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How to Manage Disk and Partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard?

As a matter of fact, MiniTool Partition Wizard is a good DOS partition tool which can be used to manage disk and partition under DOS environment.

MiniTool Partition Wizard is a professional partition manager which is designed to optimize partition and disk use with its various powerful features.

And in order to run under DOS environment, the bootable edition of MiniTool Partition Wizard is required, which even can be used to boot your computer when the DOS can’t boot.

Therefore, you can purchase MiniTool Partition Wizard first and we will show you how to create a bootable CD so as to manage the disk and partition.

Step 1: Install MiniTool Partition Wizard on a computer which is in Windows 10/8/7/XP/2003 and launch it to enter its main interface.

Step 2: In the tools bar, click Bootable Media to continue.

Step 3: Next, you can go on the instruction to create the bootable CD/DVD or USB drive.

Step 4: Then you need to boot your computer with disk operating system using the partition magic DOS boot USB drive. Here, you can read the post How to Boot from Burned MiniTool Bootable CD/DVD Discs or USB Flash Drive to know more.

Step 5: After entering the MiniTool Recovery environment, you can see that this DOS partition manager can help you to manage disk and partitions, such as checking disk, checking file system, formatting partitions, copying partitions or disks and so on. You can refer to the following picture to know more features of managing partition and disk.

So with this DOS partition tool – MiniTool Partition Wizard, you can successfully manage partition and disk under DOS environment.

Disk Management Is Restricted to Resize Server Partition

As we have referred above, Windows Server’s built-in Disk Management tool is free to manage disks and partitions. However, you get what you paid for. Free means a lot of restrictions. Let’s see how Disk Management performs in resizing partition.

Before Windows Server 2008 (Server 2000, Server 2003 included), Disk Management does not offer the option «Extend Volume» and «Shrink Volume». Below is a screenshot of the available functions listed in Windows Server 2003 Disk Management. We can clearly see that there is no way to resize partition Windows Server 2003.

Since Windows Server 2008, these two features are finally added. However, there are also lots of restrictions. For example, you cannot extend a partition that is not adjacent with an unallocated space. The option «Extend Volume» is grayed out.

So we have to find another way out like trying a third-party Windows Server partition software to break these limits. Is there any reliable partition magic for Server 2008/2008 R2 as well as for Server 2003? Yes, indeed. And MiniTool Partition Wizard Server is such a choice for all Windows Server Users to manage server partitions of Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019.

# Wipe Disk via MiniTool Partition Wizard

Sometimes, you may need to wipe partition in Windows Vista to protect your data security. To do that, the Wipe Disk feature of MiniTool Partition Wizard is a good choice that can destroy all the data saved on the hard drive and the data can never be recovered by software on the market.

To wipe a disk via the MiniTool toolkit, you just need to carry out 3 steps. Please click here to learn about them.

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There are many other useful features built-in MiniTool Partition, and you can explore them on its official website.

MiniTool Partition Wizard Is Powerful Portable Partition Magic

Explanation? Well, for some Windows users, they don’t tend to install too much software on the PC, especially the ones they only operate occasionally.

To be honest, disk and partition management also belongs to the occasionally schedule, and users only need partition tools when they have to make the change, such as extend system partition after several years’ usage, while the next time to manage disks and partitions is uncertain.

MiniTool Partition Wizard puts forward portable partition software to meets both sides. You can store it in a USB drive without having to install it on your PC, OR struggle between installing and uninstalling the program for certain reasons. 

1. What Can MiniTool Portable Partition Manager Do?

Although MiniTool cuts off the installing process, the features of portable partition manager keep coincident with Partition Wizard Free Edition, because it comes right from the latter one. What you can find in Partition Wizard Free Edition also appear in the portable version. (View full features) 

Below is a screenshot after we decompress MiniTool portable partition manager. 

 Works for Windows 10, Windows 8.1/7/Vista/XP 32-bit and 64-bit 

2. How Can You Get MiniTool Portable Partition Magic?

Well, we have prepared a package in consideration of users’ convenience. With this package, you can bring it to anywhere you reach, and deal with the disk & partition issues at home and your workplace; or help your friends to get out of their trouble. Download portable partition magic!

3. How to Use MiniTool Portable Partition Manager?

Step 1. Download MiniTool portable partition manager to your portable USB drive and then decompress the package.

Step 2. When you need to carry out disk and partition management, connect the USB drive to the computer you are going to operate and then you can use MiniTool Partition Wizard without installation. 

# Move or Resize Partition in Windows Vista via MiniTool Partition Wizard

With this MiniTool Partition Wizard, you can also change the location and size of the specified partition with ease.

Sometimes, you may think the location and size of your partition in Windows Vista are not appropriate for your actual use, you can try this toolkit to make a change.

Here is the simple tutorial on moving and resizing one partition via MiniTool toolkit:

Step 1: Download the toolkit, install it and then launch it to get its main interface.

Step 2: Select one partition in the Disk Map, and select the Move/Resize Partition from the left panel.

Step 3: Determine the location and the size for the selected partition according to your own preference. Finally, click the OK button.

Step 4: Click the Apply button on the main interface to complete all changes.

How Does DOS Manage Disk and Partition?

In this part, we will show you what the DOS can do to manage the disk and partition.

As a matter of fact, the DOS can manage the disk and partition by imputing the required command. For example, it can input the following disk operation commands.

• Format a hard drive. Formatting a hard drive is a way to release more free space.
• Unformat. The unformat command is used to undo the formatting on a hard drive performed by the MS-DOS format command.
• Chkdsk command. The chkdsk command often referred to as check disk, is used to identify and correct certain hard drive errors.
• Diskcopy command. The disk command is used to copy the entire contents of one floppy disk to another.
• Label command. The label command is used to manage the partition label of a disk. For example, it can create, change, or delete a label of the partition.
• Vol command. The Vol command shows the volume label and a serial number of a specified disk, assuming this information exists.
• Scandisk command. It is used to check whether the disk fat tables, directory structures, or the file system has problems and fix the problems if they have.
• Defrag command. It is used to defrag the disk so as to remove the fragments. The defrag command is the command line version of Microsoft’s Disk Defragmenter.
• Sys command. The sys command is used to copy the MS-DOS system files and command interpreter to a disk. The sys command is used most often to create a simple bootable disk or hard drive.

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In the above part, you can see that the DOS can do some operations to the disk and partition by inputting the related commands.

However, imputing command to manage disk and partition is difficult and complicated since it is easy to encounter some problems.

Thus, is there any partition magic DOS can run under DOS environment? The answer is positive.

Download & Install FAQ

Failed to download the program — Network Error

Upgrade page for MiniTool Partition Wizard:

https://www.partitionwizard.com/upgrade-service/upgrade-now.php

Upgrade page for MiniTool Power Data Recovery:

https://www.powerdatarecovery.com/upgrade-service/upgrade-now.php

Free home version doesn’t seem to be downloading?

You can download MiniTool Partition Wizard Free version from

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Or, please go back to the previous page, you may be asked to Save, Run or Cancel the download.

However, if your system is running another browser, please check if there is a download task which is located at the bottom of the browser page.

Receive the error «the signature of this program corrupt or invalid» when downloading Partition Wizard.

Every time I try to install or open the program, my antivirus software detects it as a virus, malware, or unwanted program. What’s the problem?
This is a false positive mainly reported by ESET, and it appears because we add the shell to prevent our program from being cracked. Please rest assured. Our program is 100% safe, and it is harmless to your data and system.

Can’t install Partition Wizard and receive the error message: An error occuured while trying to rename a file in the destination directory: MoveFile failed; code 5.

Please try the following methods:

1. Go to C:\Program Files to delete the folder MiniTool Partition Wizard 10, and install the program again.
2. Install the program to another path.
3. Choose Ignore.

Received the error «the procedure entry point getlogical processor information could not be located in the dynamic lik l8ibarart KERNAL.32.dll» when installing MiniTool Partition Wizard.
The error message shows Partition Wizard doesn’t support your system. For Windows non-server operating systems, it requires 32 bit XP SP3 and 64 bit SP2 at least. For server operating systems, it requires Windows 2000 SP4 at least.

Received the error «The setup files are corrupted. Please obtain a new copy of the program» when installing MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Could you please try the following methods:

1. Install the program as administrator.
2. Redownload the program and install it again.

It reports additional software will be installed. Is it safe? Can I remove it?

It reports additional software will be installed. Is it safe? Can I remove it?

Free Partition Wizard FAQ

Is MiniTool Partition Wizard Free for Windows 10?

MiniTool Partition Wizard Free is definitely among the best free partition manager software for Windows 10. This free program enables users to redistribute hard drive space and check hard drive health. Feel free to download it and have a try.

Can I use MiniTool partition software Free with Windows Server OS?
The free edition of MiniTool Partition Wizard denies usage on Windows Server OS. For those who would prefer a free trial before purchase, applying the Server Trial edition is a good choice.

Is MiniTool partition manager safe?
MiniTool Partition Wizard is absolutely safe to download and install. Based on a wide variety of criteria, the mainstream antivirus software on the market all rate it 100% safe for your devices.

How to uninstall MiniTool Partition Wizard Free?

1. Click Windows 10 search bar, then type “MiniTool Partition Wizard”.
2. From the best match, click Uninstall.
3. When you are in Programs and Features, scroll down the program list until you find MiniTool Partition Wizard.
4. Right-click on it and choose Uninstall.
5. Follow the on-screen wizard to finish uninstalling.

Как пользоваться MiniTool Partition Wizard?

В том случае, если пользователь устанавливает на свой компьютер или ноутбук русифицированную версию программы, то чаще всего проблем с тем, как использовать данную утилиту для решения задач, у него не возникает.

Если была установлена английская версия этого программного обеспечения, тогда вполне возможно, что для того, чтобы разобраться во всех возможностях и функциях этого программного обеспечения, потребуется какое-то количество времени.

Для того чтобы не тратить слишком много времени для знакомства с английской версией программы, можно воспользоваться этой инструкцией.

Установив английскую версию программы и только начиная пользоваться её инструментами, пользователю лучше всего скопировать важные данные на диск или флеш-карту, которая не будет принимать участие в операциях.

Стоит отметить, что в случае необходимости пользователь, начавший пользоваться этим софтом, может скачать на сайте разработчика программы загрузочный образ ISO. После скачивания этого образа пользователь получает возможность создавать виртуальные диски или флешки.

Увеличиваем размер диска

В том случае, если необходимо увеличить размер диска, то утилита может это сделать за счёт другого тома. Стоит отметить, что чаще всего увеличивают раздел системного диска для того, чтобы появилась возможность устанавливать в этот раздел важные файлы и программы.

Выполняем форматирование SD-карты

Утилита позволяет проводить форматирование SD-карты, переведя её в формат FAT32. Так как стандартные инструменты операционной системы Windows сделать этого не позволяют, то единственным вариантом является использование программы MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Стоит отметить, что аналогичным способом можно форматировать и жёсткие диски компьютеров или ноутбуков. При этом выполняя форматирование жёсткого диска или флешки, необходимо помнить о том, что при выполнении этого процесса вся информация, которая присутствует на носителях, будет полностью удалена.

В качестве послесловия

Как видно из этой статьи, утилита MiniTool Partition Wizard, несмотря на наличие большого функционала, довольно проста в использовании, что позволяет пользователям выполнять с помощью этого программного обеспечения любые задачи, даже в том случае, если они работают с английской версией утилиты.

Однако решив опробовать возможности этого программного обеспечения, необходимо быть максимально острожным, чтобы по случайности или ввиду неправильных действий не уничтожить на носителе важную информацию.

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How to Create Volume

To create dynamic volume, view the MiniTool Partition Wizard tutorial below: 

Step 1. Select the segment of free space in dynamic disk and click Create Volume from the left action panel or select Create Volume from right-click menu. 

Step 2. Choose the type of volume to be created in the popup window. The powerful partition manager can list out all supported types according to the practical situation (those that do not meet the requirement will turn grey). Select the available one and click Next button to enter the following interface. 

Tip: To create a RAID-5 volume, the running Windows operating system must be Windows Server.

Step 3. Select the destination disk where volume is to be created by only choosing the corresponding disk and then clicking Add option to add this disk to the right box. After that, click Next button to continue: 

Step 4. Set relevant parameters including Volume Label, File System, Driver Letter, Cluster Size and Volume Size/Volume Location for the newly created volume and then click Finish button to return to the main interface of the software. 

Step 5. Then a new volume appears in the chosen dynamic disk. To validate this operation, please click Apply button in the upper left corner. 

About SD Card

SD card (Secure Digital memory card) is a kind of tiny storage device developed by Matsushita, SanDisk, and Toshiba and is specially designed to use in portable devices. Today SD card has been widely applied in digital cameras, digital camcorders, handheld computers, mobile phones, media players, GPS receivers, video game consoles, and so on.

There are several types of SD cards which can be simply categorized into full SD card, mini SD card, and micro SD card. The capacities of SD card typically can range from 1GB to 2TB (and even larger with time goes by). To help users better understand it, we have made a detailed table related to different SD cards:

Don’t hesitate to share this table to your friends.

Editors’ Review

• Partition Wizard’s outstanding aspect is not its capabilities, which are largely mirrored in other programs, but how easy it is to use for basic operations.
• Considering this is a truly free tool, I would recommend any Windows user that looks for an easy and powerful way to manage his/her disks and partitions, installing and trying MiniTool Partition Wizard.
• MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition does what pricey premium tools do, and more — yet it’s free. It remains our primary disk utility.
• Take one look at MiniTool Partition Wizard: first, it makes partitioning much simpler and friendlier than the Windows tool. Second, it’s much more flexible than Windows’ rather basic tool.

Для чего нужна утилита MiniTool

Простой и удобный профессиональный инструмент для работы с носителями MiniTool Partition Wizard приобрёл популярность ещё много лет назад и пользуется спросом всё это время. Применяется утилита для решения различных задач, таких как разметка дисков, изменение размера разделов, создание, удаление, конвертирование файловой системы, клонирование томов, восстановление загрузочной области и многих других операций с накопителями. Существует немало версий программы и доступна она как в платном, так и бесплатном варианте, что для обычного пользователя версия Free будет отличным решением, а если основных функций всё же будет недостаточно, то можно подписаться на лицензию или купить профессиональную редакцию навсегда. Кому-то, например, приходится работать с таким софтом ввиду особенностей деятельности.

Программный продукт нетребователен к ресурсам и подходит MiniTool Partition Wizard для всех версий и редакций операционной системы Windows, включая XP и Vista.

Free Partition Manager for Windows Vista FAQ

What is the best free partition manager?

• MiniTool Partition Wizard.
• EaseUS Partition Master.
• AOMEI Partition Assistant.
• Paragon Partition Manager.
• Macrorit Disk Partition Expert.
• …

Does Windows 10 have a partition manager?
Yes. On Windows 10 PC, you can use Disk Management or Diskpart to manage your hard drive. But they can’t help you format a storage device (such as hard disk, USB drive, or SD card) that is larger than 32GB. In this situation, you can try MiniTool Partition Wizard.

How to create a partition?
It is quite easy to partition a hard drive on Windows 10. You can use the Windows built-in utility Disk Management, or try a third-party partition manager, such as MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Why can’t I extend my primary partition?
Do not worry. It is a simple issue. You can read the post to figure out the possible reasons and then try the mentioned fixes to get rid of this issue.

Функционал MiniTool Partition Wizard 10.2

Менеджер для работы с разделами дисков для Windows предлагает следующие функциональные возможности:

• Конвертирование диска из формата MBR в GPT и наоборот.
• Преобразование архитектур файловых систем из FAT в NTFS или наоборот.
• Очистка винчестера.
• Создание и сохранение копии диска.
• Перестройка MBR-загрузчика.
• Расширение раздела, перемещение, изменение размера, выравнивание, разделение и объединение томов.
• Создание, восстановление, копирование, удаление раздела, изменение буквы тома.
• Перемещение ОС на твердотельные накопители SSD.
• Копирование разделов динамического диска, изменение размера, преобразование в основной диск.
• Тестирование поверхности HDD или раздела на предмет «битых» секторов и прочие опции.
• Изменение серийного, идентификационного номера раздела.

Даже версия Free предлагает достаточно широкий функционал, при этом некоторые действия лучше выполнять при наличии навыков работы с разделами.

Бесплатная версия программы

What Exactly Is MiniTool Partition Wizard?

All-in-one Disk Partition Manager

As best partition manager for Windows, MiniTool Partition Wizard aims to maximize disk performance. It helps create/resize/format partition flexibly, convert disk between MBR and GPT disks, convert partition between NTFS and FAT32, and convert dynamic disk to basic without data loss in a few clicks.

Effective Data Recovery Program

MiniTool partition manager software offers two perfect solutions for data recovery. Partition Recovery Wizard can find and recover the lost partitions while Data Recovery feature can recognize and recover lost/deleted files from damaged, formatted, inaccessible FAT/NTFS/exFAT drives and Desktop/Recycle Bin/specified folders.

(Which edition should you get for Data Recovery?)

Powerful Disk Clone Tool

Disk clone or system migration is most frequently used to back up and upgrade hard drive. Disk cloning works perfectly when you are forced to make an instant backup. System migration returns you to act on the new disk in a while. No need to spend hours reinstalling operating system and applications.

Striking Disk Diagnostic Master

As comprehensive disk check master, MiniTool Partition Wizard can measure disk read/write speed, analyze disk usage on computer, verify the file system integrity of a volume and fix logical file system errors, and quickly detect if there are bad sectors on the drive.

About Migrate OS to SSD/HD

In today’s era, computer hard drive is not only the medium to store and exchange data, it also provides an entertaining way. Users can download good music tracks and movies to the hard drive so as to listen to or watch them whenever they want.

As the size of files stored on the hard drive is increasing, the running speed and responding speed of computer will be greatly affected. Meanwhile, the appearance of SSD offers users a wonderful experience in speed. So to replace the old hard drive with a new SSD or migrate OS to new SSD becomes the first choice to improve computer performance and speed.

In addition, some large-scale online games are required to download to hard drive. This can easily make the old hard drive run out of space in a short time. The most direct and effective way to deal with this situation is also to replace the old hard drive with a new larger SSD or HD.

In both cases, if users don’t want to reinstall Windows and programs or don’t want to lose anything, we highly suggest using Migrate OS to SSD/HD feature of MiniTool Partition Wizard to do this, which is an easy and safe process.

Below is a detailed MiniTool Partition Wizard tutorial on OS migration.

Note: The migration process of Partition Wizard will destroy all data in users’ target disk, so users would better transfer data to another device or make a backup in advance. Yet, it doesn’t have any effect on the data in the original disk.

Что есть в версии PRO, но нет в бесплатной

Пользоваться программой несложно, несмотря на многочисленные опции и английский интерфейс. Конечно, MiniTool Partition Wizard Free значительно отличается по функционалу от платной версии. Рассмотрим, что есть такого в PRO, что отсутствует в бесплатном варианте софта:

• Изменение размеров кластера.
• Восстановление потерянных разделов.
• Конвертация из NTFS в FAT.
• Перенос, копирование ОС с диска формата MBR на GPT.
• Изменение серийного, идентификационного номера раздела.
• Преобразование динамического диска в основной и другие манипуляции по управлению динамическими томами.
• Создание загрузочного накопителя.

How to Migrate OS to SSD/HD

Step 1. Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard to get its main interface.

Step 2. Click on Migrate OS to SSD/HD in the toolbar.

Step 3. Choose a right method to migrate system disk and click Next.

Option A. To Replace the System Disk

Firstly, please select the target disk to migrate system disk to and click Next.

Then, choose a copy option. Alternatively, users can manually edit partition size by inputting exact partition size in MB, GB, or TB.

Tricks:

• Align partitions to 1MB could help improve performance for SSD and advanced format disks, so please keep it checked if users are using such devices.
• Checking Use GUID Partition Table for the target disk makes it possible to use all space of hard disk larger than 2TB, but UEFI boot should be enabled in BIOS.
• MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition doesn’t support migrating OS on MBR disk using GUID Partition table for the target disk.
• If users want to migrate Windows which is installed on a GPT disk, they will not see the option Use GUID Partition Table for the target disk.

Next, read a popup note and click Finish to continue.

At last, click Apply button to execute pending operations and tap Yes in pop-up prompt window to allow changes.

Option B. To Migrate Windows Only

Here, users also need to select the target disk to transfer Windows 10 to and click Next.

Then, select a copy option and click Next.

Next, read the boot note and click Finish.

At last, click Apply button in the toolbar to execute pending operations and tap Yes in the pop-up prompt window to allow changes.

SSD Best Sellers

Now you already know how to migrate OS to SSD/HD. Here are the best sellers on the SSD market. Choose one that fits your needs best.

Product Name	Intel 660p Series (1TB) SSD	Corsair MP500 (480GB) SSD	Samsung 860 EVO (250G) SSD	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (500GB) SSD	Adata SU800 SATA (1TB) SSD
Brand	Intel	Corsair	Samsung	Samsung	Adata
Capacity	1TB	480GB	250GB	500GB	1TB
I/O Speed	Up to 1,800MB/s	Up to 3,000MB/s	Up to 550MB/s	Up to 3500MB/s	Up to 560MB/s
Pros	Very good NVMe performance most of the time.Extremely affordable.5-year warranty.	Black printed circuit board.Copper strip technology.High-Performance.NVMe-Enabled.	Good overall performance.Outstanding endurance rating.Samsung Magician software.Hardware-Based encryption.Package with DRAM cache and cloning.5-year warranty.	Affordable (relatively) NVMe drive.Excellent sequential readsAvailable in up to 2TB capacity.Almost 50% shorter file transfer times.5-year warranty.	Adata SSD Toolbox.Acronis Data Migration.Fair pricing.
Cons	Slows to 100MBps writing during very long transfers.	High initial pricing.Low warranty terms.Lack of progress for the E7 controller.	Expensive.	Slows to just over 600MBps after cache is exceeded.Occasionally trails 960 Pro.Lower capacities could be cheaper.	Micron 384Gbit 3D TLC NAND.Low throughput.High latency.Low notebook battery life.
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Limitations in Windows 7 Disk Management

Windows 7 became generally available on October 22, 2009. Years later, many of you are still using this version. There are both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 for your choice. 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer’s processor (also called a CPU), handles information.

In 2003, 64-bit CPUs were introduced to the mainstream personal computer arena, while 32-bit was popular previously. The 64-bit version of Windows can handle large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more effectively than a 32-bit system. To know about the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit in Windows 7, please read the introduction of Windows 7.

To make full use of Windows 7 hard disks, you need to manage them according to your individual needs. In general, you can apply the Windows 7 snap-in Disk Management tool to partition Windows 7 32/64-bit system. But there are so many limitations in it.

For instance, in the basic disk, you can only extend a primary partition if there is adjacent unallocated space right behind the target partition, or extend a logical partition if there is adjacent free space right behind it (find out what caused extend volume greyed out). Otherwise, the basic disk will be converted into a dynamic disk.

In addition, some conversion functions can cause data loss, for example, conversion between MBR disk and GPT disk and converting dynamic disk to basic disk request you to delete all partitions in the target disk. All these limitations may cause inconvenience to you at any time.

Thus, do you know how to partition Windows 7 64-bit system with ease?

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How to Partition SD Card Easily

As we can see from the table, SD cards may have a huge capacity. Therefore, some users want to perform partition management with reliable partition manager to increase the internal storage of Android phones. MiniTool Partition Wizard is such a reliable Partition Manager that works perfectly with SD card. Partition Wizard Free Edition is a powerful SD card partition tool available for Windows home users, and is much more powerful than other partition software in the same category. With free MiniTool Partition Manager, you can Create Partition, Delete Partition, Format Partition, Move/Resize Partition, Split Partition, Copy Partition, Convert File System, Hide/Unhide Partition, Explore Partition, etc. As freeware, this partition software can take place of some expensive partition management software, such as Partition Table Doctor, Acronis True Image as well as Paragon Partition Manager. Then let’s see how to partition SD card using MiniTool in Windows (compatible with Windows 10/8.1/7). Before you do: 1. Download and install Free MiniTool Partition Wizard. 2. Connect SD card via card reader to computer (maybe a previous data backup is necessary). 3. Run MiniTool Partition Wizard Free.

Step-by-step guide:

Step 1: Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard to the main interface and then your SD card is displaying there. If there is no partition on the SD card, please move to Step 3 to partition micro SD card.

Step 2: Right-click on the SD partition and choose Delete, then click Apply to make it an unallocated space for further use.

Step 3: Follow the sequence in the picture to create a new partition on the SD card. Please specify the parameters of SD partition (partition label, drive letter, file system, partition size…) on your demands.

Tip: If you are increasing the internal storage space of Android, you can create a small partition first and then continue creating a second partition.

Kind remind: Please note that Windows OS earlier than1703 can only recognize and display the first partition on a removable disk.

That’s all for how to partition SD card Windows 10/8/7. Like this post? Share with your social circle!

In addition to partitioning full SD card, mini SD card, and micro SD card, this SD card partition tool can also be applied to partition local hard drives and external hard drives. Now it is your turn to download this free SD partition tool to have a try!

See also: How to Partition a Hard Drive in Windows 7/8/XP

Upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 10

On October 22, 2010, Microsoft ceased sales of retail copies of Windows Vista, and the OEM sales for Vista ceased a year later. As of August 2019, the market share of this operating system has declined to 0.6% of Windows’s total market share.

Nowadays, Windows 10 harvests lots of fans. You may have a plan to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows Vista. 

How to upgrade to Windows 10? There is a simple tutorial:

Step 1: Back up all the data on your computer to an external hard drive at first because upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 10 requires a clean installation.

Note that you need to use the paid version of MiniTool Partition Wizard since the disk you want to copy contains Windows Vista.

Step 2: Upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 10.