I have gotten the exact same message as #26, after even trying numerous times and I could really use this.

Further to my #16 Cannot make Boot Disc

Noted Mikes #29, especially the comment "& includes the boot CD ISO (~30MB)". Found the ISO in the BIN folder and burnt it direct using ImgBurn, result....Good Bootable Disc.

Thanks to Mike for the useful (as usual) info , and of course to Easeus and GOTD.
Rgds

Installed on winxp-pro-sp3.
Tried to create a partition on an HD and got an error: Run Time error 216 at 06a65a5e. I cannot get rid of the error and the program is frozen and cannot be closed. What to do?
Thanks for any help, Eldad

I will use any software with the name "Easeus" on it. I have been using software from them for a while and it always does just what it states it will do. I have the greatest respect for the company. I have been using the partition home edition this week so getting this one today was perfect timing. I know I can restore my hard drives now! Thanks GAOTD! AND thanks Easeus!

The BEST!

I have been using the free version and looked forward to using the "Rebuild MBR" feature so I downloaded the software today.

My hard drive is split into three partitions. Winxp, it's cloned backup [set to 'hidden'] and my old W2K partition which I've been trying to make bootable for days. Still can't use it, but I'm fairly sure that's my fault.

In any case, when it comes to copying, formatting, changing drive letters, moving partitions, setting attributes such as 'hidden' or 'active' while running it on Windows, Easeus does it fast and simple. I really admire it's speed. My biggest hard drive is 15 gigs, and it moved it before I was done with my lunch break. Thumbs up!

I'm afraid I had no luck at all with the bootable CD it made. It burnt correctly, and it started correctly, but crashed constantly without making any changes. I think this part needs work.

Even without this feature, I like this software very much and will continue to use it or it's free version.

System:
Dell GX280 3.6 Processor, 2 Gigs Ram, Hyper Thread. WinXP Pro SP3.

Don't know what is going on but when I tried to install it and it said I had a previous version and then when it said to uninstall it and I said yes there was a file missing and it could not be uninstalled, so I tried the control panel uninstaller and it said the same thing. This is unfortunate as I will never be able to uninstall it. So I booted into another partition and after extracting the files and running setup.exe
I was told that the giveaway period was over....what should I do?

Appears to have installed without a problem on Windows XP Professional (non-64-bit).

However, are ALL of the Partition Operations greyed out. Why???

CurlySue

The thing I really miss the most is the ability to create bootable usb or flash disks, I do not use CD's or DVD's frequently.

A MUST HAVE - GET IT - END OF

I love this program - it's been VERY useful. I've actually downloaded older versions here, so this is an update for me. Keep up the good work!

Already had version 6.1 from an earlier GAOTD. On Win 7 64bit system. Uninstalled prior to installing 6.5.1. When I run setup I get a "Failed to connect. Try again later." message each time. I have tried disabling the Firewall. Any suggestions?

10.12.08
?Should one delete/uninstall the previous Easeus Partition Master version 6.1.1pro ed before one installs this ver 6.5.1pro ed?

And with the current hysteria (wikileaks) about the chin gov't sponsoring hacks through shill companies, should one be concerned about installing this chinese software on one's personal computer?

@7 - No problem you just move the partitions till the space is where it is needed and then expand the relevant partition. EASEUS makes partition moving and resizing effortless.
@19 - I recently used EASEUS PM in conjunction with EASEUS TODO BACKUP to upgrade my laptop HDD. I did this by copying the whole drive to file on an external drive then fit the new HDD and after booting up with the boot CD, I copied only the C: partition to the new HDD and then made it 'active'. I rebooted on the new HDD and then expanded the partition to fit the new HDD. I tried to do this with other products and failed.

After reading all the comments I don't think I should download this program. Seems like there are too many ways you could really screw up your system if you aren't a techy type. Am I over reading here?

#2 and 26: I used to have this problem all the time. Am using Comodo Internet security and after downloading and unzipping the Giveaway tried to run Setup. Immediately Commodo would flash a screen in the lower righthand corner ...XYZ is trying to connect to the Internet..Allow...Deny. Before you are able to Allow the "Failed to connect ..Pls try again later" appears, followed by "The process cannot access the file etc.etc.
Tried terminating Comodo but then the Activation screen appears and nothing further.
Tried disabling Comodo on startup and rebooting but again Activation screen appears and nothing further.
I use netmeter and can usually see the Green activation data uploading and the Red Reply from Gaotd but in the last two cases only the green upload is visible.
Fix: Just before running setup Set your firewall and Antivirus settings to "Disable". As soon as the Giveaway Program's Installation screen appears, activation has taken place and you can return your Firewall settings to their normal values. Antivirus disable may not be necessary depending on which product you are using.
In my case I am using a G3 USB Modem so disable the firewall settings, connect to the Internet, run setup and disconnect from the net as soon as the Installation screen appears.

#18 Mark: Where would you want to partition a USB flash drive? For example, you have created a Linux or UBCD4Win booting stick on active partition # 2 and a FAT data volume on partition # 1. This allows you to access your data on any Windows system and keep the Linux / WinPE / recovery partition from being screwed around on an infected Windows system.

Lexar (OEM for Kodak and some labels as well) USB flash drives have the ability to appear as a proper "non-removable" hard drive with its unsupported & "not-publicized" bit-flipping utility. Once set, it makes the the above situation much easier to manage with some persnickety BIOSes.

Note that EASEUS Partiton Manager should only be used with proper education. It can do serious damage, so READ, READ, READ the manual and all other information regarding what you are attempting before using it.

This is a great utility. Thanks for the improvements, but still looking forward for GPT and better support for other partition types.

Re #25, Now installed OK.
For some reason my Kaspersky Internet Security was blocking activation. It doesn't normally do this.

This is really great software. I have an older version and recently used it to upgrade a hard drive. The new drive had to replace the old boot drive so the MBR and all the partitions had to be copied over. the software handled it all flawlessly and fairly quickly (about an hour for a 500Gig drive almost full). The only issue came when I went to boot up with the new drive. I found that the order that the SATA cables were plugged in made a difference but after I plugged them in correctly I was up and running with the new drive!

I've been trying to install this for about the last 6 hours, but keep getting the error message...

"Failed to connect. Please try again later"

...when the app tries to connect and activate.

Help !! I downloaded the program and tried to install. Got a message saying I had a previous version ( 5.5.1) installed and to uninstall it. I hit yes or whatever the choice was and got a message saying the previous version was not installed and could not be uninstalled.

I downloaded the vrevious version a long time ago but never used it.

My desktop has an icon with the arrow which I understand it is a program. . My "All Programs list showes it and I tried to uninstall it there but got the same message !!

I hit "start" and run and entered " Desktop " and the previous version did not appear (as I mentioned above there is an icom on the desktop.

Can anyone help ??
Thanks

George

Nice program & worth the cost (if you miss the GAOTD promo). The free Home is not an alternative if you need 64-bit support. I use the PRO edition side-by-side with Acronis Disk Director Suite (both of which I paid for) and find together they meet my needs (as each seems to fill in the gaps of the other - sorry I don't have a list of what those gaps are!).

Bottom line - this is a great opportunity! Download, activate & use! 4 stars (out of 5).

i just used the free home version yesterday to re-size a partition i didn't even re-move the 2 back-up images that was in it it worked with no problems thanks gaotd

Does anyone know whether the 'find bad sectors' really does mark them as bad? On Easeus's website it says it 'marks them as red' and it reads as if might only mark them as red in the graphical display of the sectors, not actually mark them as bad?

The reason I ask is because bad sectors often crash partition management software - and so a program that can fix the bad sectors would be very useful.

installed and registered like a breeze. i must admit that i havent tried it yet but have had this recommended to me by people i trust so i am very hopeful. will get back after a test run.have been looking for one of these, so i can try a linux install. thank you gaotd!

Sorry to ask a silly question:
Does "disk copy" with this program mean exactly the same as "disk clone"? In other words, will I be able to boot up from a copied C HD?

Another, less silly question:
I have the previous giveaway version (6.1.1), should I uninstall it before installing this newer version?, or install over it?
Thanks, Eldad

In the "New features" (page top) the 1st item in the list is:

"Support partitioning removable storage device like flash drives, memory cards, etc."

I have tried to partition an USB flash drive and this prompt pops up:

"Windows only recognize the first primary partition on a removable device. If no primary partitions, only the first logical partition is recognized. Do you want to continue?" with the YES / NO options.

I fail to see the point of partitioning flash drives or memory cards with this program... Am I missing something? Can anybody kindly comment?

Besides that it definitely has all the necessary features one would expect to find in a partitioning application.

@ #6 - that's actually an excellent comment.

I recently upgraded my HDD from 500GB to 1TB and made a copy of the entire disc, which worked well. But I had a C: partition (67GB) and a D: partition (400GB). I needed to add some of that extra space to the C: drive - but Easeus could not do it, I had to use Paragon Partition manager instead.

Downloaded installed and registered fine.

Tried to make boot disc, program went through the motions and said burning complete, this took all of 15 sec which didnt seem right.

Disc did not boot. (in fact nothing written to disc.)

Just to check my equipment made a Paragon and an Avira recovery disc with the same burner and both OK. Had previous Easeus Partition Manager pro which DID produce a bootable disc.

Any one else have this prob ??

Hi all, Their website says you can copy a complete drive including Windows OS without reinstall. Will it work with Office Outlook, Publisher, Word etc without re-install as well?? It would be nice to be able to migrate everything to another/new computor without drama. Will this program do so?

I had an earlier version, which I have used a lot, this is a very good program. This latest version replaces any previous installed, setup is fast and easy. If you are new to this type of software, read the help file, it is easy to understand, this program is easy to use. Thumbs up on this one.
Well done Giveawayoftheday for providing this updated version.
Thanks to Easeus too.

from Aideebar

When putting a new HD in, tried a few different types of partition manager to do the different partitioning - all bolloxed up.
Easeus did it simply and accurately.
Better than the rest - to put it mildly.

This is a great program - I really ran 6.0.1 thorougly in Win 7 64bit and it performs without issue.

Paragon will probably offer something next since these companies always try to 1up eachother on GAOTD

Bot this and Paragon's are worthy - but please remember to backup any partition you plan to move or modify because problems can occur

Right now is a good time to buy this one too! I just noticed their offering it for $20 on the site. It's worth every penny, and you'll own it for that new machine Santa got you for Christmas.

I wonder how many regs it will dump to my system. The previous GAOTD program, Cyber Power Audio Editing Lab, modified +200 reg entries that my system, V64, now doesn't work like it used to. I'm sorry if my question is stupid, but i really don't want another hundreds of reg modification. Please publish my question, Mike usually state about reg edits. Thank you in advance.

Thanks for the great software today but I will stick to the previous version offered only because I need to save cap. Checked Wondershare site straight after visiting GAOTD and was supprised to see they also
have a free DISK MANAGER available since 11-10-2010. Requires registration to get free Serial. Downloaded registered but not tested
yet. Maybe worth a look. Link http://www.wondershare.com/company/news.php?id=1130&page=1. 6mb Download

I've used this in the past,from a magazine giveaway. Very reliable.
I still have it in my programs. Backup your data first. I tried to do too many tasks first time I used it and wiped my hard drive clean. A backup saved me. One task at a time and it works beautifully.

I won't have time to evaluate all of the features of EASEUS Partition Master 6.5.1, but I can tell you some things about EASEUS and other products and issues related to disk management. I'm finally upgrading to Win7x64 now that Microsoft has released various patches, such as proper support for greater than 2TB volumes, and I've managed to get some utility vendors to fix the problems with their products, especially on Vista and higher. In the past, EASEUS hasn't supported some USB devices, but this version claims to. I wanted a clean copy of Vista x32 before upgrading, and that involved a special system recovery partition on my system drive. Paragon failed miserably, but EASEUS and StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop had no problems dealing with the special partition. EASEUS performed the partition copy at boot time, which made me a little nervous because it didn't display useful status information during that time, and I had a lot of very high-capacity drives connected, but it appeared to do the copy correctly. Giveaway versions will never include WinPE boot disks because of licensing issues. Paragon uses outdated WinPE boot disks, a couple of generations old. ShadowProtect uses WinPE3/2008/Win7 boot disks, which work great. GPT volumes are required for greater than 2TB volumes, and have useful improvements, but support isn't so hot across the board, especially if you try to copy/restore a GPT volume to another drive. I installed a TRIM-enabled SSD as my system volume, which is extremely fast in Win7, but doesn't have much capacity. I installed four 2TB disks to use as RAID volumes using Intel Rapid Storage Technology 9.6, which permits multiple types of RAID volumes on the same drive set. I wanted some RAID 10 and some RAID 5 volumes. First problem right off the bat, I didn't need to worry about the GPT vs. MBR issue, because my Intel RAID Option ROM doesn't support greater than 2TB RAID volumes. Out of 8TB raw, I created a relatively small 200GB RAID 10 volume, which took longer than I expected to create (definitely going to be a problem for larger volumes). The whole point of higher RAID versions is to allow at least one drive to die without impact, and adding a replacement drive isn't supposed to impact performance either, as the rebuilding process is supposed to occur in the background. It turns out that a data cable to one of the drives is defective (major headache considering how much of the computer I'm going to have to disassemble to get to it), so that drive dropped out on reboot. So that tested RAID single-drive failure handling. Intel Rapid Storage Technology failed miserably. Win7 boot was held while the Intel RAID tried to deal with the issue, which shouldn't have caused any problems. After many hours longer than the original volume took to create, it was still churning away on the empty RAID volume, preventing Windows from booting. I had to give up, no telling how long it would have taken, and clearly utilizing all 8TB could have prevented use of the computer for a week or more. So I'm going to replace the cable, but create small RAID volumes of various types, then pull the plug on one of the drives and see if it can handle the drive failure correctly. Obviously, if Intel Rapid Storage Technology can't handle a RAID drive failure correctly, then there's no point in using RAID.

Let me ask a general question. Can I add the free space available at the end of the HDD to the partition not near to the free space?

Quick look/comapaartion at specs: Not improved/updated with anything compared with PM 6.1.1 Pro from September2 (still no supports SSD harddrive alignment??) No need to change THAT, but definitely A MUST. (PS: a 6.5.2 Home is available too on the site)

I had installed previous version 5.x.x pro from GAOD and using it for a while. I have tried all available soft wares as i am fond of trying each. Though i dont write up, this one is my fav.
I have never find any sw uninstaller as simple, fast as these guyz. It was almost clean uninstall.
Installed - gone smooth and the interface havent changed much, yet added few more new interesting features. I cant try it out at 3.30AM morning. But i hope they work as well. I am eager to try the flash drive options.
If you are a regular joe, have this in your machine, it is worth it. If you are a techie, i know you wont like to miss.

You never know when you need*(it has a recovery wizard inbuilt). Good night.

used the free d/l version to save a 160 gb firewire hdd that had data, programs, files, docs and tns of other things collected over several years. the mbr (master boot record) for the drive had become corrupted and the drive no longer showed under my computer but was shown under device manager. was able to repair the mbr, reover all the files to dvd's and reformatted the drive which works perfectly once again. recommend this to anyone who wants to save any hdd if it can be saved by repairing the mbr. top not h software, in my humble opinion. get it while you can. it's worth having.

When I install it, it gives me an error message "the process can not access the file because its being used by another process"

Nothing is open except this one trying to install

I really wanted this program too.

The Good
* Straightforward and fairly easy to use.
* Has the typical partition management tools (resize, format, delete, etc.).
* Supports Windows and Linux filesystems (FAT, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2/EXT3).
* Supports internal and external hard drives/devices.
* Users can change the letter and name of a partition, convert primary partition to logical partition and vice versa, and hide/unhide partitions.
* Users can copy a whole hard drive or partition.
* Supports hardware RAID.
* Supports MBR and GPT volumes.
* Works on hard disks of upto 2 TB in size.
* Has "error checking" features.
* Has the ability to copy dynamic disks.
* Has the ability to recover deleted/lost partitions.
* Has the ability to defrag partitions.
* Has the abilty to "rebuild MBR".
* Has the ability to securely delete/wipe hard drives and partitions.
* Users can create a Linux-based bootable disk.
* Users can password protect the program.

The Bad
* No support for Mac filesystems or EXT4 Linux filesystem.
* The defrag feature does not allow the user to view any sort of "analysis" before conducting the actual defrag.
* Users can only defrag single partitions at a time.
* Only supports Linux-based bootable disk; does not support WinPE.
* Lacks the ability to create a bootable USB/flash drive.
* Bootable disk has some limitations, such as no defrag feature.
* The program window always opens up fully maximized.

Free Alternatives
EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition
Paragon Partition Manager Free Edition

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