MiniTool Partition Wizard 12
A complete review of MiniTool Partition Wizard, a free partition manager tool
MiniTool Partition Wizard, is free partition management software for Windows that can perform lots of different modifications on hard drives and partitions.
Partition Wizard can copy, format, delete, wipe, extend, and resize partitions of any drive in Windows.
The review below is of the MiniTool Partition Wizard. There are a few features that require a paid upgrade to use but the features discussed below are all available with the free version. See this list of similar free disk partitioning tools if you're after something that MiniTool's partition manager can't do without the upgrade.
Here are a few things you should know before using MiniTool Partition Wizard:
Merits:
- easy to use
- Supports common partitioning functions
- Sends all changes to a queue to be applied when ready
- Can extend the system partition without rebooting
Demerits:
- Shows features that only work in the upgraded version
- Tries to install an unrelated program during setup
- Doesn't support managing dynamic disks
Info of MiniTool Partition Wizard
- A surface test can be run to check for bad sectors
- Partitions and disks can be copied over to other partitions or disks
- The file system can be checked and/or repaired if it is damaged
- Can apply a custom volume label
- Rebuilding the MBR as well as copying the MBR to a GPT disk
- Convert the system disk from MBR to GPT
- All partitions can be quickly selected to be removed at once
- Partitions can be hidden, which will prevent them from displaying alongside the other drives and partitions in Windows
- Partitions can be quickly set as active or inactive
- A partition can be easily split into two parts, which essentially resizes the partition (even if has data on it), and then creates a new partition from the resulting free space
- The system partition only, or the entire disk, can be copied
- You're able to convert between primary and logical partitions
- A partition's serial number and Type ID can be changed
- Supported operating systems include Windows 10, and all other windows including Windows XP
- Running OS can be copied from its current drive to a different one using the Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard feature
- The cluster size is able to be changed at time of formatting a partition
- It is possible to create primary and logical disks with any of the given file systems: NTFS, Ext2/3/4, Linux Swap, FAT/FAT32, or left unformatted
- Easy to convert an NTFS formatted partition to the FAT file system
- You can change the drive letter of any partition of any drive.
- It simple to resize a partition because you can drag the size left or right to alter it, or you can enter the value manually to make it exactly the right size
- Lost partitions can be restored by using MiniTool Partition Wizard with the included Partition Recovery Wizard
- The properties of a partition can be viewed, which includes the Type ID, file system, serial number, first physical sector, and other details
- Includes their data recovery tool to undelete files
- You can run a benchmark against any disk
- There's a disk space analyzer built-in
- Comes in a portable mode, too
- Supports multiples languages, including English, Japanese, German, French, Korean, and Italian
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