AOMEI Partition Assistant
Introduction
As we can see from many improvements in Windows 7 and Windows 8, Microsoft clearly did make a lot of efforts on their Windows product line. Yet the built-in program Disk Management is still the neglected one that can only perform some basic and simple operations. To manage the partitions more effectively and flexibly, we can use some third-party utilities like AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. For Windows 8 users, the new version 5.5 of APAS is surprisingly useful because it has Windows To Go Creator included.
Features
We can use this freeware to perform some basic operations such as resizing partition, moving partition, merging partitions, splitting partition and cloning partitions/disk. All these most frequently used operations are involved with the reform of data. Thus the thing that we worry about the most is the safety of data. For this, AOMEI Partition Assistant is impeccable. No data loss occurred in our test and the system is able to boot every time.
Besides from the basic functions mentioned above, we can use APAS to realize some advanced operations. Such as converting FAT32 to NTFS and vice versa, converting primary partition to logical partition as well as migrating OS to SSD.
New Features in Version 5.5
Windows 8 To Go Creator
For a long time, Windows To Go is like a privilege for Windows 8 Enterprise users. By creating a Windows To Go bootable USB drive in Windows Enterprise Edition built-in WTG Creator Center, one can use his/her own Windows 8 OS on any computers. By far, AOMEI Partition Assistant is the only third-party software that provides Windows To Go. The users just need to prepare a USB drive larger than 13GB and a Windows 8 image ISO file to create their Windows To Go USB drive even they don’t own Windows 8 Enterprise.
Verdict
Among all those partition management software on the market, AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Version 5.5 is absolutely an extraordinary one with its excellent usability and powerful functions, especially the new function Windows To Go Creator. If you are looking for a decent partition management freeware or just want to utilize Windows To Go, then APAS is a great choice for you.