Windows 7 hard disk programs. Programs for working with hard disk sections

This article talks about how to create, change or delete hard disk partitions windows tools 7.
To work with the hard disk partitions in Windows 7, there is a tool called "Disc Control": Control Panel → System and Security → Administration → Computer Management → Disk Management or Start → Enter the Search Row: diskmgmt.msc. And press ENTER.

1. Creating a section
Click right-click Mice on free, not busy by other sections, the place of the desired hard disk → Create a simple volume... The "Wizard creation wizard window" opens, click the "Next" button. Then to specify the size of the generated partition, assign a drive letter, select the desired file system and formatting options, make sure that you did everything right and click "ready"
2. Compression section
Right-click on the desired section → Say... a window message appears about the request for compression, we are waiting until the end of the survey. Then in the appeared window in the line "Size of the compressible space" specify the amount of free space and click "compress"
3. Expansion of the section
Extend... A "Tom Expansion Wizard" window appears, click the "Next" button. Then select the desired free section in the list, click "Add", then specify the size of the free space allocated by the section, click the "Next" button, check the information and click "Ready"
4. Delete partition
Right-click on the desired section → Remove Tom... before continuing the operation, copy everything required files and folders to another disk, because After removing the volume, all the data on it will be lost.
5. Change the letter of the disc
Right-click on the desired section → Change the letter of the disk or the path to the disk... Click the Edit button, select the desired drive letter and click OK. Next, we will consider in detail how to expand the discs and do not harm the nano information.

In order to share hDD On the sections, you need to go to the "Start" menu → Right-click on "Computer" and click on Management.

In the window that appears, you need to go to the "Disk Management" section.

Select the hard disk and the partition to be divided and click on it with the right mouse button.

In the drop-down menu you need to select "Squeeze Tom" and then select the size to which it is necessary to reduce the existing partition. The place liberated after compression and will be a new hard disk section.

To create a new partition, you need to click on the right mouse button and select "Create TOM". Then to specify the size of the new partition and wait for the operation. Sooner or later, any computer user faces such a problem as a lack of free space on the system section of the hard drive. Here and the question arises: How to expand the disk with?

First, we need to go to the "Computer Management" tab (see above).
When this tab opens, you will see all media in the window that are connected now to the computer. Each hard disk can be broken into several logical. The very first will go "Disc 0". On the right will be displayed space reserved by the system, and logical partitions (C, D, E, F, etc.). If you have only one disk C and it is overflowing, then you can "compress Tom" (see above). If you have several logical partitions, then go further.

The principle of disc division.

The principle of actions is: we must expand the disk with due to the neighboring logical partition. It can be a D, E drive, and so on. In the same way, you can increase not only section C, but also others if you have such a need. So, we remove the adjacent disk, for example, D. Click on it with the right mouse button and select the "Delete Tom" option. Click OK. Immediately after that given volume Must be displayed in black. It should appear the inscription "volume is not distributed." Now you can add the space to the C drive you need to add to this by clicking the right mouse button on the C and select "Expand Tom". Click "Next" and choose the size that we want to add.
Can be used maximum sizeHow will be offered by default, or choose at your discretion. Click "Next" and then "Done". If no additional windows have jumped out, the operation has passed successfully. You learned how to expand the disk with Windows 7. The main thing is that you need to remember is that the system section can be increased only if you have free space on the right. Otherwise, nothing will happen.

Possible difficulties.

What else may be difficulties? Suppose we have five volumes. We want them to configure them in such a way that part of the space add to the disk with, and the other - to the disk D. When you delete one of the sections, we may not be active to "Delete Tom" function, and the "Expand Tom" function is not available
The thing is that the style of section can be used. MBR *. This is an outdated style. At the same time, two neighboring volumes can be bound by a green frame. This means that with the style of the MBR section, more than four volumes cannot be created.

Windows 8 provides the same tools to increase space. Therefore, this method also applies on this operating system.

Wrecked hard disk to sections in the Windows 7 operating system is a very simple thing. You yourself can make sure that if you break down and create a new partition according to the described algorithm.

* MBR (Master Boot Record) Home Downloads in PC - Table in the first sector boot diskStoreing data on the physical and logical organization of the disk. If this record is spoiled, the OS load becomes impossible.

That's all. Thank you for reading an article. I hope she was helpful to you.

While working with personal computer It may be necessary to change, add or delete sections hard disk. If initial installation Windows 7 Creating sections passes in a dialog mode and intuitively clearly, then making changes to the created sections requires a certain skill. Due to the lack of any experience in these issues, the user can incorrectly perform the necessary actions, which will subsequently lead to a complete loss of data or at all to the failure of a hard disk. To facilitate the process of creating and changing the disk partitions will help the "Disk Management" utility.

Utility "Disk Management" and its function

The "Disk Management" utility is a tool for performing various operations with hard drives and their sections.

With it, you can:

create, delete, combine the volume of the disk;
squeeze
format volumes;
assign literas for volumes;
add volumes without rebooting;
manage local and remote disks on the network.

Opening "Disk Management"

You can run the program in several ways.

Through the "Start" menu

Click on the "Start" menu and press the right mouse button on the computer. Select "Management".
Press the right mouse button on the "Computer" and select "Management"
In the "Computer Management" window that opens, click on "Disk Management".
Select "Disk Management"
The "Disk Management" program window opens.
Window Utilities "Disk Management"

Through the command line

Through the "Control Panel"

Click on the "Start" menu, select the "Control Panel".
Click "Control Panel"
IN local line Enter "Administration" and click on the "Administration" section.
Click on the section "Administration"
In the list, select "Computer Management".
Select "Computer Management"
In the "Computer Management" window that opens, click on "Disk Management".
Click on "Disc Control"

Why does not open "drives"

There are situations where the "Disk Management" Console does not open or opens, but the console window is empty, and a warning appears "Could not connect to the logical disk manager."

The reasons that caused the appearance of this problem may be different. To exclude their effect on the disk management process, you must perform the following steps:

Conduct anti-virus check. Running antivirus program It is recommended to do from an optical disk or with a protected flash drive. After checking, open the "quarantine" of antivirus. If the DMDSKMGR.DLL library found itself in Quarantine, then return it to the place.
Run the Rundll32 SetupAPI command, InstallHinfsection DefaultInstall 132% windir% \\ inf \\ dmreg.inf through the Start menu and the "Run" window.
Pass the "Control Panel" path - "Administration" - "Services" and make sure that "Logical Disk Manager) and" Logical Disk Manager Administration Service Manager "(Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service) are launched. If they are stopped, then turning them on.
Log in to the Basic I / O (BIOS) menu. To do this, while turning on the computer, press Del, F2 or ESC (the key selection depends on the computer manufacturer). If there is no information about the HDD connected information in the starting panel, then check the connecting loops in connecting places to the drive.

How to create a logical disk

The very first hard drivesFor the first time created by IBM in 1973, 30 cylinders were contained, each of which was broken by 30 tracks. By analogy with automatic rifles using cartridge .30-30 WINCHESTER, such discs were called "Winchesters". Over time, in conversational speech, the word "Winchester" was transformed into the "screw".

Most of the "Winchesters" are sold already prepared for windows installation, i.e. the main section on them has already been created. The remaining operations are carried out during the installation of the system. Installation is carried out from a boot optical disk or a USB device. At one of the installation steps, a window will appear with a proposal to select the space to install the system.

If the "Winchester" before entering the sale was not prepared for the immediate installation of the system, then all operations will have to make the user. This will require a bootable optical disk or USB drive.

Configuring before installing in the BIOS (basic I / O system) download from a DVD or USB drive:

When forming a section on "Winchester", all free space is used, and additional sections are created after windows installations 7.

If you have the opportunity, it is better to use boot windows PE in which Acronis Disk Director programs are built Partition Magic.. These utilities are designed to manage the sections of the hard drive.

Windows Presets (Windows PE) is used to prepare a computer to install Windows. It is an embedded element of other means of installing and restoring the system and is not intended for use as the main operating system.

In the absence of such a boot disk, like Windows PE, you can:

Created logical disks need to format using the Format.com utility. Now you can go to install Windows 7.

Management of logical disks "Winchester"

You can control the hard drive sections through context menu each of them. They contain a set of commands required for work.

Compression section

Team on compression logical disk Specify in the context menu.

Creating a section

The new section is created in the free region of the hard drive, which has not yet relate to the formatted this. At the bottom of the Console "Disk Management" This space is highlighted with bright green color, and the legend line is indicated as "freely".

Upon completion of the compression section, we right-click on the unoccupied space and select "Create a simple volume" in the context menu.
Right-click on the unoccupied space and select "Create a simple volume" in the context menu.
It will be launched "Wizard of Simple Tom".
After launching a "wizard creating a simple volume", click "Next"
Indicate the size of the new volume.
Indicate the size of the new volume
We assign a CD to the Literature (letter).
We assign the Literature disk (letter)
We are determined with the file system, the size of the cluster and the Tom Tag.
We carry out the formatting of the section.
We carry out the formatting of the section
In the last window, click on the "Finish" button and create a new logical disk.
Click on the "Finish" button

After reformatting, the volume is ready for use.

Change litera section

Combining sections

When there is a need to reduce the number of logical disks, two in one joint logical disk is combined. Before the union the necessary information From a removed logical disk copied to another disk or removable media.

To combine one disk with another:

We allocate the Tom that we want to attach, and call the context menu. Click on "Delete Tom".

To work with the partitions of a hard disk (separation to sections or associations to one) in the Windows 10 operating system there is a built-in utility " Disc management" Its use, in my opinion, is preferable to install any third-party tools. As your own means "dozens" divide the hard disk or, on the contrary, combine its sections can be read in separate articles of this site: split and combine. But sometimes there are situations when it is quite difficult to do without third-party tools.

This article is written in response to the questions of the readers of the site, which have problems with the division of the Winchester or the combination of its volumes. Built in Windows 10 Disk Management utility Despite all its advantages, it has its drawbacks: sometimes it does not allow you to create a section of the desired size, it does not allow to split the hard disk from time to time, sometimes it does not turn apart into one the necessary volumes. In these problem situations (and only in them!) I recommend using a third-party, albeit free program for managing the sections of the hard disk in the "top ten". It is worth remembering that the use of any third-party control operating system Can carry a potential danger. I am not inclined to dramatize the situation, but I think that it is obliged to warn about it, even if the probability possible problems This is one chance out of ten thousand. Therefore, when it is possible, it is better to still use the "Disk Management" utility built in Windows 10, developed by Microsoft.

When I prepared this article, I spent a few hours of time to find really completely free, reliable and authoritative program for dividing a hard disk to sections (or associations them). In this area, a lot of frank lies and dubious programs of incomprehensible origin. A separate item in my search was the question to be found software It was not only free, but also possessed a Russian-speaking interface and also turned out to be completely compatible with Windows 10. The last question is far from idle - the fact is that on the Internet you can find information on how some programs for dividing the disk created for Windows 7 or 8 spoiled hard drives windows users 10.

So, as a result of long and thorough searches, I still found and tried myself Aomei Partition Assistant.. In general, its full version of the Professional Edition costs from 59 dollars and is much higher. But let it not frighten you, because the functional of her free Standard Edition branch is quite enough to:

Split hard disk to sections
Combine Tom Winchester into one section

In general, the presence of a paid version speaks only in favor of this software. After all, this indicates the seriousness of the intentions of its authors. Those who create programs for money are probably and free of charge decisions, albeit with a somewhat limited functionality (even more so, it is enough for us). Another proof of the authority of Aomei Partition Assistant, in my opinion, is the presence of an article about it in Wikipedia. By the way, if you doubt the reliability and security of a program or another, always check through the search engine, whether Wikipedia writes about it. This, of course, is not a 100% guarantee, but still, since this electronic encyclopedia is committed to maximum objectivity, in the articles on the software you can find information about possible "pitfalls" of a particular program. It was there, in Wikipedia, it is better to take a link to the official website of the program. The fact is that in search engines first places often occupy not official sites of certain programs.

On the official site Aomei Tech. I immediately found section dedicated to the Partition Assistant program. Let's go down on this page a bit down to the second screen. There for download free version We need to manage a hard disk we need to manage a hard disk Partition Assistant Standart Edition And (understandable) Click "Download". Do not be scared that the site on english languageThe program itself has official Russian-speaking localization. Please note the options for jumping this program for different needs on the page several - for home free use Choose the version Standart. Edition.

The process of installing the program is not at all complicated. First, it is proposed to select a language, then traditionally take a use agreement, if necessary, select a folder where the program will be stored - here, in general, and that's it. After installation, the program will automatically start if at the last stage leave a tick at RUN This Program.

Consider all the use of Aomei Partition Assistant to control a hard disk I will not. Establish in detail only the question of how this can free program split hard disk into several sections in Windows 10. Everything else (including combining Tomov) It is done by analogy.

The division of the hard disk to the Sections of the free program Aomei Partition Assistant in Windows 10

When the program starts at its lower part of it, all physical hard drives installed on your computer or laptop, as well as sections that exist on them are displayed. In order to divide the disk into several volumes, you first need to push off a piece of space from the existing partition. To do this, stand on the donor and by clicking on it right mouse button, select " Resize section».

A new window will appear in which you need to specify which size you want to leave the existing one. All the rest of the space will be released for the new section. I left a C 150 GB disk. Click OK.

Now we see that we have a free space with a label " Unoccupied" We need to create a new section on it (Tom). To do this, click again the right mouse button on it and choose the item " Creating a section».

The pop-up window appears again. In it, we all leave the default and click OK.

After that, a new section will appear on the program screen. It would seem that you can rejoice. But it was not there. It turns out changes on the rigid disk are not yet produced! So that the operation has been completed, you must click the button " Apply».

As a rule, to complete the operation you need to restart the computer. It is about this that tells us a new window in the Aomei Partition Assistant program. Click it "Go." A tick opposite the Check Partitions Before Execution item is better to leave. It will allow the program to check the sections for errors before division.

After that, a new window will appear again with a prevention of a computer reboot. We agree and click "Yes."

After the reboot, the physical separation of the hard disk into two sections itself begins. It occurs before the operating room boot windows systems 10 in Preos mode.

Personally, I took this process for a couple of minutes. Most likely, the fact is that on the division hard disk I did not have anything except myself profitable Windows 10 installed and several programs. Therefore, there is no time to move files. If the computer is weak, and there is a lot of information on the disk, then the division process can take much longer. My computer rebooted twice, and then started in normal mode. After that, a new section appeared in the conductor, and the already existed less.

Let me remind you that by analogy with this instruction in Windows 10 With the free Aomei Partition Assistant program, you can combine hard disk sections.

I foresee a question from some of the exhaust readers of my site, why I considered only one free program for managing hard drives on the Ten. Will explain. The fact is that the rest of the programs studied by me for various reasons did not suit: some of them did not have the Russian language (and for many it is important), other functionality in the free version turned out to be too strong, the third caused doubts about the plan Safety for the operating system and compatibility with Windows 10. In addition, I absolutely do not see the point of looking for solving enough rarely arising tasks something else. I believe that considered by the hurray copes with the tasks assigned and has undoubted advantages over all other free programsI studied. So why then score to yourself and other too much information?)

The efficiency of work and ease of use of the system depend on the state of the hard disk. The "littered" carrier reduces performance, slows down the operation of the system and are stronger than errors and failures. Adequate drives and the use of custom sections improve its operation, increase comfort and positively affect the safety of data and equipment. There are many tools and programs for working with a hard disk. Some of them differ only in the graphical interface and price.

Select the program to work with the sections of the hard disk.

Gparted is an enhanced program to work with a hard disk partitions, not a pipe operating system. After downloading, the program is proposed as an ISO disk image, which must be recorded on the CD / DVD. After recording, restart your computer and select Start from the CD / DVD disk. The program allows you to create, delete and modify the size of the existing partition. The big advantage of the program is the ability to resize the section on which the system is installed. The program supports most of the well-known types of files, including FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3 and EXT4. Before any operations over sections, it is recommended to perform their preliminary defragmentation and backups of the most important files. Changing sections can take from a few minutes to several hours.

How to use the program:

Create backups Important files!
Download the Gparted program and write it to the disk.
Insert the disk into the drive and restart the computer.
When the screensaver appears with the image of the motherboard manufacturer, press the F8 key (sometimes it can be the F9, F10, F11, F12 key, depending on the manufacturer) and select the boot with CD / DVD.
After downloading, select from the GParted Live list.
Click "DON'T TOUCH KEYMAP".
Choose language (Russian - 24).
"What mode do you prefer?" - 0 and confirm with ENTER.
The search for all available hard drives and sections, which are already created on them. It may take a few minutes.

If you need to redistribute disk, first delete all previously created sections. To do this, alternately delete them (Icon "Delete" basket). If you still do not have any partitions, skip this item.
In the list with sections, click on the place with unallocated space. Then click on the white sheet icon ("new").
In the window that opens, you need to set the parameters for the new partition: size, section type (primary, advanced or logical) and its file system, partition name. Then confirm the addition of the "Add" button.
After creating the partition, confirm the actions by selecting the Green "Tick" icon. The program will start creating sections. It may take a few minutes.
The next step will be the closure of the main window and the double click on the "EXIT" icon.
Restart the computer.

After rebooting, new disk sections will be ready to use.

One of the most convenient programs To work with disks - Easeus Partition Master - supports RAID devices. The application is equipped with the WIPE module, thanks to which the user can permanently erase files so that their recovery is impossible (especially useful before selling the hard disk). Each operation requires additional confirmation and becomes the first in the queue, so the risk of error is minimal. Let's see how to use this program To organize a disk, which contains too many or too few sections:

Load the program and start the installation.

IMPORTANT. During the installation, refuse to download additional tools.

After the application is set, run partition management to go to control.
Select a disc to format, click on its PCM and select the "Delete Data" option.
Set the number of repetitions of disk cleaning - 1, and click OK.

IMPORTANT. Disk formatting means all the data will be deleted forever.

The task is added to the list of waiting operations in the left window.
Next to select the "Create section" option.
Then you need to configure the new section, select its size, enter the name and select the letter. After entering all the data, click OK.

You can create several partitions on the disk, but remember that if you create a section on a USB drive, Windows can read only the primary partition.

To perform all tasks in the "Waiting Operations" list, simply click "Apply Changes".

How to create a new section:

Select a system partition.
The "Operations" panel displays accessible features.
If you use a hard disk, it is first recommended to defragment the partition. Select "Defragmentation", then click "OK".
After defragmentation, select Resize / Move Partition.

In the next window, the pointer drag the left limits - this will reduce the volume of the system disk.

If you perform SSD markup operations, select the "Optimize SSD" checkbox.
Click "OK" to confirm the operation.
In the Apply Changes window, click "Yes. A message appears asking to restart the computer. Click "Yes." The disk will be divided and the computer will reboot.
Run Easeus again. Click on the free space and select "Create Sections" on the Actions panel.
If it is SSD, check the "Optimize SSD" checkbox. Click OK. Unattained space will be formatted as new Disc.

Union of sections:

In Easeus Partition Master, select the section on a C drive. On the Actions panel, select "Combine Sections".
Select the second partition, it must be a neighbor section. From the list, select the destination disk. Files from the second partition will be placed in a separate folder. Click "OK", then "Yes." Sections will be combined.

The program also has a diagnostic module that allows you to search for damaged sectors and control the structural of the hard drive. An important feature is a preliminary separation before approving changes, thanks to which the user has complete control over the planned actions. The remaining programs in the review work on the same principles as the above described.

One of best programs To work with a hard disk supporting the hard drives with a capacity of more than 2 TB. Each section can be archived as a backup, which allows you to restore the data after possible failure. The user can also change the file system with the FAT on NTFS, and after each change in the size of the NFTS section there is no need to restart the system. The application is equipped with interesting modules, including a disc card, which shows the graphical view of the partitions on the disk, Disk Surface Test, which offers the basic diagnostics of the disk and the PARTITION SURFECE TEST test - analysis of a specific partition.

Free utility for Windows 7 and later operating microsoft systems. Created on the Visual Operating System (Viopsys) environment and runs from the boot CD / DVD when the system is started. Allows you to create new sections, divide, move and delete existing and copy their contents. In addition, the user has modules for defragmentation and formatting sections. The program has small system requirements, so it can be used on old equipment (Pentium-class X86 processor, 32 MB of RAM or 16 MB in text mode).

Powerful and functional disk and partitions tools equipped with diagnostic and repair modules to work in Windows 10 or more early versions. In addition to the basic functions of creating, copying and deleting partitions, you can create backup copies and restore data lost as a result, for example, a hard disk failure. The application is equipped with a "timer", which allows you to find and restore remote data. The program supports the most popular file systems, such as FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2 and EXT3, as well as media with DE, SCSI, SATA interface. Allows you to manage virtual data carriers and RAID. The built-in diagnostic module allows you to analyze the status of the disk, find and correct any errors (including the recovery of the damaged MBR).

Program designed to create copies system sections Windows. Allows you to quickly clone the section on a new disk, so you can work on a new media without the need to undergo the procedure for installing the operating system. When moving the partition, you can change it volume or leave in the original size. The program supports files in FAT and NTFS, IDE, SATA, SCSII, USB and FireWire interfaces.

An application designed to control USB storage devices (cards, pendrives, external discs) Supports FAT16 File Systems, FAT 32 and NTFS. Allows you to create, copy and delete partitions, format memory and create bootable media, for example, with an operating system or another program. The program is equipped with a diagnostic module, checks the hard disk performance and carrier size.

Allows you to analyze disk resources, provides detailed file data and displays them in graphic form. For example, their size and location. The user can determine which data and in what form will be displayed. The application generates reports from the collected data in HTML, ASCII and XML formats.

Conclusion

Thus, we introduced you to the best programs to work with the sections of the hard disk. You just need to try them and decide which it will suit you. the best way. And if after reading this article you have remained questions, I boldly ask them in the comments.

Good day.

Questions regarding the hard disk operation ( or, as HDD say) - Always a lot (probably one of the most numerous directions). It is often enough to solve one or another question - the hard disk must be formatted. And here, some questions are superimposed on the other: "How? With what? This program does not see the disk, what to replace? " etc.

In this article I will give the best (in my opinion) programs that help to cope with this task.

Important! Before making HDD formatting one of the programs presented - save all important information From a hard disk to other media. In the formatting process, all data from the carrier will be removed and restored something, sometimes it is extremely difficult (and sometimes, it is not possible at all!).

"Tools" to work with hard drives

Acronis Disk Director.

In my opinion, this is one of the best programs to work with hard disk. First, there is support for the Russian language (for many users it is fundamentally), secondly, the support of all Windows: XP, 7, 8, 10, third, the program has excellent compatibility and "sees" all the discs (in contrast From other utilities of this kind).

Judge yourself, with the partitions of the hard disk you can do "anything":

format (actually, for this reason, the program in the article was included);
change file system without data loss (for example, from FAT 32 in NTFS);
resize section: Very convenient, if when installing Windows, you, let's sing out too much space under system DiskAnd now it is necessary from 50 GB to increase to 100 GB. You can format the disk anew - but you will lose all the information, and with this function - you can also change the size and save it all;
combining hard disk partitions: For example, broke the hard drive on the 3 partition, and then thought, and why? It is better to have two: one system under Windows, and the other under the files - they took and united and did not lose anything;
disk Defragmenter: Useful if you have a FAT 32 file system (with NTFS - there is a lot no sense, at least in performance you will not win);
change the letter of the disc;
delete partitions;
view files on disk: Useful when you have a file that is not deleted;
the ability to create a bootable media: USB flash drives (the tool will simply save if Windows refuses to load).

In general, describe all the functions in one article, probably unrealistic. The only negative program is paid, although there is time for the dough ...

Paragon Partition Manager

This program is sufficiently known, I think that users with experience have long been familiar with it. Includes all the most necessary tools to work with media. By the way, the program supports not only real physical disks, but also virtual.

Main features:

Using disks more than 2 TB In Windows XP (with this, you can use the wheels of greater containers in the old OS);
The ability to control the load of several OS Windows (very relevant when you want to install to your first Windows OS - one more. For example, to test a new OS, before you finally go to it);
Easy and intuitive understandable work With sections: You can easily split or combine the required section without losing data. The program in this sense works at all without any complaints ( by the way, it is possible to convert the basic MBR in the GPT disk. Regarding this task, especially many many questions recently );
Support big number File Systems - This means that you can view and work with partitions of almost any hard disks;
Work with the virtual disks : Easily connects the disk to itself and allows you to work with it as with a real disc;
Huge number of functions for backup and restoration (as very relevant), etc.

Easeus Partition Master Home Edition

Excellent free (by the way, there is a paid version - it implements several additional functions) tool for working with hard drives. Windows: 7, 8, 10 (32/64 Bits) are supported, there is support for the Russian language.

The number of functions simply shakes, list some of them:

support different types media: HDD, SSD, USB flash drives, memory cards, etc.;
changing the hard disk partitions: formatting, resizing, combining, deleting, etc.;
support for MBR and GPT disks, support for RAID arrays;
disk support up to 8 TB;
the ability to migrate with HDD on SSD (True, not all versions of the program);
the ability to create loading media, etc.

Generally, good alternative paid products presented above. Even the functions of the free version will be enough for most users.

Aomei Partition Assistant.

Another worthy alternative to paid products. The standard version (and it is free) has a bunch of hard disk features, supports Windows 7, 8, 10, there is a Russian language (although it does not install by default). By the way, according to the assurances of developers, they use special algorithms for working with "problem" discs - so that there is a possibility that your "invisible" in any way will suddenly see Aomei Partition Assistant ...

Key features:

Some of the lowest system requirements (among this type): processor with a clock frequency of 500 MHz, 400 MB of hard disk space;
Support for traditional hard hDD disks, as well as new-fashioned solid-state SSD and SSHD;
Full support for RAID arrays;
Full-fledged support for HDD sections: combining, breakdown, formatting, changing the file system, etc.;
Support for MBR and GPT disks, up to 16 TB;
Support up to 128 disks in the system;
Support for flash drives, memory cards, etc.;
Support virtual disks (for example, from programs such as VMware, Virtual Box, etc.);
Full support for all the most popular file systems: NTFS, FAT32 / FAT16 / FAT12, EXFAT / REFS, EXT2 / EXT3 / EXT4.

Minitool. Partition Wizard

Minitool Partition Wizard is a free software to work with hard drives. By the way, it is also very bad, which only indicates that the world uses this utility over 16 million users!

Features:

Full support for the following OS: Windows 10, Windows 8.1 / 7 / Vista / XP 32-bit and 64-bit;
The ability to change the size of the section, the creation of new sections, their formatting, cloning, etc.;
Conversion between MBR and GPT discs (without data loss);
Support for conversion from one file system to another: we are talking about FAT / FAT32 and NTFS (without data loss);
Backup and restoration of information on the disk;
Windows optimization for optimal work and migration on SSD Disc (relevant for those who change their old disk HDD. on the new-fashioned and fast SSD), etc.;

HDD Low Level Format Tool

This utility does not know how much of what the program listed above is. In general, she knows how to make only one thing - format the carrier (disk or flash drive). But not to include it in this review - it was impossible ...

The fact is that the utility holds low-level formatting disk. In some cases, restore the working capacity of a hard disk without this operation - almost impossible! Therefore, if your disk does not see any program - try HDD Low Level Format Tool. It also helps to remove all the information from the disk without the possibility of recovery (for example, you do not want to have someone to restore your files on a computer).

In general, about this utility, my blog has a separate article (in which all these "subtleties" are told):

PS.

10 years ago, by the way, one program was very popular - Partition Magic (allowed HDD to format, split the disk to sections, etc.). In principle, it is possible to use it today - only here the developers stopped supporting it and it is not suitable for Windows XP, Vista and higher. On the one hand it is a pity when they cease to support such a convenient software ...

That's all, good choices!