USB Partition Tool/Manager: Partition USB or Create a Portable USB Drive

What is a USB Partition Tool?

Download the amazing USB Partition Wizard, so you can easily manage your USB hard drive, flash drive, or any other USB drive:

• Resize USB drive (expand or shrink)
• Partition USB drive into multiple partitions
• Create one or multiple partitions on USB drive
• Format/convert USB drive to NTFS or FAT32
• Create a bootable USB drive for Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista

In fact, the USB Partition Manager that we will introduce to you in the next section is so feature-rich that it undoubtedly puts you in full control of your USB flash drives and external USB hard drives.

USB Hard Drive Partitioning Solution

With the falling prices of USB hard drives and the ever-increasing need for more disk storage, people tend to buy USB hard drives for convenience. But how do you manage a new USB drive or deal with the most common USB drive issues?

To optimize the performance of USB hard drive, you need a third-party USB disk partition manager. You can use the free partition manager - AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard, a powerful and amazing partition magic alternative. With this free partition tool, you can manage partitions like magic, such as resizing, copying, merging, creating, and deleting partitions, etc. Especially, you can extend NTFS system partition and copy dynamic volume.

Why choose Tools USB Partition Manager as your USB partition tool?

This free USB partition software works perfectly on all Windows OS. In addition, due to its user-friendly interface, you can easily operate to partition USB hard drive. Thus, whether you are a computer expert or not, you can partition USB hard drive with ease. The best thing about this free software is that your data will be totally protected during the process of USB hard drive partitioning.

Aside from partitioning, the hard drive is also great at managing disk space. The tool Partition Master – a unique free partition manager has a Partition Recovery Wizard to recover deleted or lost partitions. If you want to copy or replace a disk, the Copy Disk and Copy Partition in this toolkit are very useful.

How to partition a USB drive using a free USB partition tool? To partition a USB device using a free USB partition utility, follow these steps: 1. **Choose a suitable tool**: First, find a reliable free USB partition tool such as tools Partition Master Free, AOMEI Partition Assistant, or GParted. Ensure you download the official version to avoid viruses or malware. 2. **Install and launch the tool**: Download and install the chosen partition software, then run the program. 3. **Connect the USB device**: Insert your USB drive into your computer's USB port. 4. **Identify the USB device**: In the main interface of the partition tool, all connected hard disks and removable storage devices should be displayed. Locate your USB device, which is typically labeled as "Removable Disk" or by the manufacturer's name. 5. **Create new partitions**: - Select the USB device and choose the "New Partition" or "Partition" option. - Adjust the partition size as needed. You can opt for an even distribution of space or manually set the size for each partition. - Confirm your partition settings and click "Apply" or "Execute" to start the partition process. 6. **Format the partitions**: After creating the partitions, you may need to format them. Select each partition and choose an appropriate file system (e.g., FAT32, NTFS, or exFAT) and allocation unit size. Click "OK" to format. 7. **Wait for completion**: The partitioning and formatting process might take some time, especially for larger USB devices. Be patient and do not disconnect the USB drive during the process. 8. **Safely eject the USB drive**: Once all operations are completed, remember to safely remove the USB device from your computer using the "Safely Remove Hardware" option in your operating system to prevent data loss. Please note that partitioning a USB drive may result in data loss, so make sure to back up important data before proceeding.

With tools like Partition Master, you can partition a USB flash drive or USB HDD simply by connecting it to a Windows desktop or laptop and getting started right away. It's very user-friendly, so there's no need to learn the basics beforehand.

Now follow the USB Partitioning Guide to manually partition your USB drive.

Step 1: Run AOMEI Partition Assistant and check the free space of the disk in "Partition Management".

• If you have unallocated space on your hard disk, skip to Step 3 to create the partition. • If you do not have any unallocated space, proceed to Step 2.

Step 2. Shrink the partition to create unallocated space.

Right-click on the target partition with lots of free space, and select “Resize/Move”.

Then, drag the partition to the right or left to shrink its size and free up unallocated space. You can visually see how much space you're shrinking it by in the “Size” field, and then click “OK.”

Click “Perform XX Task” and then click “Apply” to save all the changes.

Back in the “Disk Management” tool, you should see the unallocated space on the same disk. You can now proceed to create a new partition on your hard drive.

Step 3. Create a new partition on the target drive using the unallocated space.

Right-click on the “Unallocated” space and select “New Simple Volume”.

Create Partition Step 1

Here, you can customize the partition size, drive letter, volume label, file system (NTFS, FAT32, EXT2/3/4, exFAT), and more. Click “OK.”

Create Partition Step 2

Finally, click “Execute Tasks” and “Apply” to finish creating the partition with the unallocated space on your disk. Repeat these steps to partition hard drive and create more partitions.

Create partition step 3

How to Create a Portable USB Drive with a Bootable Partition Tool

There are times when the Windows boot drive fails to work properly, resulting in an inability to start Windows as usual. How do you access an unbootable Windows computer and fix hard disk issues? You'll need to create a bootable USB drive with the upgraded version of Partition Wizard, which can help you get into your computer without having to enter Windows.

How do I create a bootable USB drive? Follow these simple steps:

Step 1. To create a bootable Partition Master tool disk, you will need a storage media like a USB drive, a flash drive, or a CD/DVD disc. Connect the drive correctly to your computer.

Step 2: Launch Partition Master and look for the “Bootable Media” feature on the left side. Click it.

Step 3: If you have a USB or CD/DVD drive available, you can choose it here. If you don't have any storage devices, you can also save the ISO to your hard disk and burn it to media later. When you're ready, click "Create" to begin.

Review the warning, and then click Yes.

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When the process is complete, a pop-up will ask you if you want to restart your computer from the bootable USB drive.

• Restart Now: You want to restart your computer immediately and then manage partitions on the disk without an operating system, using the bootable media.
• Finish: You do not want to restart your current computer, but instead use the bootable USB drive on a new one.

Note: To boot from the USB drive on a new computer, you will need to restart the target computer and press F2/F8/Delete to enter the BIOS, where you can set the USB bootable disk as the first boot device.

Wait patiently, the computer will automatically boot from the USB boot media and enter the WinPE tool desktop.