MiniTool Partition Wizard Review

If you are looking for disk management software that can help you create, resize, format, convert, clone, and recover partitions on your hard drive, you might want to check out MiniTool Partition Wizard. 

MiniTool Partition Wizard: An Overview

MiniTool Partition Wizard is a comprehensive and versatile partition manager that supports Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11 and Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019. Besides, it supports NTFS, FAT12/16/32, exFAT, and Ext2/3/4 file systems. You can use it to manage your HDD, SSD, external Hard drive, USB flash drive, SD card, dynamic disk, and hardware RAID.

MiniTool Partition Wizard has a user-friendly interface and various functions to optimize your disk performance and protect your data. For instance, you can create, format, hide/unhide, move and resize, merge, clone, and recover partitions using this tool. Besides, you can use it to check the speed of the storage device, check hard drive usage, increase disk space, convert between MBR and GPT, etc.

In the following part, I will show you the key features, pros and cons, and price of this disk partitioning tool.

Key Features of MiniTool Partition Wizard

Change Partition: you can move/resize the partition, extend the partition, merge/split the partition, change cluster size, convert the partition from FAT to NTFS or NTFS to FAT, and set the partition as primary/logical.

Manage Partition: basic partition management includes creating/deleting/formatting partitions, copying partitions (system partition and non-system partition), aligning/wiping/hiding partitions, setting the partition as active/inactive, changing drive letter/partition type id/serial number, etc.

Check Partition: you can check the hard drive using the Check File System and Surface Test features.

Convert Disk: you can use it to convert your disk between MBR and GPT if you want to change the partition table of your hard drive.

Clean Disk: it allows you to wipe a disk and delete all partitions.

 

Manage Dynamic Disk: you can create volume, delete volume, format volume, move/resize volume, cop volume, wipe volume, change volume label, check file system, change volume cluster size, convert dynamic disk to basic, surface test, etc.

Disk Benchmark: it can check the speed of the storage device. Measure your disk performance by testing the sequential & random read/write speed of all supported storage devices.

Space Analyzer: it can analyze hard drive usage and help you find what is taking up your disk space and free up space by deleting unnecessary files or folders.

Data Recovery: it can help you scan and quickly recover missing files and data from the logically damaged/inaccessible partition, formatted partition, and RAW partition. It can recover data mistakenly deleted from internal or external hard drives.

Recover Lost/Deleted Partition: it can deal with partition loss and recover lost/deleted partitions as well as data in them. You can scan the full disk, free space only, or specified sectors.

Migrate OS to SSD/HDD: if you want to replace the old hard drive with a new SSD or migrate OS to a new SSD, it can help you migrate Windows to SSD without reinstalling OS. It offers two migration methods: replace the system disk with SSD and only migrate the system-required boot partitions to a new hard disk.

Copy Disk: it helps to copy all partitions and data from one disk to another. You even can boot the computer from the copy of the source disk.

Win-PE Based Bootable Media: it is embedded in every paid edition of MiniTool Partition Wizard. You can use it to manage disk without the operating system, to extend the system partition without causing errors, to rebuild MBR when the operating system is not found, to restore accidentally deleted system reserved partition, etc.

Pros and Cons of MiniTool Partition Wizard

As shown above, MiniTool Partition Wizard is a powerful and multifunctional tool. There are some advantages and disadvantages of using this stool, such as:

Pros:

• It has a free edition that covers basic disk management functions.
• It has a user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate and operate.
• It supports both basic and dynamic disks, MBR and GPT disks, and various file systems like NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, Ext2/3/4, etc.
• It can convert disks and partitions without data loss or reformatting.
• It has a powerful data recovery feature that can scan and restore lost or damaged partitions and files.
• It has a disk diagnostic tool that can measure the disk speed, analyze the disk usage, verify the file system integrity, and detect bad sectors.
• It can check and fix file system errors and bad sectors on disks.

Cons:

• It requires a reboot to apply some changes to the system partition.
• It may not be compatible with some third-party encryption or security software.
• It may not support some advanced disk features, such as RAID arrays or encrypted partitions.
• It does not support Linux or Mac operating systems.

Price of MiniTool Partition Wizard

MiniTool Partition Wizard offers several different versions to meet the different demands of users. The free edition is suitable for average users who need to perform basic disk operations. The pro edition is for advanced users who need more functions, such as dynamic disk management and data recovery. The server edition is for organizations and enterprises that need to manage multiple computers and servers.

Free version: some features are limited such as data recovery, converting OS disk to GPT disk, dynamic disk management, etc.

Pro version: US $59, 1 license for 1 device, and the license is valid for one-year usage starting from the purchase date. It supports 1-year free upgrade.

Pro Platinum version: US $109, 1 license for 3 devices, and the license is valid for one-year usage starting from the purchase date. It supports 1-year free upgrade.

Pro Ultimate version: US $159, 1 license for 5 devices, and the license is valid for lifetime usage starting from the purchase date. It supports lifetime free upgrades.

Server version: US $259, 1 license for 1 device, and the license is valid for lifetime usage starting from the purchase date. It supports lifetime free upgrades.

Enterprise version: US $499, 1 license for 99 devices within 1 company, and the license is valid for one-year usage starting from the purchase date. It supports 1-year free upgrade.

Technician version: US $699, 1 license for 299 devices anywhere, and the license is valid for lifetime usage starting from the purchase date. It supports lifetime free upgrades.

Verdict

In conclusion, MiniTool Partition Wizard is a piece of partition software with dozens of features that can meet most of your needs. It is reliable, efficient, and easy to use. This software is a good choice if you want to manage your partitions and disks easily.