To use a new hard disk drive, you need to partition and format it. Generally, you need to partition this hard disk and create several partitions for different usage. Windows provides Disk Management to partition hard disk, with which you can do basic hard disk partitioning, for example, create, delete and format partitions. For advanced hard disk partitioning, like resize and move partition, copy partition or disk, etc. you need third party partitioning software.
Hard disk partitioning is the act or practice of dividing the storage space of a hard disk drive into separate data areas known as partitions. A partition editor program can be used to create, delete or modify these partitions. Once a disk is divided into several partitions, directories and files of different categories may be stored in different partitions. More partitions provide more control, but too many may become cumbersome. The way that space management, access permissions and directory searching are implemented depends upon the type of file system installed on a partition. Careful consideration of the size of the partition is necessary as the ability to change the size depends on the file system installed on the partition.
| Features | EaseUS Partition Master | Windows 7 Disk Management |
| Create partition | ![]() |
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| Delete partition | ![]() |
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| Format partition | ![]() |
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| Change drive letter | ![]() |
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| Set active | ![]() |
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| Copy Dynamic disk | ![]() |
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| GPT disk | ![]() |
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| Extend FAT | ![]() |
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| Extend NTFS | ![]() |
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| Shrink FAT | ![]() |
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| Shrink NTFS | ![]() |
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| Resize & Move partition | ![]() |
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| Convert FAT to NTFS | ![]() |
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| Explore partition | ![]() |
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| Hide partition | ![]() |
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| Delete all partitions | ![]() |
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| Partition scheme | ![]() |
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| Label partitions | ![]() |
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| Check partitions | ![]() |
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| Create Bootable Disks | ![]() |
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With EaseUS Partition Master, you can partition hard disk easily and safely. It also provides advanced hard disk partitioning features, for example, Resize & Move partitions. This is very useful if you want to extend or shrink the existing partitions without data losing. Just download to experience this wonderful hard disk partitioning software.

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