CNET Editors' review
Windows has built-in disk management tools, and they do a pretty good job, but many users turn to third-party software for more robust solutions. Easeus Partition Master Professional Edition combines three of the most essential disk management utilities in one easy-to-use package. Its Partition Manager performs all essential disk formatting and maintenance functions, but it does much more, such as extending NTFS disk partitions without rebooting. The Partition Recovery Wizard helps recover damaged partitions and lost, corrupted, or accidentally erased data, and the Disk & Partition Copy Wizard feature makes it easy to copy a partition or an entire disk drive and migrate the data to a new drive.
Easeus Partition Master performed all the basic disk management functions we've seen in Windows and other disk management utilities, including creating, formatting, moving, deleting, and merging partitions; converting file systems; disk defragmentation; and even wiping disks clean. However, several of the program's recovery-oriented features stand out, such as the ability to easily convert dynamic disks to basic disks without losing data, which helps when extending partitions or repurposing older disks. Another feature we like is the ability to create a bootable recovery CD or DVD. It can rebuild a damaged Master Boot Record to make a disk bootable again, something that would have come in handy more than once in our past disasters. And we especially commend its ability to easily and completely copy your entire main drive to another disk, such as an older disk you've replaced; a mirror-image copy is better than any compressed backup file.
Though Easeus Partition Master Professional's busy interface isn't the most attractive or up-to-date design, it's efficient and functional, with clearly labeled icons for most functions and a basic Windows-style layout of toolbars, navigation pane, and main display. Still, as a set of useful utilities, each of which improves on Windows' native capabilities, it's well worth a look.
Editor's note: This is a review of the full version of Easeus Partition Master Professional 6.0.1. The trial version cannot perform the batch operations.
Publisher's Description
From Chengdu Yiwo Tech Development:
Easeus Partition Master Professional Edition is an all-in-one partition solution with brand-new Windows-7-style interface and built-in WinPE bootable disk, it includes three main features: Partition Manager, Partition Recovery Wizard and Disk & Partition Copy to solve all partition problems under hardware RAID, MBR & GPT disks and removable devices in Windows operating systems.
The partition management function helps to extend system partition to solve low disk problem, resize or move, create, format, delete, and convert partition with all data protected, rebuild MBR, convert dynamic disk. Besides, it allows you to drag and drop on the disk map. Moreover, it doesnt require a reboot when extending NTFS partition to minimize computer downtime. The second feature is useful when you want to copy partition or hard disk. It also provides a dynamic disk copy function for dynamic disk replacement or backup. The third feature helps you recover deleted or lost partition to avoid any personal, hardware or software failure, virus attack, or hacker's intrusive destruction partition loss.
What's new in this version: Version 9.1.1 supports Windows 8.
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"Great Utility !!!"
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 9.1.1
Pros
Has a plethora of features- just about everything you could ask for in a professional edition. For my simple needs, I only used the Create and Merge functions, both of which worked flawlessly. The interface is clean, attractive, and very Windows-like (which means that several function icons or controls are duplicated in different areas of the interface, but, like Windows 7, you get used to it fairly quickly), although my initial impressions were that it was overly busy and intimidating. Here's where the online tutorial comes in, which is well organized and fairly thorough - necessary for a program this complex.
Cons
This is an enterprise-class program and has far more features than I would ever use. I'm sure a lot of people would find it quite daunting at first, as the interface is fairly busy and non-intuitive. A bit of study goes a long way with this powerhouse. Also, being new to disk partitioning, I was surprised to see that it uses so much memory: in my case, a single 98GB partition on my 1TB drive required 2.85GB.
Summary
Having started out with the free home-edition, which works great and totally impressed me, I wasn't surprised to get the same great results with the Pro Demo version. For my own personal needs the home-edition is quite adequate, but I can easily envision more complex systems or business applications where the additional features and tools would be welcome. Either way, Easeus Partition Master is well-written software that does what it sets out to do and, with a little work and acquired familiarity, is actually quite easy to use. Highly recommended!
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"Fast and easy to use"
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 8.0.1
Pros
Easy to resize primary partition and does it quickly. Partition wizard required upgrade to do the same thing and it takes forever.
Cons
None so far
Summary
Very useful and free!
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"Stick with free version or GParted"
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 8.0.1
Pros
Copy a partition to another drive (and keep the usage size exactly the same).
Move from a primary partition to a logical partition.
Resize partitions.
Hide partitions.
Support does reply within a day.Cons
Could not create an exactly 100.0 MB boot partition.
Could not move Windows to a new drive easily.
Could not mark partitions as hidden and rename other partitions in a single operation.
Could not copy C: partition and keep the size exactly the same.Summary
I don't think the professional version provided any features I needed that was not in their free version or GParted.
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"One of the better utilities out there..."
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 8.0.1
Pros
Easy to use, good user interface and a very stable product
Cons
Limited upgrade policy. Purchase the Professional version 7 and version 8 released 3 weeks later. If you want it, purchase the update!
Summary
It is a good program for what it does but given the circumstances and support, I would recommend using the "free Home edition" and save your money.
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"Awesome replacement for windows hard drive utilities"
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 7.0.1
Pros
Does what windows XP can't. Moved a service partition so I could enlarge Windows partition after HD upgrade. Didn't even have to reboot.
Cons
None in the 5 minutes it took me to use it.
Summary
Worked great for what I did. Can't believe it is free.
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"PS3 Ready 1TB In one minute."
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 6.5.1
Pros
My SEGATE 1TB drive is NTFS. PS3 needs the drive to be FAT32. My Windows Vista would not let me Format it to Fat32. It formatted 1TB in less than one minute. I tried other free software that just did not work. Don't waste your time. This works.
Cons
I just needed my 1TB drive Formatted to Fat32 so I can use it on my PS3. It did that in less than one minute. There are no Cons using it on Vista that I can see.
Summary
I also have the new Sony 3D home theater system and I put all my TV shows on this drive. I just scroll through and play any TV show I like. I saved the TV shows as uncompressed DVD files so that their is absolutely no loss of quality. Sony's new 3D home theater system and PS3 have no problem with DVD VOB files. The great thing about external drives is that you don't need to compress anything.
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"Workhorse-like power; fair Admin UI controls + feedback"
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 6.5.1
Pros
Moved partitions & data on top of SCSI array perfectly
Cons
Does not take aggregate of actions in UI-based resizing of partitions, but rather executes them sequentially. Cost a lot of time in doing a simple C: resizing.
Summary
I would recommend it. Can't be beat for value.
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"when I'm 64"
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 3.5
Pros
by all appearance, this product seems to be the rightful successor to Partition Magic, with an easy to use GUI, and a variety of options
Cons
unfortunately, the short sighted producers of the product only provide a working test model of the software in 32 bit, so by default, the vast majority of the people that would use this product are unable to test it. Net result, loss of sales.
Summary
Offer a 64 bit trial, and see your sales soar. Until then, this product will languish in the crowded field of poorly written software.
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"DOES THE JOB EASILY"
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 2.1
Pros
Easy to understand and use. Like Magic!
Cons
Nothing to not like.
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"Does the job well has an easy to understand interface."
Version: Easeus Partition Master Professional 2.1
Pros
Easy to understand, does exactly what it is meant to do, great tool to have if you are going to install a second OS to create a dual boot system.
Cons
Even though it is an easy to understand interface, you must still use caution when changing your partitions...it is easy to mess things up if you are not sure about what you are doing.
Summary
Worthy of downloading to every computer that you need to manage the partitions on.
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