Be aware that partitioning and formatting erase all the data on your media so be sure to back it up somewhere before proceeding.

To use the MiniTool Partition Wizard, you need to select the drive or partition you want to change and either right-click on it or use the menu items listed at the top of the application to select your changes and then click on the “Apply” button located at the bottom left of the screen. The application shows you how each of your storage devices is divided up, the file system that each device uses, the drive letters for each, and the used and unused portions, etc., all at a glance.

It’s a wonderful, really handy, easy-to-use tool that will help you resize, split, or merge partitions and format your media as FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4 (the free version does other things too, but some of the features are only available with the paid versions). MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 8 adds disk conversion and copying to what was already one of our favorite disk partitioning tools, free or not. I’ve been using it for years and haven’t looked back. Create and format a hard disk partition Windows 7 To create a partition or volume (the two terms are often used interchangeably) on a hard disk, you must be logged in as an administrator, and there must be either unallocated disk space or free space within an extended partition on the hard disk.

The MiniTool Partition Wizard Free application was just what I was looking for.

NEWS – When I have to repartition or format my storage media, the Windows formatting tool really doesn’t cut it. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you.

Mini disk partition wizard