Eassos DiskGenius [formerly PartitionGuru]

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Eassos DiskGenius [formerly PartitionGuru]

#1 Post by gbrao »

[Mod note: the present is the official forum topic for DiskGenius; https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=3021]

Desc : http://www.eassos.com/partitionguru-free.php

Download : http://www.eassos.com/download.php
(4.9.3.405 updated on May 09, 2017)
Best free partition manager offers an all-in-one solution for data recovery, partition management and Windows backup & restore.

1 Recover deleted, formatted, missing files and partitions from hard drive, removable drives, RAID, virtual disk, etc.

2 Reliable and versatile partition manager makes best use of disk capacity.

3 Clone and backup partition or disk by different modes to better protect data security.
Portable 32-bit version available at the download page.
After installation (32- or 64- bit), if you copy the files from the install folder, it is portable.

Not stealth, creates a key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Eassos\PartitionGuru. (EDIT : see 8th post below how to avoid this.)
Options stored in a local file.

My favourite partition manager for a long time. No dependencies (VC, dotnet, QT), does not install any services (unlike the software from Minitool). Feature rich.

Does access the intenet on startup, can be blocked with firewall.
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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#2 Post by gbrao »

[ Ver 4.9.3.409 ]
Released Date: May 12, 2017

changelog : http://www.eassos.com/partitionguru/versions.php

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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#3 Post by Midas »

FYI, a comparison table between PartitionGuru's free and commercial versions exists at http://www.eassos.com/partitionguru/featuredetails.php.

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Portable Eassos PartitionGuru Generator

#4 Post by gbrao »

I developed a portable generator for PartitionGuru here :
https://sites.google.com/site/gbrtools/ ... nformation

Comments and suggestions welcome.

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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#5 Post by GeddichNixan »

Works like a charm. Saves some time one would otherwise have to spend for unpacking or installing/copying. Very useful. Thanks a lot for this one and for your Portable PotPlayer Generator. More of those please :) !

Just a tiny remark. The program created the folders PG32 and PG64 with the subfolders "PartitionGuru32Portable" and "PartitionGuru32Portable" respectively. Wouldn't it be simpler without PG32 and PG64? With or without them, I like this tool.

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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#6 Post by gbrao »

GeddichNixan wrote: Just a tiny remark. The program created the folders PG32 and PG64 with the subfolders "PartitionGuru32Portable" and "PartitionGuru32Portable" respectively. Wouldn't it be simpler without PG32 and PG64? With or without them, I like this tool.
innounp.exe is used to extract the files from the installer. It places the program files in a sub-directory {app}. I just rename that directory.

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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#7 Post by Midas »

Yes, thank you gbrao for such handy utility. :)

Upon further testing, I noticed PartitionGuru's executable is packed with a non-standard compressor making it fail to pass PE file validation...

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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#8 Post by gbrao »

PESTUDIO does not flag anything :

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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#9 Post by Midas »

Yes, I can confirm that. But Resource Hacker is unable to access any resources apart from program icons...

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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#10 Post by gbrao »

If you use the portable version of PartitionGuru from the Eassos download page, if you include a Options.ini file with this :

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[LicenseInfo]
Show = "N"
Then nothing will be written to the registry.

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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#11 Post by gbrao »

PartitionGuru Free 4.9.5.508
[ Ver 4.9.5.508 ]

New:

Support NTFS partition whose cluster is larger than 128 sectors.
Add write support for EXT4 file system.
Backup / restore EXT4 partition.
Support cloning EXT4 partition.
Support resizing EXT4 partition.
Support recovering lost EXT4 partition.
Add menu item to boot to PartitionGuru WinPE version.
Support creating WinPE bootable disk.
Menu items like "Shut down" "Restart" "Run" and "Adjust screen resolution" are abled when you run PartitionGuru WinPE version.
Quick Partition feature can save current settings to Options.ini file as default partitioning scheme, so that it can be used automatically in future operations.
Quick Partition feature changes the default size of ESP partition to 300MB.
Quick Partition supports modifying the size of ESP partition.
Quick Partition can reserve specified number of sectors between partitions for GUID disk, so that the disk can be converted to MBR when necessary.
"Create ESP/MSR partition" is added to menu so that you can create ESP/MSR partition separately.
Improve operations on creating new partition and creating ESP/MSR partition on GPT disk.
Support resizing partition of single PV on LVM without data loss.
Support LVM partition which takes logical partition as PV.

Enhanced:

Optimize data module feature.
Optimize File Recovery feature for exFAT partition.
Optimize recovery of NEF files.
Windows DBR is employed when formatting FAT32 partition on USB flash drive.
A progress bar is added when deleting files.
"Create DOS System" is disabled when formatting EXT4 partition.
Support displaying Adapter type for Nvme disk.
Optimize the speed of loading file list.
When a virtual disk is closed, the Sector Editor of its partitions will be closed at the same time.
The program displays detailed information for EXT4 partition such as node size, block numbers of reserved block group descriptor.
When loading vmdk virtual disk, if a flat or fragmented subfile is selected, the program loads the main file automatically.
Optimize Erase Free Space by improving the speed of filling with random data.

Fixed

Fixed an issue that the file list wasn't updated after formatting USB flash drive.
Fixed an issue that shortcut keys were incorrect for features "Backup Partition Table" and "Restore Partition Table".
Fixed an issue that the file copy process could be stopped by pressing Enter key.
Fixed an issue that the justify of Size list changed from right-justify to left-justify after clicking Size title in Files panel.
Fixed an issue that the selected file number wasn't updated after selecting files by dragging mouse.
Fixed an issue that the selected folder number was incorrect.
Fixed an issue that sometimes the program corrupted when recovering files from FAT32 partition.
Fixed an issue that CPU utilization was too high when the program ran under WinPE.
Fixed an issue that error might occur when writing purely zero data to virtual disk.
Fixed an issue that NTFS partition couldn't be restored when the partition image contains errors.
Fixed an issue that partition table probably couldn't be saved after converting MBR to GUID.
Fixed an issue that the directory structure might not be reorganized after stopping scanning process.
Fixed an issue that error might occur when copying file after scanning.
Fixed an issue that the program might prompt target partition didn't contain enough space when too much NTFS partition disks were connected.
Fixed an issue that sometimes the clipboard didn't work properly.
Fixed an issue that dynamic disk wasn't analyzed as dynamic volumes when it was the last disk on computer.


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Re: Eassos PartitionGuru Free

#12 Post by gbrao »

Portable downloads (I did not see the x64 location at the download page):
32 : http://engdownload.eassos.cn/PG495508_x86.zip
64 : http://engdownload.eassos.cn/PG495508_x64.zip

There are smaller 'Mono' versions here, but only in Chinese:
32 : http://download.eassos.cn/DGMono495508_x86.zip
64 : http://download.eassos.cn/DGMono495508_x64.zip

http://www.diskgenius.cn/download.php

If any of the forum users here knows Chinese, please request a English version of the 'Mono' version.

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Re: Eassos Disk Genius (was PartitionGuru) Free

#13 Post by gbrao »

Partition Guru has reverted to its original name Disk Genius.

http://www.eassos.com/download.php

[ Ver 4.9.6.564 ]
Released Date: May 30, 2018
Fixed

Fixed an issue that the program couldn't back up or restore the second partition on USB flash drive in Windows 7 or Windows 8.
Fixed an issue that large ESP partition couldn't be created.
Fixed an issue that unexpected problem occurred when double clicking folders of file list.
Fixed an issue that subdirectory on left pane was displayed repeatedly after clicking '..' in file list.
Fixed an issue in backing up EXT4 partition which consists of unconventional sized sectors.

[ Ver 4.9.6.559 ]

New:

Change working mode for File Recovery feature, which allows users to select "Recover Deleted Files" and "Complete Recovery" singly or simultaneously, avoiding repeated scanning and improving efficiency.
File preview adds support for PDF file.
Add support for recovering deleted files from EXT4 partition.
Optimize bad sector checking function and improve detecting speed.
Optimize scanning speed of File Recovery feature.
Optimize execution speed of scanning lost partitions.
Program icon on Taskbar displays progress for operation being executed.
Support loading virtual disk via dragging mouse.
Support copying data to partition in the software via dragging files from Windows Explorer.
Support copying text of disk and partition information via context menu.
The word "Damaged" will show next to partition name if the partition is damaged.
...

Portable Disk Genius Generator here :
https://sites.google.com/site/gbrtools/ ... nformation
https://sites.google.com/site/gbrtools/ ... change-log

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Re: Eassos Disk Genius (was PartitionGuru) Free

#14 Post by Midas »

Quick note to add that DiskGenius changelog is at https://www.diskgenius.com/version-history.php.

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Re: Eassos Disk Genius [ Ver 5.0.0.589 ]

#15 Post by gbrao »

Released Date: Sep 20, 2018
[ Ver 5.0.0.589 ]

Download : http://www.eassos.com/download.php

Changes : http://www.eassos.com/partitionguru/versions.php

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