What Is the Next Best Partition Software After Partition Magic?

I want to partition my new WD external hard drive with Partition Magic, which I have used once. But it seems this software is not available anymore. I wonder what is the next best partition software after Partition Magic. Thanks in advance.

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Roxanne· Answered on Oct 29, 2024

Partition Magic was developed by Power Quest and used to be the most popular disk partitioning software. However, this software is no longer available since December 8, 2019, which forces users to find reliable alternatives. Therefore, this passage will focus on the best alternative to Partition Magic and make a full comparison between the two utilities.

Part 1. EaseUS Partition Master vs. Partition Magic

In this section, we will have a look at how EaseUS Partition Master differs from Partition Magic with the help of the comparison table:

🆚Comparison 🥇EaseUS Partition Master 🏅Partition Magic
📟Compatibility
  • All Windows versions.
  • Windows 2000 and XP but not with Vista and later versions.
🧰Availiable Formats
  • NTFS/FAT32/EXT2/EXT3/EXT4/exFAT.
  • FAT32, FAT16, and NTFS.
🎿Other Features
  • Resize, clone, delete, move, and format disk partitions.
  • Convert MBR to GPT, GPT to MBR.
  • Move partitions to another disk.

Part 2. How to Use EaseUS Partition Master

After walking through the comparison details, let's check how to partition a new hard drive with the "New Disk Guide" feature of EaseUS Partition Master. Connect your new disk to your PC and initialize it before partitioning.

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Step 1. In the "Partition Manager" section, choose "Partition this disk" when the New Disk Guide window appears.

Step 2. Set the number of partitions and the partition style you want to use. (Alternatively, accept the default configuration.)

Step 3. Click "Execute 1 Task" and "Apply" to finalize the process.

If you just want to add one or multiple partitions on your disk with existing partitions, try the "Create" function of EaseUS Partition Master:

Further Reading: How to Create New Partition in Windows

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