Partition Manager 8.5:A must have software!

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Easy and safe partitioning functions to even none-professional users
Partition Manager from Paragon provides easy and safe partitioning functions to even none-professional users. It's very easy to use.

You can reclaim wasted disk space, organize your data, add new operating systems, speed up file system performance. You just select what partition modification should be done.

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All will be done automatically without data loss.

Here are some key features of "Paragon Partition Manager":
Basic hard disk partitioning operations:

1. Create, format and delete partitions1
2. Hide/unhide partition, set partition active/inactive
3. Copy and move partition of any file system, quick and sector-by-sector modes2
4. Set or change drive letter (Windows NT/2000/XP only)
5. Change hard disk partition Label (Volume Label)

Advanced hard disk partitioning operations:

• Resize hard disk partitions with data1
• Hot Resize (upward) - enlarge NTFS partition without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work1
• Copy disk to disk
• Copy with resize3
• Convert file system
• FAT16 to
• FAT32 and vice versa
• FAT16/32 to NTFS and vice versa
• Ext2 FS to Ext3 FS and vice versa
• Merge hard disk partitions (even hard disk partitions of different file systems)
• Undelete hard disk partition
• Check File System Integrity
• Convert Primary hard disk partition to Logical and vice versa
• Change hard disk Partition ID (hard disk partition signature)
• Change hard disk Partition Primary Slot (in Master Boot Record)
• Update MBR (Master Boot Record) with standard code
• Convert NTFS revision (from anyone to any other within Windows NT, 2000 and XP)
• Change FAT parameters - boot size, root size

File System Performance Optimization:

1. Change cluster size1
2. Defragment File System1
3. Defragment NTFS core structure - MFT (Master File Table)

Technologies Support:

• Supports large hard disks (up to 500GB tested, 2TB in theory)
• Supports P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA (SATA), SCSI hard disks
• All levels of SCSI and IDE RAID controllers
• Supports FireWire IEEE1394, USB 1.0, USB 2.0, ZIP® and Jazz® media
• Supports Flash devices
• Supports NTFS from Windows NT, 2000, XP
• Supports NTFS with compressed and encrypted files and folders
• Supports FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Ext2 FS, Ext3 FS, HPFS file systems1
• Executable for:
  - Windows 9x/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP/Vista Family (32-bit)
  - DOS
  - Linux (on RecoveryCD)
• Supports long filenames (FAT, NTFS) and filenames in national languages
• Supports 64K FAT16 extension

Safety and Recovery:

• Recovery CD with Unique Interface in XP style for restoring under DOS/Linux4
• Power Shield â„¢ technology - resuming critical partitioning operations after power failure
• Recovery Media Builder - creates CDs/DVDs(or even a floppy disk) that you can boot from and recover your system
• Treating bad sectors - surface test can be optionally used for format, copy, move and resize operations
• Retesting disk surface for partitions with data, relocating files from encountered bad blocks
• Automatic generation and sending operations logs over email for quick and easy technical support

Easy to use:

• New unique wizard-driven interface in XP style
• Virtual pre-execution5

Wizards for most usual scenarios:

1. Create Partition Wizard
2. Format Partition Wizard
3. Delete Partition Wizard
4. Copy Hard Disk Wizard
5. Copy Partition Wizard
6. Partition Merge Wizard
7. Redistribute Free Space Wizard
8. Partition Undelete Wizard

• Operations usually impossible under Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP will be automatically performed in special mode during OS reboot

Auxiliary utilities:
Requirements:

• Pentium CPU 300 MHz and higher
• 128 MB RAM
• 35 MB disk space
• IE 5.0 or higher

Limitations:

• Virtual mode only

What's New in This Release:

1. New wizard-driven interface in Windows XP style
2. New easy-to-use wizards for major operations
3. Embedded Volume Explorer, BootCorrector, HTML browser
4. Improved Partition List
5. New convenient Info Browser (Help)
6. Windows Vista compatability...

Download : Partition manager

 

[dipen01]

yeah paragon is good..!! i resized my 219 GB partition...was praying all along for everything to go well..!! luckily there were no power cuts..and software did a good job..!!