A tool to view, search, and open volumes, as well as for simple partition management on MBR and GPT-style disks. Be sure to read the warning before operating.
Partition management includes undeleting removed and lost partitions, restoring boot sector from copy and other tools. You may operate FAT (FAT12/16/32), NTFS, ExFAT, and ExtFS (Ext2/3/4) volumes. However, only FAT and NTFS volumes can be opened and checked for consistency. MBR and GPT layouts are supported. Hybrid (GPT+MBR) partitioning is not properly supported. Other styles (such as Dynamic Disks) are unsupported and partitions on such disks may be shown as found.
Mark the checkbox found to express search and dsiplay lost and removed partitions (FAT/NTFS/ExFAT/ExtFS volumes may be found). For more complex and deeper search use NTFS or FAT search. Volumes opened after NTFS or FAT search are added to the list of found partitions and become available for partition management (e.g. undeleting is possible if a valid boot sectors is found).
To prevent partition express search and displaying dialog box "Partitions" unmark the box Show partitions when open a device or construct a RAID.
Info mode checkboxes:
(A) - bootable (active) partition status (Partition column).
Indicators - volume diagnostic indicators (indicate correspondent structure presence):
Red color indicates errors in the partitioning.
Attention! Partitioning modification may cause impossibility to boot from the disk or inaccessibility of some partitions after applying. Never modify partitioning of your boot or system disk. Use alternative boot disk or connect your disk as second to another computer. Run the software from the device which won't be modified and save current partitioning to a file on a device which won't be modified. After applying restart the computer or reconnect pluggable device for changes to take effect. Cancel the chkdsk utility (by pressing any key) if it runs automatically at startup as it may cause non-recoverable damage of the data.
Use the Menu button to view the operations available for the selected partition.
Partitioning changes are pending until you push the button Apply or use menu command Apply Partitioning. See also Applying Changes for details.
Open volume to view and recover files.
View and manually edit volume parameters before actually open volume.
Display volume letters assigned by OS.
Call the dialog box Copy Sectors to create partition image or clone the partition.
Insert lost or removed volume into the partition table. Invalid partitions may prevent insertion so they must be removed before insertion. Completely damaged partitioning may be resetted using the command Toggle MBR Signature On/Off applied to the topmost item. You should add partitions from the beginning to the end of the disk.
Remove the existing partition or a partition table. Some partitioning errors may be fixed by removing and inserting the partition.
Create unformatted (RAW) partition within the unallocated space. If there are no partitioning errors it is highly recommended to use only standard system tools for creating and removing partitions.
Replace damaged boot sector with a backup copy.
Set or reset active (A) status of a bootable partition.
Set or reset boot sector signature (0xAA55).
Reset boot sector signature (0xAA55) and signatures of GPT tables (EFI PART).
Set GPT and boot signatures. Available only on GPT disks after resetting.
Undo the last action.
Redo the last undone action.
Undo all partitioing changes.
Reset all unapplied changes.
Load disk partitioning or rollback data from a file. See Changes for details.
Save current partitioning to a file for a backup purposes. Available only if the device is partitioned and there are no unapplied changes.
Write changes to the disk. See Applying Changes for details.