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This is a list of partitioning utilities.

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This is a list of [[utility software|utilities]] for performing [[disk partitioning]].

==List==

==Free/Open Source==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: smaller; table-layout: fixed;"

* [[GParted]]

|-

* Free FDISK ([[FreeDOS]])

!Name

* [[GNU Parted]], [[Fdisk#UNIX.2C_Linux_.26_Unix-derived_fdisk|fdisk]], and [[Cfdisk]]

!Developer

* Mandriva's [[DiskDrake]]

!Licensing

* [[QtParted]]

!Maintained?

* [[FIPS (computer program)|FIPS]]

!Platform

* Damien Guibouret's [http://www.partition-saving.com Partition Saving]

!Last version release date

* Visopsys [http://partitionlogic.org.uk Partition Logic]

|-

| DFSee

| Jan van Wijk

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| DOS, Linux, macOS, OS/2, Windows NT family

| 2021-10-06

|-

| Disk Director

| [[Acronis]]

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| Windows

| 2023-03-04

|-

| DiskGenius

| Eassos

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| Windows

| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q10846954|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| [[Disk Utility]]

| [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| [[macOS]]

|

|-

| [[diskpart]]

| [[Microsoft]]

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| [[Windows NT family]]

|

|-

| [[fdisk]] (FreeDOS)

| Brian Reifsnyder

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeDOS]]

|

|-

| [[fdisk]] (Microsoft)

| Microsoft

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| [[MS-DOS]], [[Windows]]

|

|-

| [[fdisk]] (OS/2)

| [[IBM]]

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| [[OS/2]]

|

|-

| [[fdisk]] (Unix-like)

| [[util-linux]] project

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{yes}}

| [[Unix-like]]

|

|-

| [[FIPS (computer program)|FIPS]]

| Arno Schäfer

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{no}}

| [[MS-DOS]]

| 1998-05-11

|-

| [[GNOME Disks]]

| [[Red Hat]]

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{yes}}

| [[Linux]]

| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q3891773|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| [[GNU Parted]] [[Command-line interface|CLI]]-only (GUIs: [[Gparted]], [[QtParted]])

| The GParted Project

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{yes}}

| Linux

| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q1486221|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| [[GParted]] ([[Graphical user interface|GUI]] for [[GNU Parted]])

| The GParted Project

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{yes}}

| Linux (Live CD is independent)

| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q843156|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| gdisk (GPT fdisk)

| Roderick W. Smith

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{yes}}

| Linux, macOS, Windows

| 2018-07-05

|-

| [[KDE Partition Manager]]

| Volker Lanz

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{yes}}

| Linux

| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q9016952|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| [[Logical Disk Manager]]

| Microsoft

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| [[Windows NT family]]

|

|-

| [[MiniTool Partition Wizard]]

| MiniTool Software Ltd.,

| {{Needs|Freeware|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| [[Microsoft Windows]]

| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q19757819|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| [[ntfsresize]]

| Szabolcs Szakacsits

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{yes}}

| [[Linux]]

|

|-

| [[Parted Magic]]

| Parted Magic LLC

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| Linux

| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q1650739|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| [[System Commander#Partition Commander|Partition Commander]]

| VCOM Products

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| Windows

|

|-

| [[PartitionMagic]]

| [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]]

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| Windows

| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q1473586|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

|[[Paragon Software Group Hard Disk Manager|Hard Disk Manager(Partition Manager)]]

| [[Paragon Software Group|Paragon]]

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| Windows

| 2015-03-10

|-

| [[EaseUS Partition Master|Partition Master]]

| EaseUS

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| Windows

| 2021-10-14

|-

| [[QtParted]] ([[Graphical user interface|GUI]] for [[GNU Parted]])

| Vanni Brutto

| {{free|Free software}}

| {{no}}

| Linux

| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q1187660|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| [[Ranish Partition Manager]]

| Mikhail Ranish

| {{Needs|Freeware|Proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| [[MS-DOS]], [[PC DOS]], [[DR-DOS]] or [[FreeDOS]]

|

|-

| [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] format utility

| [[Sun Microsystems]]

| {{Needs|Proprietary software|Proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| Solaris

|}

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==Proprietary==

[[Category:Disk partitioning software]]

* Apple's [[Disk Utility]]

[[Category:Lists of software]]

* Microsoft's [[Logical Disk Manager]] or Disk Management Console (diskmgmt.msc), part of [[Windows 2000]], [[Windows XP]] and [[Windows Vista]]

* [[Acronis Disk Director Suite]]

* Symantec's [[PartitionMagic]]

* TeraByte Unlimited's [[BootIt Next Generation|BootIt NG]]

* Microsoft's [[DiskPart]] and [[fdisk#DOS_fdisk|FDISK]]

* DIY DataRecovery's [[DiskPatch]]

* [[Ranish Partition Manager]]

* [http://www.cutepm.com Cute Partition Manager]

* VCOM's [[Partition Commander]]

* [[Paragon Software GmbH|Paragon Software's]] Partition Manager and [[Paragon Hard Disk Manager|Hard Disk Manager]] <!-- 'Paragon Partition Manager' article deleted 16 March 2007 and protected from re-creation; see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paragon Partition Manager]] -->

* Coriolis Systems' iPartition

* [http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=6 VolumeWorks] - Dynamic partitioning software for Mac OS X by [http://www.SubRosaSoft.com SubRosaSoft Inc.]

==Hard disk manufacturers' tools==

* Maxtor's [[Maxblast]] for [[Maxtor]] disks

* Western Digital's [[Data Lifeguard Tools]] for [[Western Digital]] disks

* Seagate's [[Discwizard]] for [[Seagate Technology]] disks

* Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test for Hitachi and IBM disks

[[Category:Partition managers]]