GParted is a graphical partition editor for managing partitions and the filesystems they contain. It provides a straightforward interface for operations that would otherwise require command-line tools.
The software can create, delete, resize, move, copy and check partitions without destroying their existing data where the underlying filesystem supports the requested operation. It uses libparted to detect and manipulate devices and partition tables, with additional filesystem utilities extending its capabilities.
GParted can work with hard disks, SSDs, NVMe devices, USB flash drives and RAID devices. GParted Live provides a bootable environment for working on partitions that cannot safely be modified while the installed operating system is running.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Create and delete partitions and partition tables including GPT and MBR.
- Resize, move, copy and check partitions while preserving data where supported.
- Support for many filesystems including bcachefs, Btrfs, exFAT, ext2, ext3, ext4, FAT16, FAT32, HFS, HFS+, JFS, NILFS2, NTFS, ReiserFS, UDF and XFS.
- Set filesystem labels and UUIDs where supported.
- Enable and disable partition flags such as boot and hidden.
- Align partitions to MiB or cylinder boundaries.
- Works with SATA, IDE and SCSI disks, SSDs, NVMe devices and removable flash storage.
- Supports hardware RAID, motherboard BIOS RAID and Linux software RAID devices.
- Handles storage devices using a range of sector sizes.
- Attempt recovery of data from lost partitions.
- Bootable GParted Live environment allows partitions to be managed independently of the installed operating system.
Website: gparted.org
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Developer: GParted Developers
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
GParted is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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