AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro

AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional Edition is a premium hard drive utility that can help users of all knowledge levels to take full control over their local storage, including spinning hard drives, solid-state drives, and external flash disks.

The app can not only perform a wide array of services for basic management of drives and their partitions (create, split, merge, move, resize, copy, rename, and more) but also optimize their overall performance and increase their speed.

• Resize or extend partitions without losing data to optimize disk space usage.
• Migrate your operating system to an SSD or HDD for a smoother upgrade—no need to reinstall Windows.
• Convert an MBR system disk to GPT to prepare for a Windows 11 upgrade.
• Move applications and folders between drives to free up space.
• Recover lost, deleted, or inaccessible data or partitions from storage devices.

The app is especially useful for users who are setting up their local storage for the first time or troubleshooting an issue with older drives that are either experiencing an operational slowdown.

AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro is distributed online as a lightweight application with a full installer/uninstaller that will help users quickly deploy it on their desktop and laptop PC with just a few on-screen instructions.

Once installed, the app will perform an automatic scan that will detect all connected storage drives, which includes even drives and partitions that are still not initialized and fully visible by the Windows OS.

The user interface of the app is built from the ground up to provide all users fast access to all of its tools, with main icon tabs on the top of the app (colored in blue), two side listings on the far left - one for one-click Wizard tools (the app features twelve, covering all most commonly used scenarios that even include secure erasure of data and NTFS/FAT32 converter), and another for all the basic tools such as Disk Clone, Quick Partition, Wipe Hard Drive, Disk Surface Test, Rebuild MBR, Delete all Partitions, and few others.

The rest of the app canvas is dedicated to the main operation listing.

Tools include not only management of entire drives, but also individual partitions. Users have full control over their drive and will always be informed if any operation will impact the integrity of their saved data.

For some operations, user data will not even be affected (such as merging two partitions located on the same physical hard drive), but for many other situations, the app will clearly prompt that data will be permanently lost. Thankfully, the built-in backup tools can safely migrate the data to a safe location before the target drive can be managed.

The performance of the older drives that are clogged with data to the brim can be refreshed with the built-in tools and drives that are close to the end of their operational life can be checked with a comprehensive surface test.

There is also a tool for complete secure erasure of data from SSD and SSD drives, which will return them to their factory setting and help users to again get peak storage performance.

Supported Device Types

• Traditional hard disk drive (HDD), solid-state drives (SSD), and SSHD.
• External hard drive (USB 1.0/2.0/3.0), PC card, All Flash Drives, and Thumb Drives, and other removable media.
• All storage devices recognized by Windows, such as IDE, SATA, iSCSI, SCSI disk, IEEE1394 (FireWire), etc.
• Hardware RAID, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, etc.
• Support MBR disk and GPT disk up to 16TB+.
• Support up to 128 disks in one system.
• Completely support hard disk with 4096, 2048, 1024, 512 bytes sector size.
• Support virtual disk partition in VMware, Virtual Box, and Virtual PC, etc.
• Support UEFI/EFI boot.

AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro can be tested for FREE during the initial trial period. Afterward, users are required to purchase a single lifetime premium license that unlocks 24/7/365 lifetime technical support.

The app is optimized for all modern versions of Windows OS, including 7, 8, 10 or 11.

Alternatives

EaseUS Partition Master: A comprehensive partition management tool that allows users to effortlessly resize, merge, split, and format partitions. It also provides features like disk cloning and data recovery.

MiniTool Partition Wizard: A versatile partition management software offering a wide range of features, including partition resizing, conversion, and cloning. It supports various file systems and provides advanced options for disk optimization.

Paragon Partition Manager: A powerful partition management solution with advanced features such as partition alignment, file system optimization, and secure disk wiping. It supports both basic and dynamic disks and provides comprehensive disk partitioning options.

Pricing

License: Covers up to 2 PCs

OS Compatibility: Supports Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/7 SP1

Yearly Subscription: $49.95

Lifetime Upgrades: $59.95 (discounted from $69.95)

Supported Operating System

• Windows 11
• Windows 10
• Windows 8.1/8
• Windows 7

Supported Technologies and Devices

• Faster and safer partition moving with improved algorithms.
• Advanced data protection keeps your files secure.
• Easy drag-and-drop interface simplifies complex tasks.
• Preview partition changes before applying them.
• Option to auto shut down after completing operations.
• Supports HDDs, SSDs, SSHDs, and removable drives (USB, Flash, etc.).
• Compatible with all Windows-recognized storage: IDE, SATA, iSCSI, SCSI, FireWire.
• Full hardware RAID support: RAID 0/1/5/10.
• Handles MBR and GPT disks over 16TB.
• Supports systems with up to 128 disks.
• Compatible with sector sizes: 4096, 2048, 1024, and 512 bytes.
• Works with virtual disks in VMware, VirtualBox, and Virtual PC.
• Supports UEFI/EFI boot systems.

Support File System

• NTFS
• FAT32/FAT16/FAT12
• exFAT/ReFS *
• Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 *
• Bitlocker, other file systems *

* The file system cannot be resized but you can move and clone them.

PROS

• User-Friendly Interface
• Wide Range of Partition Tools
• Supports SSD and HDD Optimization
• OS Migration Feature
• Reliable Data Protection

CONS

• Windows Only Compatibility
• Limited Features in Free Version
• No Real-Time Partition Monitoring
• Slower Performance on Large Drives
• No Built-in Cloud Backup Options