Partition magic is an old-brand partition management software, and also the best free partition management software. The biggest feature of Partition Magic is its powerful and secure functions, such as create partition, resize partition, copy partition, move partition, hide partition, and convert file system. All of these functions can be achieved without damaging data. However, Symantec, the Partition Magic owner, announced to give up providing update for Partition Magic in December 8, 2009. From then on, Partition Magic has gradually faded away, but there are more and more new types partition management software emerging. However, among various partition magic types, some of them have certain functional defects. For a long time, users have been seeking for a perfect Partition magic alternative, until the MiniTool Partition Wizard appeared.

This partition magic freeware has features like powerful management functions and high security, which are better than the old Partition Magic. The following are its main features:
1. Powerful function: it provides users with all kinds of partition management functions, such as move partition, copy partition, convert file system, resize partition, and format partition.
2. Great compatibility: it supports all 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems such as Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008. In addition, it also supports various file systems, such as FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS.
3. Power protection: when managing disk, we mostly concern about the security of data. Misoperation or accident in the partition management process will result in data loss disaster. However, with this partition magic freeware, we no longer need to worry about data security.

Use partition magic freeware to create partition in Windows XP
For a comprehensive understanding of this partition magic, let me show you a demonstration of using this partition magic freeware to create partition in Windows XP.
Initially, we should visit the website http://www.partitionwizard.com to download this partition magic freeware and install it to the computer. After installing, launch it to start creating partition work.



In main interface, select the unallocated space and click "Create" button to continue:



Here, we can set the drive letter, partition label, file system, cluster size, and other information of new partition. We can also adjust the capacity of this partition. Click "OK" button after setting.



Back to main interface, we will find that there is one new partition in Disk2. At the same time, one pending operation appears in "Operations Pending" blank. Now, click the "Apply" button to perform all operations.