There are many Partition Magic alternatives in the market, both the GUI and functions of these partitioning software are similar with PartitionMagic, but NIUBI Partition Editor is recommended by many editors and professionals, because it has many advantages comparing with other tools, for example: (Real disk partition won't be modified until you click Apply to confirm.Īdvantages of this Partition Magic alternative Undo the unwanted pending operation, redo the canceled or click Apply to execute.The operations you do won't be executed immediately, instead, they'll be listed as pending.Available operations to the selected disk or partition, unavailable operations are hidden automatically.All hard disks with graphical structure.All single partitions with detailed information such as capacity, free space, file system, type and status.It is similar but much more powerful than Norton PartitionMagic.ĭownload NIUBI Partition Editor free portable and you'll see the main window with 5 blocks. As the safest partition software, NIUBI Partition Editor has free version for Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista/XP (32 & 64 bit) home users. It's time to say goodbye to Symantec/Norton Partition Magic, there's better choice now. There are PartitionMagic alternative, even free of charge. Obviously, your disk partition will be damaged if you do that modification. Because boot manager, file system and many other place are different with old Windows XP. Even if you find a portable version that can run in Windows 11/10/8/7, do not use it to shrink or extend partitions.

I found some Partition Magic portable EXE format tools, but they always report error and even cannot enter the main window. However, many PartitionMagic fans still search by Google or ask in technical forums whether there's Partition Magic portable version. On December 8, 2009, Symantec website officially states, 'Sorry, we no longer offer Norton Partition Magic.' From Windows Vista, boot manager is changed and new file system is added, so PartitionMagic does not support Windows Vista and subsequent versions. It supports Windows XP, but is not full compatible with XP SP2/SP3. PartitionMagic 8.0.5 is the last version released under Symantec on May 5, 2004.

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