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some freeware I have used bellow :

Partition manager :www.partition-tool.com
It could resize,creat,format,delet and hide your partitions.

Paragon:this one you may download from download.com

Disk copy:www.easeus.com/disk-copy/index.htm

Deleted data recovery:www.easeus-deletedrecovery.com/

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Nice roundup, - thanks for kicking this off. A few practical tips to keep things safe and smooth when you use partitioning, cloning or recovery utilities.

  • Make a full disk image first and verify it. Save the image to a separate physical drive and confirm you can mount or boot the image before making any destructive changes.
  • Create and test bootable rescue media on the actual machine - BIOS vs UEFI and Secure Boot matter. If the machine uses UEFI with Secure Boot, use rescue media that supports it or temporarily disable Secure Boot. Know how to select a boot device from the firmware menu.
  • Check drive health (SMART) and repair filesystem errors before resizing or cloning. If SMART shows reallocated or pending sectors, avoid major operations and copy data off the drive first.
  • If the disk is encrypted, suspend or decrypt before making partition changes so headers and metadata are not altered. On Windows, suspend BitLocker protection before resizing and resume afterwards.
  • For deleted-file recovery, stop writing to the affected disk immediately. Make a sector-level image and run recovery tools against the image rather than the live disk - that preserves the original.
  • Obtain installers and rescue media from official vendor pages and verify checksums when provided. Prefer portable/standalone tools during testing to avoid unwanted installers or bundled software.

Good point, , that cleanup tools clear junk - just run them after you have a verified image so recoverable data is not lost. If you post the OS version, firmware mode (BIOS/UEFI/Secure Boot) and the exact goal (resize, clone, recover), a step-by-step workflow can be outlined. Happy 4th, .

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CCleaner is also quite a good tool to clean junk

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Welcome comer :)

Happy 4th!!

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