Discussion About Windows Built-in Disk Management Tool

#1 DataProtection

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 10:23 PM

I want to know something about the built-in disk management tools in windows. what are the advantages and disadvantages?

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Posted 11 May 2012 - 01:18 AM

Could you be more specific ??

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Posted 13 May 2012 - 07:45 PM

snorg, on 11 May 2012 - 01:18 AM, said:

Could you be more specific ??

Sorry. I mean the advantages and disadvantages. about the functions like resize, move, merge partitions.

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 10:04 AM

There aren't many disadvantages that I'm aware of. Disk management has just about all the tools you need to create, resize, or initialize partitions. Just about the only thing it won't do it create large FAT32 partitions, but most folks don't care about that these days. Oh, and EASEUS Partition Manager (http://www.partition-tool.com/) works better for merging partitions (for me, anyway).

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 05:31 PM

compnovo, on 14 May 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

I googled partition manager and find this. http://www.techsuppo...on-manager.htm. How about Minitool partition wizard? it seems to rank higher than the one you mentioned.

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 06:00 PM

I should mention that I've also used easeus partition master and found it works well. I haven't tried the one you mentioned though.

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 06:44 PM

DataProtection, on 14 May 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

compnovo, on 14 May 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

I googled partition manager and find this. http://www.techsuppo...on-manager.htm. How about Minitool partition wizard? it seems to rank higher than the one you mentioned.

I haven't heard of Minitool either, but between the EASEUS and Windows built-in app I haven't felt the need to look at any others, they're that good.

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Posted 15 May 2012 - 05:40 PM

compnovo, on 14 May 2012 - 06:44 PM, said:

DataProtection, on 14 May 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

compnovo, on 14 May 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

I googled partition manager and find this. http://www.techsuppo...on-manager.htm. How about Minitool partition wizard? it seems to rank higher than the one you mentioned.

I haven't heard of Minitool either, but between the EASEUS and Windows built-in app I haven't felt the need to look at any others, they're that good.

but there are changes all the time, especially 3rd party software. Batter ones always appear.

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 11:01 AM

gmnelson2009, on 18 May 2012 - 08:00 PM, said:

DataProtection, on 15 May 2012 - 05:40 PM, said:

compnovo, on 14 May 2012 - 06:44 PM, said:

DataProtection, on 14 May 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

compnovo, on 14 May 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

I googled partition manager and find this. http://www.techsuppo...on-manager.htm. How about Minitool partition wizard? it seems to rank higher than the one you mentioned.

I haven't heard of Minitool either, but between the EASEUS and Windows built-in app I haven't felt the need to look at any others, they're that good.

but there are changes all the time, especially 3rd party software. Batter ones always appear.

I have used minitool partition wizard home edition with very good results, it CAN be used from inside windows but works best from the offline disk that you can cut after installing the program. the earlier versions were stand-alone 'portable' programs but the newest version is not.