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AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro 5.5 was available as a giveaway on January 28, 2014!
AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro Edition is compatible with Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000. It allows you to resize partition without reboot, extend partition, especially for system drive, to solve low disk space problem and manage disk space easily and safely.
The most popular hard disk management functions are brought together with enhanced data protection including: Partition Manager, Disk and Partition Copy, Extend Partition Wizard, Migrate OS to SSD or HDD, Partition Recovery Wizard, NTFS to FAT32 Converter, etc.
In the latest version of 5.5, AOMEI Partition Assistant adds many new functions, such as Windows To Go Creator to install Windows 8 to removable flash drive, Create Windows PE bootable media without having to install AIK/WAIK, Convert system disk between MBR and GPT styles, etc.
Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, and 2000 (x32/x64)
17.3 MB
$36
AOMEI Backupper is a specialized Windows backup freeware noted for its well-designed user interface. Backup your hard disk drives, including MBR disk, GPT disk, external hard drive, USB disk and other storage devices that can be recognized by Windows. Set up a schedule to automatically backup your system and data, especially for users who want to create backups at a lesser frequency or have multiple backup schedules.
Well, I think GOTD moderation was severely lagging for most of the latter part of this give away day. my previous comment did not show up until after the giveaway was over. and another comment I submitted right after it did not show up at all.
I did finally get that windows to go jump drive made on a windows 7 system using windows 8.1 disc, and it actually booted, but never got past the spinning dots startup portion. Was using kingston 128GB jump drive. So it kind of worked (maybe), but I also could figure out why it didn't work 100% to know if it was the image made by this giveaway, or something hardware-based problem in my system.
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#84, David A: I'm not sure what your problem was, but the Windows to Go creator function in Partition Assistant Pro 5.5 does indeed work with non-Enterprise versions of Windows 8.
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Ashraf,
Sorry for the abuse but I am one among many who appreciate your efforts.
All the best with your new baby!
Dan
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@Ashraf, Congrats on expanding family. Take care and like all the others here wish you well for your future, and looking forward to your wonderful reviews when "Real Life" permits.
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Ashraf, One more pat on the back of support to you from this site. Thanks for your help, knowledge and just being here.
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Ashaf
First and foremost good luck and best wishes on the expectant bundle joy. You are needed and worth more than most websites could afford. I hope your revenue increases simply because you deserve it. I hope some of the readers here could visit your website and give some monetary support to you I sure will. See you soon.
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Ashraf
As you can tell from all the support, you are a vital part of GAOTD. I have been here from the beginning. I don't even download software unless you recommend it.
I used to post here, before the cyber bullies found it.
There are a few haters here for sure, but many, many more that value your comments and reviews.
You go take care of your wife and your baby, just know there are a lot of us waiting to see you back writing your informative reviews. Even if it is just posting a link. Thank you for your service.
Now that I know you make money from your ads, I will be visiting your site more often. May I suggest more of Ashraf's fans do the same. C'mon he's got a kid to pay for now.
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It is unfortunate but despite trying everything suggested here and a number of different approaches that might have helped in resolving the invalid registration issue it was a non-starter. I am tired and frustrated. Perhaps this is a great program I had high hopes because I have been looking for a good partition manager. I will never know if this was the one, the keeper because of some bug in the registration process. Enough is enough. I've wasted too much time already. As a final note to Ashraf it is clear from the responses today that your reviews are really appreciated by everybody but a few sad souls who lack intelligence and vision. I know that I have sorely missed your reviews and insights. Thank You!
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Ashraf - do you know what it is to a coffee addict to be without coffee early in the morning? The same goes for gaotd without Ashraf and Giovanni! We need you back!! Congrats on the baby!
BTW, I have used AOMEI backupper, after trying out many other programs. It is one of the best! I believe this partion-pro will have the same high quality!
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About 18 months ago one of my HDDs became unreadable. I looked to Paragon for help (the software was downloaded from here). Paragon just made matters worse.
Online I found a couple of other partition managers but they were of no help either. But then I happened on the free version of AOMEI Partition Assistant. Immediately I was able to recover the bad partition and all was well. AOMEI really saved my a** .
Early in 2013 I upgraded my version with the one from here. Shortly thereafter another (old) HDD became unreadable. This time Windows Explorer wouldn't even recognize the drive. AOMEI saw the drive but couldn't do anything with it.
Now I have upgraded the software again, so I went back to that old drive to test today's giveaway on.
THE RESULT:
Flawless recovery and very simply done. After this recovery I ran a battery of HDD testing utilities and the drive shows that it is in perfect condition.
Once again, AOMEI Partition Assistant shows that it is the best software of its kind anywhere. It has my full and unequivocal recommendation.
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Wonderful News, Ashraf - congrats to you and your family!
After reading most of the comments here, I guess we do have a bit of a community thing going on - and some nice folks - it's refreshing for sure!
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Asraf
I always look forward to your reviews and Giovannis.
Please try to ignore the malicious comments.you have many supporters who depend confidentally on your reviews,especially pros and cons.Once again please carry on the good work
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Windows to Go Creator doesn't work...they are probably trying to convince you that their software magically does something that is already available, and only available, in Windows 8.1 ENTERPRISE edition - not in Pro or Home. I was hoping that I could create a bootable USB from my Pro edition of Win8.1. I thought that maybe somehow AOMEI was able to convert the detailed directions from Microsoft's TechNet site into an executable that would Make a portable Win8.1 Pro (Pro can be made portable, Microsoft even provides the instructions, but too much for me to want to bother with it).
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I just want to add to the chorus of appreciation for Ashraf. His reviews are always the first thing I look for.
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I'm having trouble registering -have followed the suggestions of typing in manually instead of copy/paste, and also tried the delete and then retype the first and last letters. Still getting 'invalid' message.
I've turned off my firewall and antivirus. I've tried substituting 0 (zero) for O (letter) and vice versa.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
Mark
Dell Precision 670, dual Xeon 3.4GHz, 4 gigs ram, Win 7 x64 ultimate
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1) It is portable.
2) On windows 7/8/8.1 it can create winpe media without a huge download from MS.
3) Earlier versions of windows do not already include the necessary files, so a download will be needed to create winpe media.
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@ Ashraf
I too call in most days to see what's on offer, and like many others always read your write ups and list of alternatives.
Between you and Giovanni I've found many very useful freebies that have served me well. Without the two of you I would probably be a very irregular visitor to GOTD.
You can see that my appreciative comment is just one of many from those who find your posts useful.
Sadly, many, including myself, do not say 'thanks' to all your posts, so please accept a huge THANKS from me now.
Congratulations on your coming special event, I wish you and your family much happiness.
Maybe you'll join us again when the crying has stopped!
Good luck,
David. UK
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@Ashraf
Don't let a few fools get you down. I understand that everyone has a bad day and feels like they must vent. You got it off your chest. Now realize that these naysayers are not speaking for the majority of us. Most users here do appreciate your assistance.
Users like you, Giovanni, mike, Whiterabbit-uk, BuBBy, mikiem2 (and others) all take the time to post reviews and comments here, the forum & game page and most of us are grateful for the help, believe me.
So, thank you very much from me, those that commented above (and feel) the same way.
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Hmm. Windows 8 To Go Creator feature's proceed to my 32 GB USB2 Simply Power flash drive crashes this program. Is anyone else having this problem too or just me? :(
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To Ashraf,
First off, congrats to you and your wife and I wish all well with this new child. Second, give great weight to your reviews and the time it takes you to investigate each program you write about and then give alternative programs so that people can have choices. I fully support your feedback here at GOTD. You are a good person and don't let the internet thugs get to you from stopping what you love doing best for the rest of us.
Take all the time off you need. The wife and baby in the oven are more important at this point in time.
All the best,
Robert
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@ashraf, it's unfortunate but true that bullies, belly achers and trolls with nothing better to do gravitate to the Web. They use easy anonymity to act out, trying to make themselves feel big by slapping down other people and their efforts and views.
Look at it this way: If you're going to take a road trip in the summer, expect bug splatter on your windshield. It's nasty and annoying, but if you're ever going to get anywhere, you just have to wash the windshield from time to time and keep going. :)
IMO there's no excuse for GAOTD commenters sniping at one another. If someone expresses an opinion another person disagrees with, it's easy enough to respond with a dissent without attacking anyone by name. Just state a differing opinion and move one. If one person thinks another got their facts wrong about something, it's easier to respond with what the second person believes is correct, and let it go at that, than to also launch a personal attack and start a row.
Commenters with a habit of attacking others and questioning others' motives, etc., should be banned from commenting, first, for a week. If that doesn't bring about a change in behavior, they should be banned permanently.
Congratulations on your upcoming blessed event. I wish you the very best with that and with your Web venture.
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I got the previous version (5.2) of this software from GAOTD and used it to create a partition to install Windows 8.1 and it worked great. The default partition tool wasn't letting me create the partition due to immovable objects but AOMEI was able to boot at start-up and create the partition. 5/5 recommend
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I like many others have depended on both Ashraf's and Giovanni's reviews on GOTD, for a good long time and have missed seeing them, as of late; I'm sure many like me have noticed that Giovanni has not made a post here for some time. It was Ashraf's reviews on GOTD that led me to his site many years ago and have never regretted it. I did think Ashraf had a thicker skin though; just can't let the idiots get to ya. I can't say I know why Giovanni has not posted for so long, but I betting the reasons are similar to what Ashraf stated.
Best of luck with your new family Ashraf and try to refrain from teaching them to use tech devices until they're a few years old anyway.
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Would somebody be so kind to explain to me if there are significant differences between the program EaSEUS Partition Master Professional 9.2.1 (GOTD in Feb. 2013) and this program offered today. I am following all your post every day and I collected a lot of programs, but my computer is becoming every time more slowly so I need to take some programs away. Many thanks for your replies.
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I made a bootable USB flash 32 GB media, in an updated Windows XP Pro. SP3, and booting it showed "missing operating system". Is anyone else having this problem?
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#6 rebuilding the master boot record is not that hard so I wouldn't let that put you off.
If anyone needs to rebuild it
MBR Not found
Start the computer in safe mode with command prompt
Open command prompt and Type C: and press enter
at the C:\ prompt type cd boot
At the C:\Boot prompt type the following and press enter after each
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuildBcd
Close command prompt and resart your computer in normal mode.
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First a big hello and Thank YOU!! to Ashraf.
Secondly, anyone who has either upgraded their Windows 8.0 to 8.1 or is about to do so may be helped by this software. There is a bug in the Microsoft Windows Imaging sequence that has irked many Windows 8.1 users. There is a "recovery" partition that is too small to accomodate the "shadow copy" needed in the Windows Imaging program. This is true for 8.1 but not for 8.0
There are two workarounds listed here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-system/cant-backup-81-using-system-image-backup-error/90e39029-ff0d-4318-8701-5f7078198cd0
One of the two workarounds requires a good partition manager and hence this tip.
Wishing you all very happy and healthy partitions.
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@Karl,
Will this version help me format an external 3TB USB drive in my win.XP computer ? I had problem with ver.5.0 like you mentioned in #2
also, Can I make a "windows 7 to go" with this Aomei ?
Thanks
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Ashraf and Giovanni,
You are both heroes of this forum and among all the SW advise available on the web. You provide the most trusted, accurate and helpful information available on the web. I always look for what YOU TWO say, along with the alternatives you suggest. You spend your own time and resources to bring the most helpful advise on the web. You provide this free Gift of information to countless number of unknown people around the world.
I am grateful to you for your hard work and sharing this knowledge. Like me, many more people are grateful to you than some whiners by orders of magnitude. Please keep up your great work and do not let the whiners let you down.
All the best to you and your family.
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@ Ashraf
A chara,
As a relative newcomer to this site - I have only been using it for the last twelve months or so - I have found both your analysis and Giovanni's to be invaluable in informing my decisions regarding the various packages on offer. I was knowledgeable enough about this field back in the late eighties and early nineties but have not kept up with developments due to circumstances beyond my control. It is with great regret that I read of your impending departure.
I wish you all the best with your expected arrival and assure you of my continued support on SharewareOnSale.com.
Beir bua agus beannacht
An Fiach Rua
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#3 Ashraf:
I think your comments are to the point, with no fluff, and can ALWAYS be counted upon to be accurate.
Just remember: You can sleep at night (well, perhaps not in a while, but that's another story -Many Congrats!!) knowing you have provided a valuable service. These others can't say that!!
Thank you so much for all of your comments!
Sparky
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@24 Karl & Addendum #2
Could you please explain the part about having to install the software twice when you create a Windows To Go? Is there a way to put this into a bootable ISO?
Thanks for the comments.
Sparky
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ADDENDUM to #40:
I finally succeeded in registering the software! :-)
I changed nothing on my side, but tried it several more times, so there seems to be a random component.
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Hey Ash! Congrats on the little blessing on the way!
And I notice there's not a single negative comment today...
They must be feeling like very puny little bullies at the moment...
Personally, I really appreciate your quick pros-and-cons point-form info. I'm a busy man too (eight kids...).
As for the software:
CNET, Softpedia, and Software Informer all give it five stars. (Good start)
The only issues they mention are minor ones about lack of content in log files and user access concerns.
So thumbs up!
ps. What about you Giovanni? Are you off somewhere making babies too...?
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Ashraf and Giovanni, brilliant, talented people are unfairly attacked more often. We need to consider that many in our society are badly flawed mentally, unable to deal with those who have accomplished much in their lives. It gives me hope, today, to see how many contributors to this site use good logic and give credit where it is obviously due. Success attracts jealousy. My daughter told me once "Mom, consider the source. It attacks because it is flawed!" Feel pity for those thus afflicted. As for AOMEI products, I like them because of the ease of use and dependability, so will definitely use today's offering. Thanks to all contributors, and GAOTD!
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Sorry to say that the boot disc did NOT work for me. Using Win7 64-bit, I successfully created the CD as directed. When I rebooted my PC with the disc in the drive, the progress bar reached about 95% of the way and then stopped for about 5 minutes, after which a message said something about not using a USB device while it was loading. I thought this meant I had touched the keyboard or the mouse, so I repeated the procedure -- with the same results. After trying this three more times I gave up.
Without the boot disc and the useful features on it, this program loses about half of its value. It's still a great software, but I have no use for its main features at the moment, and without the boot disc, its utility for me is nil. Thanks anyway, GotD!
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Can't get the code to work, even typing it manually.
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First thing I do, upon a new GOTD offer, is to read Giovanni's and Ashraf's reviews. The first I collect them, the later I know were they are. Only afterwards do I consider installing any software. These past few days have been of 0 (zero) installing (know what I mean, nudge, nudge?). Both, each on his own way, have made themselves indispensables. I thank them and wish that they remain heavy contributors to this community, invaluable as they are.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, for Giovanni and Ashraf... Hip, hip, hip...
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"invalid license code"!
I tried it several times with copy and paste and typing by hand, every time the same: "Registering, please wait a few seconds" (several seconds pause) and then "Invalid license code". :-(
If I try an intentionally wrong code, there is no pause, so there seems to be a problem with the AOMEI server/registering process over the net.
My anti-virus and firewall is deactivated, so I see no fault on my side.
I uninstalled the previous version, so without being able to register this new version I'm lost without a working program. :-(
PLEASE FIX THIS IN TIME!
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hmmm... got this message when clicking the proceed button to make a windows 8 to go on flash drive. seems they could have mentioned it earlier on in the process.
"This program does not allow you to put Windows 8 on a flash drive in Windows XP system. We suggest you to use Windows To Go Creator in Windows 7/8 system." [sic]
Maybe this will save some of you some time in your evaluation?
I still have high hopes for this software, and will have to start again using win 7 instead.
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Ashraf - don't let them get to you.
Congrats on the little one.
Advice to wife - if they don't eat their food don't let it go to waist (that is NOT a spelling mistake).
Advice to you. Make some sandwiches and put them in the freezer. Then make a list of all the things you must do before setting off to the hospital and put it somewhere handy (eg by the phone). Last thing on the list is "get the sandwiches out of the freezer and put them in the car". These are for you. From experience Dad won't get fed and it can be a long wait!
Oh - and why could this GOATD have been around yesterday when I was stuggling with a netbook that had a broken HD?
No need to answer that!
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I installed this on xp the last time and coul not get into windows. Take care using.
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I have no doubt, Ashraf, that every serious user of GAOTD greatly values your insightful comments on this web-site, as do I. Congratulations, too, on becoming a father-to-be. Please keep us posted!
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#19: "As I already got European Paragon and Chinese EaseUs and as I prefer Harddisk Managers (= Partition Manager and Imager/Backup in one software, i.e. only one boot medium instead of two) I probably won’t try this one."
If it helps at all, there are several tools on-line you can download & use to add a boot menu to a USB stick/device. That way you can have one USB stick for example that'll boot & run a dozen plus boot disks if you like. It's easier if/when the app provides an ISO for you to burn to CD/DVD, but I've gotten quite a few to work just copying the files on a bootable USB stick to the target USB stick & then adding the executable file to that menu.
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#29: "Can this be made portable?"
Based on the last GOTD you'd have to write a script to install 4 files to C:\Windows & C:\Windows\ System32, then uninstall them afterwards -- it is possible to do that sort of thing because that's how the portable VirtualBox works. OTOH going to the trouble of ceating a portable version wouldn't make as much sense IMHO since many of the tasks it performs require a reboot, & Aomei already lets you create a bootable USB device you could just as easily use.
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Congrats on the soon-to-be addition to your family, Ashraf, & sympathies too for you & your wife -- not every moment of that 9 months is fun.
I wouldn't worry about anyone who thinks your well-deserved venting was any sort of whining... no good could come from being concerned about that, so don't waste the time & energy or suffer the negativity. You, your wife, your baby, your biz all deserve positive emotions & thoughts. I know that may sound new age, or maybe like it was ripped off some motivational poster, but lots of athletes & biz pros practice that sort of thing, & it's led to great success & not a little happiness.
As far as any haters go, I think about all you can do, besides trying to ignore them, is feel good that you've had enough impact to attract their attention -- on-line if someone isn't hating on you then you're not being noticed, & you want & need to be noticed when you're running a biz. In Real Life people tend to have more respect, because in full view you know who they are, & if they're too nasty or aggressive, there's always a physical threat -- even old men & women can whack you up side the head with their cane. :) And/or if they're a 13 year old kid you might laugh yourself silly. :p
On-line pretty much the only constraints on your behavior are your own, and to some people it feels good to hate &/or to troll -- either makes it all about them, feeding their sense of importance & thus self-worth. As you're about to find out if this is your 1st child, Ashraf, psychologically, kids feel they're the center of their universe -- something they won't mature out of until they're ~20, though some people never do make that transition, as you're all too aware.
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An addendum: I printed out the registration code and carefully entered it into the registration popup. No luck. It keeps identifying the code as invalid. I reiterate, this is very frustrating. Hopefully a fix or work around can be found before the time runs out.
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I get "Invalid license code." when I try to register. Running Windows 8.1 64bit.
Tried typing and ctrl-v, disabled firewall, nothing helped.
Any idea?
Regards,
Arild
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#3 (Ashraf):
I agree 100% with you. No comment = nothing to comment on.
But if you still want to attract visitors to your site from here, why not just post only the link to your review?
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I am still getting an invalid register key message even after installing the program as administrator, lowered my firewall, and entered the registration code manually. This is really frustrating. Any other thoughts about how to get this very promising program registered? I am using k64 bit Windows 8.1 if that has any relevance to the issue.
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Congratulations Ashraf! I hope all goes well. Trolls and flamers have been around almost as long as we have had the internet. Anonymity seems to bring out the worse in some people. I for one value your opinion!
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