CNET has rated the non-PRO version of this software as 5-star 'Spectacular'. Link here.
EaseUS Partition Master Professional is an all-in-one partition solution and disk management utility that allows you to extend partitions, especially for system drive, settle low disk space problem, and manage disk space easily on MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) disk. It includes the ability to create WinPE bootable media.
I've noticed you've got to activate it by April 25th 2014 and you can't reinstall and re-activate it after that date. Is like a GOTD giveaway. So if you have to format the HDD and re-install Windows you can say goodbye to it. The activation serial number expires in a few days.
You should be able to get it through here, without going to sharewareonsale.com:
http://www.partition-tool.com/giveaways/epmpro-dottech2014.h…
You're right. It's the same deal. Sharewareonsale just links to that page in the download email they send out.
I gave this a try at work recently. It's doesn't do anything you can't do through the Windows compmgmt.msc console or some variety of diskpart/xcopy CMD commands. The interface is also a little on the dodgy side.
And if you need to clone partitions, then Western Digital's Acronis True Image Free Edition is about as idiot-proof as cloning software can get. ImgBurn is also great for bootable media.
Edit:
Definitely worth mentioning the following:
- No free updates; if you try to update the program, you will lose the freebie. If you want free lifetime updates, get EaseUS Partition Master Professional with free lifetime updates.
- No free tech support; if you want free tech support, get EaseUS Partition Master Professional with free lifetime updates
- Must be downloaded, installed, and registered before this offer is over — you cannot register the program after this offer has ended. If you want the ability to install or re-install and register at any time, get EaseUS Partition Master Professional with free lifetime updates.
So basically once you uninstall it, that's it. No more re-registering every again unless you pay or crack it (or maybe somehow copying the registry keys/licence files and firewalling the application to trick it into thinking it's already registered).
Westerndigital link does not work
Works now. WD's site was down last night.
Acronics is for cloning. EaseUs partition master is to extend the partition like Partition Magic.
But you are right for computer management, this can shrink and extend volume. though I have never used it. Might give it a try on my SSD as the system restore partition is too big.
I disabled System Restore on my SSD; definitely makes a noticeable improvement to performance.
Can't remember the last time System Restore actually got me out of a jam that didn't require me doing a complete reformat anyway; most of the time it breaks more things than it fixes for me.
Sorry, it is not system restore, it is the hidden partition Manf. makes for the windows image. I prefer System restore and used it few times after an installed software stuffed up or some other reason where I was getting blue screen of death.
You mean the System Reserved Partition (which runs the Windows 7 Recovery/System Repair console)? You can choose not to create one when installing Windows. Your drive just needs to be pre-partitioned.
I prefer System restore and used it few times after an installed software stuffed up or some other reason where I was getting blue screen of death.
BSODs are usually the result of driver or hardware issues; very rarely software-related. If a software installation gets corrupted to the point of not running your best bet is removing it cleanly (with Revo Uninstaller and some Registry Cleaners) and then reinstalling imo.
Yes, the system reserved partition.
I tried to use Computer management and it cannot do what I wanted.
( increase partition size of c: drive)
e.g:
My system partition is 6 GB ( free 5 Gb)
C: has 80 Gb total space.
D: has 5 GB free.
I want to add the free 5 GB space from each system partition and D: drive to c: drive.
Computer management can shrink the system partition and d: drive, but free up space can only be used for creating a new drive. So I can create two drives for 5GB each. ( not even 1 with 10 GB.)
So it is pretty useless.
Do we have a freee Software which can do this in windows 7?
Download link is currently OzBargained.
Seagate has a tool based on Acronis like Western Digital's as well.
http://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/downloads/discwizard/
I think they only work if you are using at least 1 WD or Seagate drive to image from/to.
I've used both WD and Seagate and they are great.
I have entered an email hereto get the free code but have not received it (yet). On second go, it reports the email address is already registered. It has been about 1/2hr and checked my junkmail but still nothing.
I haven't received the code too, still waiting, but by the time I get it the promo could be over:-(
The normal free version works great. It's the easiest way I can reformat portable drives to fat32 (for the ps3 and another media player).
Someone mentioned partition magic but that hasn't worked on os from vista onwards.
Lol. Yes I was mentioning it thinking few of the members might still remember how good it was :)
Make a bootable USB or CD with your choice of Linux distro on it, including any of the partition management tools. I like GParted.
Oh hang on, here's one they prepared earlier. GParted do a pre-built distro-on-a-stick (or -on-a-disc).
It's free, it's peer-reviewed (ie open-source) which more or less guarantees it doesn't do anything malicious, and you can use/install it as many times as you like.
Why anybody would use commercial partition management software - let alone paying for it - is beyond me.
So true.
Linux sounds like hard work to some (most?)… but there's nothing to learn! It's like 'apps'.
Simple, fast, free-forever.
Excellent suggestion. Can't believe I forgot about GParted.
"Why anybody would use commercial partition management software - let alone paying for it - is beyond me."
http://download.cnet.com/GParted-LiveCD/3000-2094_4-10698802…
The user reviews are not encouraging.
Yes, one bad review. Definitely means GParted is a total write-off. That guy doesn't know what he's doing.
This heavy-duty partition tool isn't for novices or the faint of heart, but
experienced users will find this tool invaluable.
Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't expect "novices or the faint of heart" to be re-partitioning a hard disc.
If you even understand the term "repartitioning a hard disc", you can use Gparted.
I have found easeus partition master is able to run partition operations successfully where the windows disk manager is unable to run properly (e.g. when the disk is compromised/has some physical errors).
If you have a multi boot OS, i wouldn't trust windows disk manager to manage the disk if there are other non-windows OS. Windows disk manager just managed to ruin my linux partitions recently.
And as somebody else has mentioned, I guess gparted is always a better option when you have access to linux.
I find this program useful to assign a drive letter on a USB device when sometimes they load without assigning a drive letter for some reason, i.e. your computer knows the USB device is there, but it can't be accessed because it doesn't yet have a drive letter.
I guess there is a way to do this in Windows, but I don't know how to.
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Great deal, thank you very much.
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