Identify Your Disk Storage Type | AOMEI Technology

Mar 08, 2018

We want to help you choose the right partition manager based on your disk storage type and needs. Identify your disk storage type to get a product recommendation.

Identify Your Disk Storage Type

We want to help you choose the right partition manager based on your disk storage type and needs. Identify your disk storage type to get a product recommendation.

The easiest way to identify your disk storage type is from Windows Disk Management snap-in. To open it, click Start, click Run, type compmgmt.msc, and then click OK. In the console tree, click Disk Management.

Method 1: Identify in "Volume List" region.

As the screenshot shown, we can identify a basic disk partition or a dynamic disk volume from the "Type". For example, the System (C:) is displayed as "Basic" in "Type", so it’s a basic disk partition. However, the Striped Volume (H:) is displayed as "Dynamic" in "Type", so it’s a dynamic disk volume.

If you want to manage (resize/move, extend, shrink, etc.) System (C:) partition, you need to choose AOMEI Partition Assistant; if you wish to manage (resize/move, extend, shrink, etc.) dynamic Striped Volume (H:), you need to choose AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager.

Method 2: Identify in "Graphical View" region.

It is very easy to identify a basic disk or a dynamic disk from the disk name. For example, Disk 0 is shown as "Basic", so is Disk 1, namely, they are basic disks. In like manner, Disk 2 and Disk 3 are dynamic disks.

If you want to manage (resize/move, extend, shrink, etc.) partitions on Disk 0 and Disk 1, you need to choose AOMEI Partition Assistant; if you wish to manage (resize/move, extend, shrink, etc.) partitions on Disk 2 and Disk 3, you need to choose AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager.

As Partition Magic alternative, AOMEI Partition Assistant is an all-in-one partition manager software and powerful disk management utility. It can help you resize/move, extend, shrink, merge, split, copy partitions and clone hard drives on basic disks. Learn more features…