What is PortableBaseLayer Partition in Windows 10

When browsing your storage section either through Computer or Disk Management tool, if you notice a volume with name PortableBaseLayer, then don’t be surprised. It’s a virtual drive that has recently started appearing after the Windows 10 v1903 Update. In […]

No usable free extent could be found error when running DISKPART

DISKPART is a very useful command line disk management tool which can be used to manage, delete or create new hard drive partitions. But at times, when you run it to create a partition, you may see a message – […]

There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation

When trying to create a new partition or shrink a volume or extend a volume using the Disk Management Utility, you may encounter an error that says – There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this […]

Free Disk & Partition Manager software for Windows 10

Planning to shrink a 120 GB Windows OS partition to 80 GB, but find it hard to remember any good, reliable Partition Managers names? Do not worry, we have, in this post highlighted names of some of the best free Partition Manager […]

Partitions missing after installing Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Some users have reported that after upgrading their computers to Windows 10 Anniversary Update v1607, they have found that one or more of their disk partitions have gone missing, have disappeared or are lost, and the disk space appears as […]

Extend Volume option is grayed out or disabled in Windows 10/8/7

If you find that the Extend Volume option is grayed out or disabled in Disk Management Tool in Windows 10/8/7, then this post will explain why this happens & what you can do about it. We can use the built-in […]

EaseUS Partition Master Free Review: Partition Manager for Windows PC

Disk partitions are necessary to organize your data into different drives. It also makes sense to keep the system drives different and run scheduled maintenance tasks (defragmenting, cleaning, etc.) on them so that the operating system gives you better computing […]

MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition Review

The built-in Disk Management Tool and Diskpart.exe can help Windows users as well as administrators with Disk management tasks. And while they are easy to use, many prefer and look for more feature-rich disk & partition manager software for their […]

What is System Reserved Partition in Windows 10/8/7

When you install Windows 10 or Windows 8/7 on a cleanly formatted disk, it first creates a partition on the disk at the beginning of the hard disk. This partition is called the System Reserved Partition. After that, it uses […]

Windows could not start, Invalid Partition

Troubleshoot Windows could not start and Invalid Partition Table errors

You might encounter a situation where you may not be able to boot into Windows, and you might keep getting an error that Windows could not start. This could be caused by a recent change in hardware or software. If […]

TestDisk: Free Partition Recovery software for Windows

Sometimes it happens that a virus or manual error corrupts the different partitions on the hard disk. It is also possible that one can damage the boot sector or MBR in an attempt to recover partitions. It could happen with […]

What is GPT Partition or GUID in Windows 10/8/7

What is GUID Partition Table or GPT? In this post, we will see what a GPT partition is and how they compare to MBR disks and also how to format, remove, delete it or convert GPT disk to MBR disk. GUID […]

Download AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional free : Unlimited Giveaway!

It’s after a long time that we have decided to hold a giveaway. This time we are offering a copy of AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional edition free to ALL our readers who care to download it. The offer was too good […]

Using Windows To Go Creator in Partition Assistant Standard Free Edition

AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard has been one of the most popular free disk partition tools for Windows users. This compact tool helps users to manage the space in their hard disk drive. It optimizes the performance of your computer system […]

Macrorit Disk Partition Expert: Free Disk Management Software for Windows

Macrorit Disk Partition Expert is a new powerful disk management software with a lot of options. Like any other Disk management software Macrorit Disk Partition Expert also has the ability to extend partition, especially for the system drive. The main […]

AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition Review & Free Download

For many, operations related to disks and partitions seem to put off some people as they appear to be difficult to be carried out on the other hand. While the built-in Windows Disk Manager solves this problem to a large […]

Manage your PC’s partitions with MiniAide Fat 32 Partition Manager

MiniAide Fat 32 Formatter is a free partition manager software. It is an all in one partition management tool for Windows. The main feature of this magical utility is that it allows users to format drives larger than 32GB to […]

How to convert a hard disk or a partition to NTFS format in Windows 7/8/10

Have you ever run into a problem while trying to select a destination to save your backup? If yes, the problem might have persisted due to one of the following reasons: The destination is the drive itself that you are […]

Parted Magic – A Super Grub Disk package which allows you to partition hard disks

Parted Magic 5.9 is a business-card operating system based on Slackware Linux, with programs that allow you to partition hard disks with ease. Parted Magic The Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks […]

Recover deleted or lost partitions with EASEUS Partition Recovery

EASEUS Partition Recovery is a new freeware partition recovery software to recover deleted or lost partitions. If you have inadvertently deleted partitions, using fdisk or other programs, or accidentally lost partitions, maybe due to a virus attack, then EASEUS Partition […]

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