CNET Editors' review
This freeware partition manager isn't cute as a button, but it's charming nevertheless. Cute Partition Manager requires that you make a boot CD or floppy, but the process is laughingly easy.
The interface is DOS circa 1994, with simple text on a solid background, but the screen is filled to the brim with useful information. Cute Partition Manager quickly finds every hard drive on your system. At a glance, you see every partition, boot type, file system, partition start and end, and total size. All controls are operated though the function keys. However, the publisher neglected to include an end program and reboot key.
Still, we found it easy to quickly add or alter partitions and change select settings. Unfortunately, you can't merge or resize existing partitions. Basic partitioning functions are easy to set and are often better than standard DOS functions. You can create more than 100 partitions per disk and preview changes; both processes that are difficult with similar software. For those who like collecting ISO images, you can easily create CPM's ISO directly from the interface. Not for novices, Cute Partition Manager is the kind of freeware every system administrator wants handy.
Publisher's Description
From OSL:
Cute Partition Manager is an advanced hard disk partition management utility. Using Cute Partition Manager, you can easily add, edit, delete, and manage the partitions in your computer. It lets you preview the changes before you save them. It lets you edit the boot flag, partition type, and other advanced parameters.
Version 0.9.8 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in this version: Version 0.9.8 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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All versions:
2.3 starsout of 62 votes
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Current version:
2.2 starsout of 46 votes
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"It goes where others don't"
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
I had a partition problem after installing and removing Ubuntu from my system. No other partition manager was able to "unhide" and restore drive letter to the partition. but this software made it!
Cons
I don't know if you can take it as a con, but it requires registration in order to obtain a free product key.
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"i want to use this software to manage my computer"
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
i want to use this software to manage my computer
Cons
i want to use this software to manage my computer
Summary
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"Doesn't Work For Me"
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
Quickly found out that it didn't work.
Cons
The bootable CD I created hung with a flashing underscore in the upper left corner of the screen upon CD boot.
Summary
Keep looking for something else.
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"WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA 64 BIT SYSTEM"
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA 64 BIT SYSTEM
Cons
WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA 64 BIT SYSTEM NEW MACHINE
Summary
WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA 64 BIT SYSTEM
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"This is a great little app"
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
Everything
Cons
None to my knowledge
Summary
..just wrote a disk and it worked great. I was trying to refomat my puter and was having a hard time to get it to take the windows install. i just used this to erase the partition and loaded windows no problem. Thank you, for whoever put this out there!!
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"Free and it works"
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
I was given a PC that had a virus and was asked to reformat it and re-install Windows Server 2003 on it. Cute Partition Manager let me delete and create a new one and now Windows setup let me format the new partition and install Windows Server 2003.
Cons
None. It did what we needed it to do.
Summary
It's free and it solved our problem.
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"Not very good at all"
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
Only thing good about it is that its free.
Cons
Requires a reboot and cannot resize partitions.
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""Partitioning in a Jiffy""
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
I have 250 Gb drive that was partition at 130 Gb from XP So I upgraded to Vista and still the 130Gb (No partitioning on the upgrade vista disk I looked).Booted the disk it made, seen the lost 120Gb. NTFS the partition saved it.
Cons
Not a Dame Thing!!
Summary
Look it duz what most OS's don't give you the right partition table ,and it duz it for free!!!!
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"Very basic, so quite unnecessary"
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
Quite nothing in particular
Cons
Very basic, you don't need this program to do what it can do, you can do them without it. It can NOT "modify" partitions (only add & delete), which it specifies on its FAQ page but somehow this has escaped those writing the description on this site.
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""Resize" does not mean "make bigger""
Version: Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8
Pros
It's easy to install. That's it....
Cons
DOS based - pre-1990! Does not do the most crucial part of disk management - increasing teh size of your partition; so whta's the use???
Summary
I'm sure there are many other partition management programs that will do much more than this useless piece of software.
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