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As Partition Magic alternative, EASEUS Partition Manager is a comprehensive hard disk partition management software for Windows 2000/2003 Server and Windows 2000/XP/Vista partition to Resize and Move, Create, Delete and Format, Hide and Unhide server and non server partitions and much more.


People divided EASEUS Partition Manager as Partition Magic Alternative, actually, EASEUS Partition Manager has overtaken Partition Magic for a big step. You can create, delete, format partitions on your hard disk quickly and easily. The most attractive feature is that it can resize/move your partitions by using the free spaces without destroying data.

One extremely important feature of the application is that it can resize partitions even if they are populated with data, without creating any problems and keeping the files intact. The app is designed to work with any type of Windows file system, from FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 to NTFS, but the limitation for the size of hard disks supported is set to 1TB. And considering that data storage devices keep increasing in capacity, it would be a great idea to adapt the software to the new conditions. On the upside, Easeus Partition Manager Server can handle up to 32 hard disks, which makes it a good choice for server systems.

Working with the application should be piece of cake regardless of your computer skills. It is actually a matter of right clicking on the desired partition and choosing one of the options available. You can resize drives (shrink or enlarge) according to the unallocated space available near them. In order to set the new size, all you have to do is either drag it from one side of the drive map or, if a more accurate size is needed, you can type in the value in MB yourself.

A very clever option is the possibility of moving a partition someplace else on the physical disk so that you can distribute the unallocated space to other drives as well (simply play with the values for unallocated space before and after). An easier way to do this is by simply clicking the partition and sliding it through the unallocated space.

But Easeus Partition Manager Server can be used for a little more than organizing your partitions on the disk and formatting or labeling them. You can also use the software to hide drives from view. Hidden drives will not be visible (or accessible) from Windows OS even if you boot in Safe Mode, but under Linux the data on them is completely unprotected from prying eyes.

Still, in the Advanced section of the application you can run a bad sector test to see if everything is A-OK or call on Windows CHDISK utility to check for errors on disk and fix them. This section also gives you the possibility to change a drive letter, but this can also be easily achieved directly from Windows, be it XP or Vista.

All in all, the application does a great job if run on XP as it offers a handful of options for partitioning your disks as well as a comfortable, straightforward and easy to use interface. Used on Vista, however, Easeus Partition Manager Server is not as necessary as this windows envinronment brings its own artillery to deal with disk partitioning and almost all the options are included. Nevertheless, Easeus Partition Manager Server has the edge thanks to its support of up to 32 1TB disks. This feature makes it stand out from the crowd and dots all the i's and crosses all the t's when used on servers.

It works fast and few are the cases where it needs to reboot in order to successfully complete the job(s) at hand.