

You can also use the tool to copy a partition (useful if you’re upgrading your hard drive) and recover deleted or lost partitions. Partition Master comes with a raft of useful features, including quick ways to resize, merge and split partitions without losing any data. In stark contrast to Microsoft’s barely adequate offering.

we mean EaseUS Partition Master Free 11.8. If you want to do anything much more than shrink a partition or change a drive letter, you’ll almost certainly need to look elsewhere.

Not only that, but its abilities are strictly limited. For a start, it’s tucked away awkwardly in the nether regions of the Windows Computer Management console, which itself is hidden deep within the bowels of the Start menu. Microsoft has improved many of Windows’ built-in tools over the years, but Disk Management is most definitely not one of them. What you need: Windows XP, Vista, 7.8 or 10
