Shovel, GAOTD won't even send me a link since I have no social media apps to login to. I do not belong to any. THREE times I have use the alternative, but they still do not send me the link to download.

SoftwareBabe,
Sorry for the inconvenience, but our homepage provides the direct download link to pro-edition. have a try.

Shovel,
sorry for the error,
do you mind to send us the screenshots to our support team? support@macrorit.com
Thanks

mike,
Thanks for your comments, it's really helpful
To do backup is recommended before doing anything to disk partition, and it's also a good habit to keep safe at anytime, our Extender sometime may be a help to save time when data safety are assured while doing backup sometimes maybe time-consuming.

mahaal,
NO, it does not only expand a partition, but also shrink partition, move free space and unallocated space automatically to extend partition, you can do more in Extender, and you can create, move ,resize, format and any other operations in Macrorit Disk Partition Expert, another all-in-one tool of Macrorit.

bruce,

Partitioning a USB stick is iffy... You might be successful, but since it's out of spec [USB sticks aren't supposed to have multiple partitions], you often can't fully use it. Many partitioning apps won't let you partition a USB stick then as a means of protecting you from doing something wrong.

mike, The only reason I was trying to do that, as I was going to try using a USB Stick as Virtual RAM on an XP system. They suggest the USB should be no larger than 4GB but the smallest I had on hand was a 16GB unit. It looks like I can access the partitions ok after it was formatted. Also Partition Magic 8 (my version) is somewhat old, probably predating USB Memory Sticks

mike,
Looks like you're mistaken, have a look at the following link:-
http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/removable-device-partitioning.htm

mike,
Any of the big-name partition utilities (e.g., Easeus, MiniTool, Paragon) will let you partition removable media like USB thumb drives or SD cards. But the real problem comes from the fact that Windows machines can't see more than one partition, i.e., the first one, on removable media. FWIW, most Linux flavors can see and access all the partitions.

Robert Garofalo,

Yes, I noticed that as well after I tried to partition it.
Not sure why that is the case. If the partition tool can see it
why not windows ? And it did not matter if the flash drive was set to FAT32 or NTFS .. same issue.

col,
Hi, I think you are talking about extend partition across disks not volumes, Extender can extends partitions on one disk. Dynamic disks can be used to extend partitions in different disks.
:)

Macrorit,
You are absolutely right of course. I was incorrect with my terminology. I was looking for a program that could span one volume across more than one disc. Thanks for putting me straight.

TK,
That is one brilliant idea. I'll give it a go. Thanks.

Mike OD,
Hi, what you mentioned can be done in Macrorit Disk Partition Expert, all in one partition tool. Have a try :)

jacksonX, Maybe. I used Aomei Partition Assistant to repartition my new Windows 10 laptop's hard drive and it bricked it.

jacksonX,

If yo want to make your C-drive bigger, Aomei ask for money.

jacksonX,

AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard "... allows you to merge two adjacent partitions every time"

For everyone that has not tried merging partitions, what happens is the contents of one partition are placed *in a folder* on the resulting partition.

"... both ways protect your data well."

Until it doesn't. ;)

When you're working with partitions, the possibility always exists that something will go wrong -- it's not common, but it can happen. At the least you're writing to the partition tables, & if those are lost/damaged you're in trouble. If/when you're moving data, besides copying data, which itself can introduce errors, when you're moving partitions the place where that data is to be written is not always free yet, so things can get more complicated, with more to go wrong.

That said, there are [or should be] integrity checks made along the way, so it's not as risky as I may make it sound. My point is simply that there is risk.

Kendrick,
aomei maybe good in someway, but would you please tell me why would it reboot for many times? when i have many operations to run, for example, i first shrink D partition, then move the free space, and then extend C Drive, AOMEI will reboot for 3 times, Super slow!!!
why don't you just reboot once like other partition tools !!!

Kendrick,
Really good advice regarding preparing your disk before you do any partitioning, I have always done this and never had the slightest problem modifying the size of a partition.

My favourite program was given away here some time ago and it is MiniTool Partition Wizard, great interface, lots of functions, and easy to use.

Today's download has a nice clean interface also it is much more limited in its functionality.
Its claim to fame according to the developer is that even if something horrible happens during the partitioning process your data will be safe.

Really important if being done on a server and great for people who live in an area where power outages occur regularly.

Kendrick,
Thanks for your comment,
Our Partition Extender is the tool focus on partition extending, we have the functions you mentioned in Macrorit Disk Partition Expert, and it's the fastest tool ever, please focus on safety and speed of your product when operating.

From AOMEI's website, it states a reboot is necessary when:

*Shrink system and/or boot partition.
*Shrink a partition on which the page file or AOMEI Partition Assistant installation file is on.
*Shrink a partition where applications are running.

This is a common problem of all partition software. My experience are installing the program on C drive because I seldom shrink C drive and applying all operations in one time (not one by one).

Macrorit,

Will have a try Disk Partition Expert.

Kendrick,

"Before I do any partitioning I always get the disk in the best possible condition, clear any junk, defragment the disk and check bad sectors. No idea if this is necessary..."

Getting rid of junk just means there's less data to deal with, so less time & because there's less work, a small reduction in risk. Defragging the disk/partition is good when it packs the data towards the beginning of the partition, because that maximizes the free space you have to work with when you want to shrink the partition. Note that not all defrag apps or strategies nowadays focus on packing everything towards the front of the partition.

Drive error checking is good, but stay away from the bad sector stuff in Windows, rather using the software provided by the disk manufacturer. For one thing disks have spare storage areas, so if that software finds a bad spot it can remap it to that spare storage.

Maybe more importantly, if Windows finds a bad sector it'll add that to the NTFS file tables, & it's EXTREMELY difficult to get rid of that. And until you do, quite a lot of disk software &/or functions will not work. AND, if you replace the disk, cloning the drive's contents, those errors will Still be there.

Kendrick,
"... it states a reboot is necessary when:..
This is a common problem of all partition software."

Regardless the OS you're using, files cannot be moved when they're in use.

To modify the partition where an OS lives, you have to run another copy of an OS. That can mean a bootable USB stick or CD/DVD with the partitioning software, or booting to essentially the same stuff on that USB stick only stored on the hard drive.

Nigel,
Thanks for your first comment, acctually, Partition tool is often used in companies and Server system,
The default Disk Management tool in Windows cannot solve partition problems under many situations.
Different traditional partition utility, Partition Extender can manage disk space with it's unique technology:disaster-protection; cancel at will technology build in,
FYI:
Disaster-protection: Protect your most important enterprise or personal data all the time even disaster happen during the operation process. You could even shut down or cut off the power by force during the process of resizing NTFS partition on Server.

Anyway, Safety is the first concern when extending.

Macrorit,

I agree. When in corporate use, you don't want anything to muck up.
You want bullet proof reliability.
No unpleasant surprises.
Macrorit rep here says it can protect the data /software on the hard disk even if the AC power is unexpectedly cut off during partiton resizing. That is very good.