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This is a list of software that is designed for manipulating disk partitions.

List of softwares

Runs on License type
Acronis Disk Director Suite Windows Shrinkwrap
BootIt Next Generation (self-booting) Shareware
cfdisk Linux
Data Lifeguard Tools Windows, DOS Freeware
Disk Utility Mac OS X (bundled in Mac OS X)
DiskDrake Linux Open source
fdisk Unix-like, DOS, OS/2 (bundled in various operating systems)
GNU Parted Linux, GNU Hurd, FreeBSD, BeOS Open source
GParted (self-booting) Open source
Logical Disk Manager Windows (bundled in Windows)
Partition Logic DOS, Windows Freeware
PartitionMagic DOS, Windows, OS/2 Shrinkwrap
QtParted Linux Open source
TestDisk (multiplatform) Open source

File system support

Specific file system support is not required to simply create, delete, or destructively resize partitions. Partial support allows trivial tasks such as adding unpartitioned space to an existing partition or shrinking a defragmented partition. Complete support for a file system is necessary if the software is to perform non-destructive resizing.

FAT NTFS ext ext2 ext3 ReiserFS HFS
Acronis Disk Director Suite[1] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
BootIt Next Generation[2] Yes Yes Yes No No No No
cfdisk
Data Lifeguard Tools[3] No No No No No No No
Disk Utility
DiskDrake
fdisk No No No No No No No
GNU Parted[4] Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Partial
GParted Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Partial
Logical Disk Manager Partial Partial No No No No No
PartitionMagic[5] Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
QtParted[6] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Partial
TestDisk

References

  1. ^ http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/partitioning.html
  2. ^ http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/comparison-grid.htm
  3. ^ http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2779-001005.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/html_node/resize.html#resize
  5. ^ http://www.symantec.com/norton/partitionmagic
  6. ^ http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/features.en.html
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