PartitionGuru Free 4.9.5.508

New:

• Support NTFS partition whose cluster is larger than 128 sectors.
• Add write support for EXT4 file system.
• Backup / restore EXT4 partition.
• Support cloning EXT4 partition.
• Support resizing EXT4 partition.
• Support recovering lost EXT4 partition.
• Add menu item to boot to PartitionGuru WinPE version.
• Support creating WinPE bootable disk.
• Menu items like «Shut down» «Restart» «Run» and «Adjust screen resolution» are abled when you run PartitionGuru WinPE version.
• Quick Partition feature can save current settings to Options.ini file as default partitioning scheme, so that it can be used automatically in future operations.
• Quick Partition feature changes the default size of ESP partition to 300MB.
• Quick Partition supports modifying the size of ESP partition.
• Quick Partition can reserve specified number of sectors between partitions for GUID disk, so that the disk can be converted to MBR when necessary.
• «Create ESP/MSR partition» is added to menu so that you can create ESP/MSR partition separately.
• Improve operations on creating new partition and creating ESP/MSR partition on GPT disk.
• Support resizing partition of single PV on LVM without data loss.
• Support LVM partition which takes logical partition as PV.

Enhanced:

• Optimize data module feature.
• Optimize File Recovery feature for exFAT partition.
• Optimize recovery of NEF files.
• Windows DBR is employed when formatting FAT32 partition on USB flash drive.
• A progress bar is added when deleting files.
• «Create DOS System» is disabled when formatting EXT4 partition.
• Support displaying Adapter type for Nvme disk.
• Optimize the speed of loading file list.
• When a virtual disk is closed, the Sector Editor of its partitions will be closed at the same time.
• The program displays detailed information for EXT4 partition such as node size, block numbers of reserved block group descriptor.
• When loading vmdk virtual disk, if a flat or fragmented subfile is selected, the program loads the main file automatically.
• Optimize Erase Free Space by improving the speed of filling with random data.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that the file list wasn’t updated after formatting USB flash drive.
• Fixed an issue that shortcut keys were incorrect for features «Backup Partition Table» and «Restore Partition Table».
• Fixed an issue that the file copy process could be stopped by pressing Enter key.
• Fixed an issue that the justify of Size list changed from right-justify to left-justify after clicking Size title in Files panel.
• Fixed an issue that the selected file number wasn’t updated after selecting files by dragging mouse.
• Fixed an issue that the selected folder number was incorrect.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes the program corrupted when recovering files from FAT32 partition.
• Fixed an issue that CPU utilization was too high when the program ran under WinPE.
• Fixed an issue that error might occur when writing purely zero data to virtual disk.
• Fixed an issue that NTFS partition couldn’t be restored when the partition image contains errors.
• Fixed an issue that partition table probably couldn’t be saved after converting MBR to GUID.
• Fixed an issue that the directory structure might not be reorganized after stopping scanning process.
• Fixed an issue that error might occur when copying file after scanning.
• Fixed an issue that the program might prompt target partition didn’t contain enough space when too much NTFS partition disks were connected.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes the clipboard didn’t work properly.
• Fixed an issue that dynamic disk wasn’t analyzed as dynamic volumes when it was the last disk on computer.