There is more that can be done with partitioning software but I am afraid that those tasks do not include recovering lost data. A boot manager allows one to make a choice of which operating system you are going to initialize your computer with. You can store different operating systems on different partitions and have a dual-boot or tri-boot computer or a whole bunch of-boot operating systems using boot managers. There are other reasons for petitioning a hard drive in these days that go beyond organization just like they did in the old days. You do not have to worry about that too much these days because the newer versions of Windows in the cataloging system allows the storage of much larger sections of material in sectors so space is not wasted as much when storing large/larger amounts of material and cataloging the storage. Again in the old days, when you exceeded a given amount of storage the packaging units became less efficient so the same amount of data might waste significant disk space. Different types of types of operating system packets store and catalog materials different sized units. In the old days breaking the hard drive into sections would better allow one to maximize how much material you are storing in segments. In this day of time, sectioning allows you to organize data, pictures, documents, etc. Partitioning software allows you to divide the hard drive into sections/sectors - organizational package units. Like a dead man's money-you are not going to be able to take this one with you to a new computer. I do not know what you think this software does- but it does not do any of the things that you are hoping for. John Maurizio, I am afraid that you are going to be sorely disappointed if you think you are going to get the above features that you quoted.

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