MiniTool Partition Wizard [free boot cd]

Homepage: http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Features and download: http://www.partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html

Very usefull

 

I have almost now experience using the Mini Tool Partition Wizard bootable CD. It has many features but not all of the features of the "pay" product.

I have included the Mini Tool Partition Wizard bootable CD on both a bootable USB Flash Drive (Made with YUMI) and a bootable DVD (Made with Xboot), just in case I need it.

 

I'd be cautious about using this app to create 2048 sector aligned partitions. I tested it about 6 months ago and the alignment wasn't correct. I also tested GParted and it did create correctly aligned partitions.

 

Gparted is the only app that I know off that will align to 2048 sectors. It will align to the MiB or cylinder.

 

BootIt BareMetal will align 2048 sectors.

 

The Partition Wizard Linux boot medium doesn´t recognize the USB 3.0 ports in this computer.

I tried Parted Magic (which includes GParted) some days ago, and found that it recognizes these ports and also my USB 3.0 Vantec enclosure. I haven´t yet found a WinPE environment which does this without adding the drivers. Parted Magic is a really good recovery environment.

Paragon programs (at least the latest versions) also aligns partitions correctly.

 

Robin,

Where did you get the drivers?

 

Do you mean the WinPE drivers? They are the Renesas drivers, http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19880&keyword=usb 3.0&lang=eng.

I wanted to point out that the Parted Magic Linux boot medium recognizes the USB 3.0 ports, obviously without adding extra drivers, which can´t be done on Linux boot media, AFAIK.

 

Yes, I nearly forgot about Parted Magic. A very good tool. Just updated to include the latest Gparted,Testdisk, and Clonezilla. Thanks for the info on USB 3.0

http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=news