MiniTool Partition Wizard

About MiniTool Partition Wizard

MiniTool Partition Wizard is an all-in-one partition management software. You can create/ delete/ resize/ merge/ split/ format/ wipe/ hide partitions to configure disk storage space in Windows. It can even recover damaged or lost partitions or all their data.

Modern hard drives have many gigabytes or even terabytes of space. It is a good idea to separate system files from other documents. If creating a partition with the operating system already installed may become tricky. But MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition is a free tool that solves this issue. Free Partition Manager will allow you to perform complex partition operations with ease.

It supports basic, dynamic disks, Linux volumes (Ext2/3) and even disk arrays (RAID).

Features

Extend a small partition to save more data or shrink a large partition to divide some free space. Also, help move the partition location.

Merge partition: Merge two adjacent NTFS partitions into a bigger one without damaging data in either partition.

Format partition: Format partition to FAT, exFAT, NTFS, Ext2/3/4 and Linux Swap to use the drive on different platforms. It also supports disk arrays (RAID).

Convert FAT32 to NTFS: Convert FAT32 to NTFS without data loss when you need to save individual files larger than 4GB to a FAT32 drive.

Set Partition Primary/Logical: Set partition primary to install an operating system and set partition logical to create more partitions on MBR disk.

SSD 4K Alignment: Make sure all partitions on SSD are correctly aligned to speed up the entire SSD and optimize PC performance.

Partition Resizer: Firstly, MiniTool partition software could solve it. Secondly, Organize your hard drive and gain more space in your existing partitions to maximize the usage of hard disk space. Thirdly, No matter it is basic or dynamic, GPT or MBR, a single disk or Raid disk.

Advanced Disk Partition Management: MiniTool Partition Manager helps you to create, delete, merge and split partitions. It also helps you to perform a variety of other partitioning operations.

Disk Clone/ Migrate: Clone or Migrate the disk to a replacement HDD. For instance, no need to spend hours reinstalling your old disk’s operating system and applications. However, disk cloning returns you to action on the new disk in just minutes.

Disk/Partition Converter: As your requirements change, you can quickly convert disks or partition between basic and dynamic disks, MBR and GPT disks, NTFS, and FAT32 Partition without data loss in just moments.

Supported File Systems

• FAT12/16/32
• NTFS
• Ext2/3/4
• exFAT

Supported Storage Devices

• Support UEFI/EFI boot.
• Support MBR disk and GPT disk.
• All storage devices recognized by Windows, such as RAID, etc.
• Traditional hard disk drives, solid-state drives (SSD), SSHD, etc.
• External hard drives, USB drives, SD cards, and other removable media.

Minimum System Requirements

• Processor: 1GHz Intel/AMD processor or above
• RAM: 512MB RAM
• Free Hard Disk: 200MB space for installation
• Graphics Card: Super VGA (800×600) resolution. 16-bit graphics card or higher

How to Install MiniTool Partition Wizard?

1. Double-click on the installer
2. Select the language to use during the installation and click Next
3. Read the following license information and check ‘I accept the agreement’. Click Next
4. Select destination location where you want to install it and click Next
5. Leave everything at default and click Next
6. Here uncheck ‘Participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program’. Click Next
7. Setup is now ready to install, so click Install
8. Finally, click Finish to launch the software

Top Interface

Data Backup	Data Recovery	Partition Recovery	Disk Benchmark	Space Analyzer
This is not a function button. Just hotlinking for another product information. First, a sponsor button has been added which I find disgusting.	Secondly, a Data Recovery wizard has been added. It’s fine. Do you want to scan and recover deleted/lost or damaged documents, images, audio, videos and email? No problem! It can recover all.	MiniTool Partition Wizard recovers your partition which has already been damaged due to Windows update, accidental deletion, physical damage, virus attack.	It measures the performance of your hard disk drive.	It analyses disk space usage. See the result of how much space a file has used in the desired disk. I don’t find this option very useful.

Data Recovery

Scan FAT 12, FAT 16/32, exFAT, NTFS and HFS+  file systems to recover lost media.

1. Double-click on the location you want to recover data from. Click on Scan to start recovery.
2. If a scan is completed, Here will show the data that can be recovered. You can preview it. Finally. select the desired file and click on Save.

Partition Recovery Wizard 

1) Click on Next
2) Choose a disk you want to recover
3) Change the scanning range for the specific disk from the following three ranges.

• Scanning Range: Full Disk (Scanning entire disk.)
• Unallocated Space (Scanning free space only.)
• Specified Range (Scanning specified sectors.)

You could choose a partition block to scan the deleted or lost partition from the following disk map. You could also enter the starting LBA and Ending LBA directly.

4) Set the scanning method for the specified scanning range from the below.

• Quick Scan: It will quickly scan lost or deleted partitions from your hard disk. I will suggest you choose the full scanning option.
• Full Scan: It scans every sector of a specified scanning range. It may take a little time, but it’s good.

5) After scanning is completed you will show all lost/deleted partitions. Double-click the searched partition to show the content. Finally, select the partitions you want to recover from the following list and click Finish.

Disk Benchmark

1. Select a drive which measures the data transfer speed.
2. Now set the Transfer Size, Queue Number, Thread Number, Cool Down Time, Physical Disk, Total Length and Test Mode.
3. Click Start to test the disk. So please wait some time.
4. Finally, you will show the results of Sequential Reading, Sequential Writing, Random Reading and Random Writing performance.

Wizard

Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard	It helps you to migrate your system disk. Here you will get two methods. So choose the right method as you need. A. It will copy all the partitions on the system disk to another hard disk. B. It will copy your required operating system to another hard disk but keep the original hard disk in your computer. Choose a hard disk to migrate it and click Next. The OS will be migrated to the specified destination disk. Note that during migration, the content of the destination disk will deleted.
Copy Partition Wizard	It helps to copy a specific partition to a different disk. To continue click Next. Select a specific partition you want to copy and click Next. Select a disk and mark the position where you would like to create the copy of the selected partition. Click Next to start coping. Finally, click Apply from the left.
Copy Disk Wizard	It helps to create a copy of your full hard disk on a different disk. To continue click Next. Select a disk you want to copy and click Next. Note that in this method all partitions from the disk will be copied to the destination location. Select a targeted disk where you would like to create a copy. Note that during the copy operation, target disk data will be deleted. Click Next to start coping. Finally, click Apply from the left.
Partition Recovery Wizard	I have already explained about the Partition Recovery feature.

Change Partition

Move/Resize Partition	It helps to create a new partition. So set a new partition size, unallocated space before and unallocated space after. Click OK. Finally, click Apply from the left.
Extend Partition	With this, you can extend the space of your current partition. Select the desired disk and change the potion how much more space you want. Click OK. Finally, click Apply from the left.
Merge Partition	It helps to merge your NTFS partitions. Choose an adjacent partition you want to expand and click Next. Choose an adjacent partition to merge with the target partition. This partition will be merged to the one you have selected on the previous page. The content of the second partition will be placed in a folder inside the resulting partition.  Click Finish. Finally, click Apply from the left.
Split Partition	Here you can divide the free disk space and create a new partition. Please enter a new partition size and click OK. Finally, click Apply from the left.
Change Cluster Size	Sometimes cluster size can affect data read-write speed and even disk space. So you can change the cluster size in a simple way. Select the partition whose cluster size is not reasonable. Here you will see the current cluster size. Now select a suitable size from the drop-down list and click Yes. Finally, click Apply from the left. Note: Free version users cannot use this feature, must buy a Pro version.
Convert NTFS to FAT	It is an NTFS to FAT converter. It helps to convert file systems without any data loss. Select your desired NTFS partition whose file system needs to be converted Click on the ‘Convert NTFS to FAT’ function from the left panel Click Apply from the left then you will see a pop-up window Finally, click on Yes button to confirmation If pending operations are completed. Click on OK. Note: Only Pro version users can use the feature.
Set Partition as Primary	Go to Partition Wizard again. Basically it is not a feature.

Partition Management

Delete Partition	You can delete your unwanted partitions with a single click. Select the partition which needs to be deleted Click on the ‘Delete Partition’ function from the left panel Finally, click Apply from the left corner
Format Partition	The features help to clear targeted partition data. Select the partition which needs to be deleted Click on the ‘Format Partition’ function from the left panel Set the partition label, file system and cluster size then click OK Finally, click Apply from the left corner
Copy Partition	Select the partition you want to copy Select a disk and mark the position where you would like to create the copy of the selected partition. Click Next to start coping. Finally, click Apply from the bottom of the left.
Align Partition	The function helps to align the specified partition. Select the required drive to align the partition Click the ‘Align Partition’ function from the left panel (If it is already aligned, users will get the information) Finally, click Apply from the below
Wipe Partition	With this function, you can remove the specified partition including complete data. But remember that once this data is removed, it cannot be recovered by any way or software. Select the partition and click ‘Wipe Partition’  feature from the left panel Choose a wiping method from the following list and click OK. Fill Sectors with Zero (Quick) Fill Sectors with One (Quick) Fill Sectors with Zero & One (Slow) DoD 5220.22-M (3 passes) (Very Slow) DOD 5220.28-STD (7 passes) (Very Slow) Finally, click Apply from the left corner
Set Label	You can change the label of the selected partition. Right-click on the required partition and click the ‘Set Label’ feature that appears on the popup menu Type the partition label and click OK Finally, click Apply from the left corner
Change Drive Letter	To change the current letter to a new drive letter.
Change Partition Type ID	To change the current partition type ID. Please select a predefined ID from the list then click Yes 0x07 NTFS 0x07 NTFS OxOB FAT32 OxOC FAT32 LBA Ox01 FAT12 0x04 FAT16, less than 32 MB. 0x06 FAT16, greater than 32 MB. OXOE FAT16 LBA 0x01 FAT12 0x02 XENIX root Finally, click Apply from the left corner Note: Only Pro version users can use the feature.
Change Serial Number	It can change your partition serial number. Select the partition Click the ‘Change Serial Number’ feature from the left panel Please enter a new serial number in hexadecimal format and press OK Finally, click Apply from the left corner Note: Only Pro version users can use the feature.
Hide Partition	To hide the important partition from other users. It’s simple. Select the partition Click the ‘Hide Partition’ feature from the left panel Finally, click Apply from the left corner
Set Active	Suppose you have multiple operating systems on your PC. So this feature is for you. You can set the operating system you want to mark as the first boot. Select the partition to set as active Click the ‘Set Active’ feature from the left panel Click Apply from the left corner Finally, click OK to apply change

Check Partition

QExplore Partition	To observe every file inside a partition. View a list of file names, creation time, modified time and size.
Surface Test	Check the surface and see if there are any errors.
Partition Properties	To view all information about a partition. Usage: View used, unused and total partition size. Partition Info: View Partition Type ID, File System, Serial Number, First Physical Sector, Last Physical Sector and Total Physical Sector. File System Info: View Sectors per Cluster, Sectors per File Record, Sectors per Index Record, $MFT LCN and $MFTMirr LCN.
Data Recovery	Data Recovery is the most important feature of the software. I have already explained about it.

There is a last-moment option to confirm any work. I like it. Look at the bottom left panel. You will see your job is pending. If you want, you can go back to the previous place by clicking on the Undo. There may be no going back, once the job is clicked by Apply.