Verdict:Īn extremely useful tool to have, whatever operating system you use.
GParted is also available on other Linux live CDs, such as Knoppix and Clonezilla. The UNetbootin is a free and best alternative to Rufus for Mac that allows to create bootable live USB drives for Windows and Linux distributions without. It even works with the Mac HFS+ filesystem, although increasing partition sizes is not possible with HFS+. GParted handles all Windows filesystems, NTFS and FAT variants in addition to all popular, and some not so popular, Linux filesystems.
Both the stick and the CD can then be used as a network boot source if you need to work with several computers on a network. In addition to a CD iso image, GParted is available as an image file that can be used to create a bootable USB stick. The live disc option is usually the safest choice, unless you are working on a second disk drive that does not contain your operating system - manipulating the partitions that contain the operating system running the partition editor is like those cartoon characters that saw off a tree branch while sitting on it. Although a Linux tool, and included with many Linux distributions, GParted fully understands Windows filesystems and boot methods and is available as a live CD or USB image so you can use it for partition reworking and repair on a Windows computer too. IT also deals with creating and resizing the filesystems on those partitions. GParted, or the GNOME Partition Editor to use its full name, is a program for creating, resizing and removing partitions on a hard disk.
