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Secure deletion of free space or disk using a "zero out" data, a 7-pass DOD 5220-22 M standard, or a 35-pass Gutmann algorithm; Adding or changing partition table between Apple Partition Map, GUID Partition Table, and master boot record (MBR) Restoring volumes from Apple Software Restore (ASR) images; Checking the S.M.A.R.T. status of a hard disk
Proprietary software Yes OS/2: fdisk (Unix-like) util-linux project Free software Yes Unix-like: FIPS: Arno Schäfer Free software No MS-DOS: GNOME Disks: Red Hat: Free software Yes Linux: GNU Parted CLI-only (GUIs: Gparted, QtParted) The GParted Project Free software Yes Linux GParted (GUI for GNU Parted) The GParted Project Free software Yes
DaisyDisk needs to scan the disk to create a map of its files and folders. Once the initial scan is completed, DaisyDisk doesn't keep displayed information up to date and reflects only changes to disk made through interaction with DaisyDisk. DaisyDisk can scan multiple disks in parallel. With v4.5 [10] of DaisyDisk, support for APFS was added. [11]
The Apple Partition Map maps out all space used (including the map) and unused (free space) on disk, unlike the minimal x86 master boot record that only accounts for used non-map partitions. This means that every block on the disk (with the exception of the first block, Block 0 ) belongs to a partition.
Disk partitioning or disk slicing [1] is the creation of one or more regions on secondary storage, so that each region can be managed separately. [2] These regions are called partitions. It is typically the first step of preparing a newly installed disk after a partitioning scheme is chosen for the new disk before any file system is created ...
Formatting a disk for use by an operating system and its applications typically involves three different processes. [e]Low-level formatting (i.e., closest to the hardware) marks the surfaces of the disks with markers indicating the start of a recording block (typically today called sector markers) and other information like block CRC to be used later, in normal operations, by the disk ...
GParted is used for creating, deleting, [3] resizing, [4] moving, checking, and copying disk partitions and their file systems. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks, and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging). It can also be used to format a USB drive.
MiniTool Partition Wizard is a partition management program for hard disk drives developed by MiniTool Solution. [1] [2] [3] The 'free' version cannot save any of the data that the software may find. From version 12 all free features have been removed, except for resizing capabilities.