The tool lets you reorganize your hard disk by creating, copying, deleting, splitting, moving, resizing and wiping partitions. We've encountered this feature before in AOMEI Partition Assistant and EASEUS Partition Master.
Instead, they are added to a pending queue where you can review their details and ask the program to execute all of them sequentially, therefore giving you the possibility to leave the PC unattended while it's dealing with time-consuming tasks (since it's highly recommended to postpone any computer activity while an application is tinkering with the hard disk's structure).īefore committing all changes in the pending queue, you can undo operations if you change your mind, or discard everything to start again from scratch. Review all operations in the pending queueĪn important aspect worth mentioning is that the operations are not immediately performed. There are several wiping methods put at your disposal, depending on your preferred security level and time willing to spend waiting for the task to finish: fill sectors with ones or zeros (quick), fill sectors with ones and zeros (slow), shred information through 3 or 7 passes (very slow). Partitions may also be wiped to remove all sectors of data and prevent applications from recovering it.
Furthermore, MiniTool lets you make partitions logical, primary, active or inactive, change a partition's serial number and type ID, or perform a surface test to check the partition for errors.
It's also possible to delete partitions, create new ones in unallocated space, move or resize them by setting the new dimension or remaining free space, split a partition in two parts by specifying the original or new size, align it to improve disk performance, hide it from display, as well as edit drive letters.
What's more, you can convert NTFS partitions to FAT or vice versa, along with MBR disks to GPT or vice versa. To destroy all containing data, partitions can be formatted after establishing the new label, filesystem (FAT32, NTFS, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, Linux Swap) and cluster size. The second option takes the longest time to finish and should be chosen if the quick scan fails.
The quick scan mode restores continuous partitions, while the full scan mode verifies every sector in the scan range. It lets you pick the disk you want to scan and the scan rage: the entire disk, free space only, or specified sectors only.
The partition recovery wizard aids you in identifying and retrieving lost or deleted partitions. It can be created either as a primary or logical drive. The disk copying procedure isn't that different from OS migration, since you can select the source and output, and choose whether you want to fit the partitions to the whole disk, skip the resizing, or edit the partitions on the destination.įor partition copy operations, you can select the source and output location (unallocated space), as well as enter the new partition size by either adjusting the new dimension or free space remaining. As far as the disk layout is concerned, it's possible to fit the partitions to the entire disk, copy them while skipping the resizing part, or to edit the partitions on the destination disk. Before proceeding any further, you should know that any files available on the output disk will be deleted by MiniTool to make room for Windows. When it comes to OS migration, the destination can even be a USB flash drive, provided that its storage capacity is large enough for the whole operating system. Migrate the OS, copy the full disk, copy or recover partitions Geared toward inexperienced users, the utility has a few wizards lined up to help you migrate the operating system to an HDD or SDD in secure conditions, copy partitions or the entire disk, as well as to recover partitions. It shows all partitions at startup and lets you examine their total, used and unused capacity, filesystem, type (primary or logical), and status (e.g. As for the interface, MiniTool adopts a comfortable look and neatly organized structure. The installation operation is a fast and simple task that shouldn't pose any difficulties. It contains simple buttons and wizards that deliver straightforward solutions for managing disk partitions, whether you want to create new ones, delete them, migrate the entire operating system to another location, or something else.
Tinkering with a hard disk's layout is not just a task designed for experienced users, thanks to software applications like MiniTool Partition Wizard.