Recommend a user-friendly partitioning tool comparable to PartitionMagic
Recommend a user-friendly partitioning tool comparable to PartitionMagic
Hello, 20+ years ago I relied on PartitionMagic and BootMagic to set up dual-boot systems with Windows and Linux on a single internal drive. They were straightforward to use through their graphical interfaces and consistently performed well. Now that they're no longer available, what modern alternatives can I consider?
The most frequently used tool I recall is Minitool Partition Wizard.
Yes, that was mainly what I applied AOEMI for—resizing partitions after cloning.
Several cloning tools now manage this process independently.
You can also typically rely on Windows Diskpart to adjust partition sizes, provided you have the unpartitioned area available.
In real life, considering your background, after a drive partition I can use either of these two software options to dynamically resize partitions without risking file damage?
So I do, though back then the cloning tools weren't as advanced as they are today. I remember early Acronis versions bundled with Samsung drives didn't always work well. And Clonezilla had problems handling SSDs completely, so it only did one-to-one partition copies. I think I also had to do something special to activate TRIM, which is now automatic. It's been a while since I've used AOEMI, but I know it was a solid tool. Probably on my dad's Windows 7 system (which he won't let me retire). Also, cloning from HDD to SSD hasn't been around for a while.