Basic and dynamic disk, Logical and Primary partition.
- Recovery and repair: repair damaged MBR, recover lost partitions.
- Disk Partition Management: Create, delete, format, wipe partitions etc.
- Windows To Go Creator: Install customized Windows 10 or 8.1/8 on removable USB flash drives and external hard drives to boot it from any computer[7]
Disadvantages
- No built-in ability to backup data.
- No separate feature to change cluster size.
- No centralized client to manage disk partitions in an organization.
- Cannot lock volume in some conditions.
- Stuck at updating system information in some conditions.
- Costs too much time when partitioning a large disk drive.
Release history
| Version | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 13 Aug 2011 | Initial release |
| 2.0 | New features added, Resize/Create/Hide/Delete/Convert/Label partition. | |
| 2.1 | Fully support 64 bit platform, including Windows Vista, 7 and Server 2008 64 bit. | |
| 2.5[8] | New features added, defragment, wipe partition. | |
| 3.0 | Disk and Partition copy feature added. | |
| 4.0[9] | Added new features, reallocate space, merge, split and convert partitions. | |
| 5.0 | Added new features, rebuild MBR, realign partition, bootable media maker, etc. | |
| 5.1 | Support 7 languages. | |
| 5.5[10] | 03 Dec 2013 | Fully compatible Windows 8.1 and new features added. |
| 5.5.8 | 08 Aug 2014 | Fixed bug and improved performance. |
| 5.6 | 28 Nov 2014 | Fixed bug and migration feature added. |
| 5.6.2 | 22 Jan 2015 | Support Windows 10 and fixed bug |
| 5.6.3 | 20 Feb 2015 | Added and updated supported languages. |
| 5.8[11][12] | 24 Sep 2015 | Support command line partitioning. |
| 6.0[13][14] | 12 Dec 2015 | Fully support conversion between MBR and GPT disk, improved performance. |
| 6.1[15][16] | 29 Dec 2016 | Support to create second Ext2/Ext3 partition on SD cards and USB flash drives without formatting. |
Reception
The product has been reviewed by Softpedia,[17] Download.com,[18] PC Advisor,[19] TechRepublic,[20] Clubic[21] and PC World[22]
See also
- Partition (computing)
- Partition (database)
- Partition type
- Disk partitioning
- List of disk partitioning software
- Partition alignment
- Extended partition
References
- ↑ "AOMEI Tech website". Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ↑ Mike Williams. "Aomei Partition Assistant Home Edition is free, with no strings attached". betanews.
- ↑ Keetakawee Punpeng. "First time using AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional Edition review". WindowsXLive.
- ↑ Mihaela Teodorovici. "Aomei Partition Assistant Server Edition". Softpedia.
- ↑ "AOMEI Partition Assistant Edition Comparison". disk-partition.com.
- ↑ "How To Migrate Windows 8.1 To SSD Using AOMEI Partition Assistant". INTO WINDOWS.
- ↑ "Using Windows To Go Creator in Partition Assistant Standard Free Edition". The Windows Club.
- ↑ "AOMEI Partition Assistant 2.5: FREE Partition Software Helps You Resize FAT32, NTFS Partition and Repartition Hard Drive". www.send2press.com.
- ↑ "Aomei® Launches New Partition Software - Partition Assistant 4.0: Free for Commercial Use and Windows Server OS". www.prnewswire.com.
- ↑ Razvan Serea. "AOMEI Partition Assistant SE 5.5". Neowin.
- ↑ Marco Kratzenberg. "AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard". GIGA SOFTWARE.
- ↑ "新機能"Quick Partition"を追加した「AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard」v5.8". WINDOWS FOREST.
- ↑ Tim Fisher. "AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition v6.0". PCSUPPORT.About.com.
- ↑ "Aomei Partition Assistant Home Edition 6.0". www.techspot.com.
- ↑ "AOMEI Partition Assistant Changelogs".
- ↑ "Software-update: How to Partition SD cards with AOMEI Partition Assistant?". Tech Tablet.
- ↑ Elena Opris (January 3, 2014). "AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional Edition Review". Softpedia.
- ↑ Download.com staff (February 24, 2015). "AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition". CNET.
- ↑ Mike Williams (January 11, 2014). "Aomei Partition Assistant Standard 5.5". PC Advisor.
- ↑ Scott Lowe (September 13, 2011). "Extend boot volumes with Partition Assistant 3.0". TechRepublic.
- ↑ Clubic staff (September 25, 2015). "Télécharger AOMEI Partition Assistant pour Windows". Clubic.
- ↑ Jon L. Jacobi (May 7, 2014). "Aomei Partition Assistant review: Windows to Go no longer just for Enterprise users". PC World.