EaseUS Partition Master 12.0

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EaseUS Partition Master Professional is the most popular disk partition manager software for Windows that can easily resize, create, move, merge, delete, format, split, hide, explore and even check disk partitions to maximize PC performance

Home page:

http://www.partition-tool.com/

Compare different editions:

There are 5 editions of EaseUS Partition Master. Each edition has different features. You can select the edition which best suits your needs
Free edition: for home users. Some features are limited.
Professional edition: suitable for most users.
Server edition:  for Windows server users.
Unlimited Edition: for large enterprise users. It allows unlimited usage within one company.
Technician edition:  providing technical service with unlimited usage.

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Current version: 12



Download:

http://download.easeus.com/trial/epm_trial.exe

Size: 51.5 Mb

System Requirements:

Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP, Windows Server 2016/2012/2008/2003

Hardware Requirements: CPU: at least with X86 or compatible CPU with main frequency 500 MHz, 512MB free RAM, 100 MB free HDD

Supported File Systems: EXT3, EXT2, NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, FAT12, ReFS

Device Types Supported: Parallel ATA (IDE) HDD, Serial ATA (SATA) HDD, External SATA (eSATA) HDD, SCSI HDD, Solid-State Drive (SSD), All levels of SCSI, IDE and SATA RAID controllers, Full support of RAIDed configurations (hardware RAIDs), IEEE 1394 (FireWire) HDD, USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 HDD, Removable device, such as flash drive, memory card, memory stick and so on.

Installation:

After you have downloaded the installer, double click and follow simple on screen instructions till the program is installed on your computer. You can use the trial version which has some functional limitations but it allows you to test all the program features. If you want to enjoy all the professional features and tools, you need to purchase a license and activate online

















User Interface:

The user interface is very friendly and easy to use. It is well arranged to help non experienced users to manage their hard disk and partitions in an easy way. In the upper part of the main window you will find the menu bar which includes 6 buttons; namely general, view, tool, wizard, help and feedback. Below the menu bar, you will see the tool bar which includes 4 features on the left and many important features to select from according to your need. On the left side, there is operation (feature) list with all operations you need listed there. Pending operation list are present below the feature list. The main area of the program shows the partition list which shows all recognized disks and partitions. The lower part of the program shows the disk map and legend bar area. This includes all recognized disks and partitions in graphic map, and some changes can be directly made from here. For example, move or resize any partition by dragging it on this map.









Menu bar:

General:



View:



Tool:



Wizard:



Help:



Feedback:



Release date: April 27, 2017

What is New?

Support creating volumes on dynamic disk. (Not available in Free Edition)
Minor update for the product UI.
Support Danish and Traditional Chinese.
Support the 4KB sector disk better.
Change the disk number to the same as in the system.
Bug fix: After converting the disk, there is missing/offline disk left in Windows Disk Management.
Bug fix: Partition lost or system failed to boot after converting or resize disk.
Bug fix: Pending operation cannot execute after rebooting.
Bug fix: System cannot boot from the cloned drive.
Bug fix: GPT disk cannot be convert to MBR in some cases.

Right click menu:

Select disk or partition and use right click. You can easily access many features and tools you need during program use.

Advantages:

Professional - award-winning partition manager software to make full use of disk capacity
Easy and Fast - manage all partitions and hard drive fast within only few simple clicks
Cost-Saving - enjoy all partition features like partition recovery, disk clone at competitive price
 
Features:

All-in-one Hard Drive & Partition Manager Solution:

As Partition Magic alternative, EaseUS Partition Master Professional is an ALL-IN-ONE disk partition management tool. The program has three main functions including: Partition Manager, Disk & Partition Copy Wizard and Partition Recovery Wizard. Moreover, you can create bootable CD/DVD in case of system boot failure.



Partition Manager:

Best solution to create, delete, resize/move, merge, split partitions, etc. to make better use of hard drive capacity.
Resize/Move partitions without data loss, like extending NTFS system partition without reboot to maximize PC performance.
Safely merge two adjacent partitions into a bigger one without data loss.
Convert dynamic disk to basic disk and convert FAT to NTFS file system.
Convert primary partition to logical partition and vice versa: convert a primary volume to logical to create a fifth volume on a disk with 4 existed primary volumes.
Convert MBR to GPT disk, and convert GPT to MBR disk without data loss.
Wipe disk or wipe partition to permanently wipe sensitive data on disk.
Support up to 16TB GPT disk
Create WinPE rescue disk for booting sickly computer.

Disk & Partition Copy Wizard:

Easily clone disk and volumes for data protection or disk upgrade, no Windows system reinstallation required.
Copy partition with fast file-by-file copy to protect your data.
Copy entire hard disk to another or migrate OS from HDD to SSD without Windows reinstallation.
Upgrade system disk to a bigger one with one-click.
Support GPT disk/partition copy.
Provide option to shut down the computer after applying any operation. This function is especially useful when you copy the disk which contains the operating system.

Partition Recovery Wizard:

Designed to recover deleted or lost partitions on unallocated space.
Partition Recovery Wizard allows you to recover deleted or lost partitions from unallocated space due to hardware or software failure, virus attack or hard drive repartitioned.
Two recovery modes in Partition Recovery Wizard: Automatic recovery mode is easy to use and requires minimal effort; Manual recovery mode gives you full control of the recovery process.
Support FAT, NTFS, EXT2 & EXT3 partition recovery



Now let’s discuss features of EaseUS Partition Master in more details.

Create partition:

This option will only be available if you select the unallocated space, It will be available on the toolbar or operation list. You will run in a few steps to specify the drive letter, cluster size, partition size, partition type and file system
 
Resize operations:

Using this feature, you can manage your disk and partitions easily.  It lets you resize basic partitions and dynamic volumes so that you can extend one partition or shrink one partition to create new partitions





Merge Operations:

Using this built-in feature you can merge two adjacent partitions as single larger one. This will offer you more free space for use. This feature supports basic disk only



Copy operations:

The program supports many operations of copying/cloning hard disk or partition. These include; clone disk wizard, disk copy, upgrade disk, partition copy, dynamic volume copy and migrate OS to SSD/HDD (in paid version)







Conversion operations:

EaseUS Partition Master has built-in tools that let you convert the file system and other properties of a disk or partition. For example, you can easily do many operations. Convert FAT to NTFS, convert primary to logical, convert logical to primary, convert dynamic disk to basic, convert MBR to GPT, convert GPT to MBR

Remove operations:

The program has useful remove features which let you easily format your hard disk or completely erase all data so that no one can recover it (this feature is called wipe). In addition, you can easily delete the disk or partition.



Cleanup and Optimization:

This tool will help you to keep your system clean and fast. You can easily remove unused files from your system and clean your internet history. It lets you select one of three options junk file cleanup, large file cleanup and disk optimization
Junk file cleanup offers you more disk space and improve the performance of your system
Large file cleanup this option is important if your system is getting slow
Disk Optimization uses defragmentation of your hard disk to improve performance and speed





Advanced operations contain many features which will help you to set more properties of your disk. These include repair RAID 5 dynamic volume, rebuild master boot record (MBR), partition recovery wizard, set active (specify primary partition as the boot partition), partition scheme , initialize to MBR disk, initialize to GPT disk, command line, 4K alignment (align the 4K sectors on your SSD)



Other operations:

The program has many other features which help to check the disk status. These include: change Label/drive letter, defragment, check partition for file system errors, hide partition, explore partition, view properties and surface test (check for bad sectors). Most of these options are easily accessible with right click menu



Bootable disk:

Did you ever experience failure of the computer boot? Don’t panic, simply use the bootable disk of EaseUS Partition Master. You will be able to rebuild master boot record (MBR) if corrupted or damaged MBR is the cause of your problem. In addition, you can partition hard disks before installing OS. Remember to assigned the first priority to the CD-ROM drives in BIOS before start using bootable disk.
This useful feature is available only in the paid version of the program

Conclusion:

Management of your hard disk and partitions become easy and simple, yet professional with the help of EaseUS partition master pro. You can do many operations, partition, format, resize and many more. Basic and advanced operations of your disk can be easily done

[Mike]

Thanks for the good informative review.

[scot]

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[baziroll]

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