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One thing that Microsoft finally got around to doing in Vista is making it easier to manage the partitions on your hard drive. Using the built-in Disk Management you can do most common operations without needing any third-party tools, and in my experience it works pretty well.
Windows XP users aren’t quite as fortunate when it comes to resizing partitions on their computer. Up until now finding a partition manager for XP wasn’t too difficult, but finding one that was free was a different story. A lot of my friends turned to Linux-based solutions, but optimally you’d want something that runs in Windows itself.
That’s where EASEUS Partition Manager comes into play. They offer a free home version that can resize/move, create, and delete partitions on your computer. Since you’re able to perform resizing operations you can also grab any unallocated space on your hard drive and add it to an existing partition. All of this for free!
This program is definitely earning a spot in my bookmarks because I get asked if I know of any free partitioning software all the time. The only thing you have to put up with in this free version is a banner advertisement at the top which showcases some of their other products. It’s definitely something I can put up with for the little bit I have to use a program like this.
EASEUS Partition Manager Home Edition [via Lifehacker]
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ive used gparted for ages now. Glad you found something like this.
I’d still recommend gparted – its tried and true and in my experience absolutely relable, there is NO advantage of using a “windows based” partition manager, the interface is solid and extremely well set out, its free and ad-free too.
Nice to know this one. Kudos
Nice find Ryan. There are also several others like PartedMagic [partedmagic.com] There is also Ranish Partition Manager [ranish.com] Another is Cute Partition Manager at [cutepm.com] And yet another would be Partition Logic at [partitionlogic.org.uk] And lastly there is the Parition Resizer at [zeleps.com] All of these look useful to me, the only one I have tried is PartedMagic which worked great the time I used it.
Nice post. Anyone knows if this software is reliable? I wouldn’t like to mess around with my data, you know.
I disagree about there being no benefit using a Windows-based partition manager. Imagine, for example, that you go over to someone’s house and you need to partition their drive. I’d rather download and install a Windows program instead of downloading gparted and having to burn it to a CD.
I’ll be darned. I didn’t realize that so many free partition managers existed. Thanks for all of the links.
Considering the fact that they offer several paid versions I’d say it’s reliable. It’s obvious that they are using the free version as a way to promote their paid offerings, especially since the free one is only good for home use.