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DriveClone A pack of disk management tools for Windows that includes partition and backup management.

Free RAW Partition Recovery Available in free and paid versions, this tool deal with disk contents at the bit level.

MiniTool Partition Wizard This tool is available in five editions with the lowest being free and the highest including dynamic partition management.

This tool can manage backups as well as the creation and alteration of partitions.

EaseUS Partition Master A free version for home use and a paid version for businesses.

AOMEI Partition Assistant The paid version of this tool for Windows is able to manage partitions dynamically.

Paragon Partition Manager A free partition manager for Windows with a great GUI interface.

Cute Partition Manager A lightweight free partition manager that runs off a USB stick.

If you just want something that is exactly like Ranish, this is the partition manager to go for.

Cute Partition Manager EDITOR’S CHOICE This lightweight partition manager is a very close alternative to Ranish but it will run on Windows 10.

Here is our list of the best free partition managers:

You can also run RPM off a removable disk to create a recovery disk. Ranish Partition Manager, which is also known as RPM can be used to copy a partition in its entirety to create a backup disk. Besides Windows, you can install Linux, FreeDOS, and FreeBSD on a Ranish partition. In fact, you can create up to 30 and install different operating systems on each. The ability of the tool extends to making several primary partitions.

The utility is named after Michael Ranish who developed the code and maintains it. The software for Ranish is available at Sourceforge. Ranish Partition Manager is a free, open-source project, which you can install on your PC to partition the hard drive.

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