MiniTool Partition Wizard
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| Developer(s) | MiniTool® Solution Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 24 July 2009 |
| Stable release |
9.1
/ 11 August 2015 |
| Operating system |
Windows XP and later Windows Server 2003 and later |
| Platform | IA-32, x64 |
| Available in | English, German, Japanese, Chinese |
| Type | Utility software |
| License |
Freeware (some features removed) Trialware (Pro version and above) |
| Website |
www |
MiniTool Partition Wizard is a computer software for hard disk drive partition management originally made by MiniTool® Solution Ltd., the typical function is resizing the existing partitions. There are five different editions of this software: Home edition (Free for home users),[1] Professinoal edition[2] (with additional features such as convert primary/logical partitions, convert fat32 to NTFS, Change cluster size, allocate free space from one partition to another etc.), Server edition (for server Administrator) , Unlimited edition (aimed at companies with many computers) and Technician Edition (aimed at IT consulting company that provide technical services). The software embeds data protecting solutions such as power-off protection technology. The Home 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.
- Basic Partition Management: Create, delete, format, lable partitions
- Advanced Partition Management: it is able to shrink, extend, merge and split existing partitions, change cluster size, align partition, wipe partition
- Basic Disk Management : Disk Clone and Migration help users to quick upgrade hard disk.
- Partition and Manage SD Card for Android device[3]
- Conversion: convert between FAT and NTFS, Basic and dynamic disk, MBR and GPT disk, Logical and Primary partition.
- Recovery and repair: repair damaged MBR, recover lost partitions.[4]
- Queues commands
Disadvantages
- No TRIM support.
- Some features are limited in free edition.
- Cannot lock volume in some conditions.
- Stuck at updating system information in some conditions.
- Costs too much time when partitioning a large disk drive.
- Major upgrades tend to be far less frequent in recent years
Release history
| Version | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0[5] | 22 July 2009 | Resize partition under vista system in less than 5 minutes |
| 5.0 | 13 April 2010 | Extend NTFS partition without reboot, Support Linux Ext2, Ext3 system, new GUI. |
| 5.2 | 19 August 2010 | Supports to manage removable disk. For example: memory card, memory stick and Flash drive.
First editor review from CNET.[6] |
| 6.0 | 9 May 2011 | Support Linux Ext4 file system; Support 2 TB partition for FAT32 and New Interface |
| 7.0[7] | September 2011 | Support for Windows Dynamic Disk |
| 7.1 | 19 January 2012 | Less free space required in change cluster size. Efficiency and reliability enhanced in move/resize partition |
| 7.5 | 22 June 2012 | Supports disk with 2048 bytes sector size and 4096 bytes sector size. |
| 8.0[8] | 1 July 2013 | Support UEFI,copy dynamic disk volume, Convert NTFS to FAT and GPT Disk and MBR Disk, dynamic disk and basic disk inter-conversion. |
| 8.1[9] | 30 September 2013 | Support to create ext2/3/4 partition more than 4TB.First video review from CNET.[10] |
| 9.0[11] [12] | 14 January 2015 | Adds Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard and operating log.Supports Storage Spaces in Windows 8. |
| 9.1[13] | 11 August 2015 | Address Windows 10 compatibility issue. Bug Fix for Windows 8.1 32 bit OS. Bug Fix for Extend Partition Feature |
See also
- Partition (computing)
- Partition (database)
- Partition type
- Disk partitioning
- List of disk partitioning software
- Partition alignment
- Extended partition
References
- ↑ Nick Peers. "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free 9 simplifies OS migration, adds Storage Spaces support". betanews.
- ↑ Jeffrey L. Wilson. "MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro Edition 9". PC Magazine.
- ↑ "How to free memory with Link2SD on your Android device". androidpit.
- ↑ "Partition disappears in Windows 10 Anniversary Update". windowsreport.
- ↑ "Partition Wizard Free Edition". Chip (magazine).
- ↑ "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition". Cnet.
- ↑ "Partition Wizard 7 offers little new in free version". Beta News Agency.
- ↑ Jon L. Jacobi. "MiniTool Partition Wizard 8 review: A potent free partitioning toolkit". PC World ].
- ↑ Razvan Serea. "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 8.1.1". Neowin ].
- ↑ "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition - Manage disk partitions - Download Video Previews". Cnet ].
- ↑ Nick Peers. "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free 9.0". PC Advisor ].
- ↑ "MiniTool Solution Ltd. Updates Partition Wizard to 9.0: A Major Upgrade of the Latest Partition Magic Software". www.send2press.com ].
- ↑ "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free 9.1 Review". GroundReport.