GParted open source partition manager

**Tattyfurby** Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:29 am

GParted is a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions.

GParted is useful for tasks such as: creating space for new operating systems, restructuring disk space to separate user and operating system data, and copying partitions to enable upgrading to a larger hard disk drive.

Your hard disk drive or USB flash drive can be subdivided into one or more partitions. GParted enables you to reorganize your disk partitions while preserving the contents of these partitions.
Features

Create partition tables (e.g., msdos, gpt)
Perform actions with partitions such as:
create or delete
resize or move
check
label
copy and paste
Manipulate file systems such as:
btrfs
ext2 / ext3 / ext4
fat16 / fat32
hfs / hfs+
linux-swap
ntfs
reiserfs / reiser4
ufs
xfs
For specific actions supported see detailed features.
Enable and disable partition flags (e.g., boot, hidden)
Align partitions to mebibyte (MiB) or cylinder boundaries
Attempt data rescue from lost partitions
Supports hardware RAID, motherboard BIOS RAID, and Linux software RAID.
Supports all sector sizes (e.g., 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 byte sectors)

Requirements

GParted is developed on x86 based computers using GNU/Linux. It can be used on other operating systems, such as Windows or Mac OS X, by booting from media containing GParted Live.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/