Our verdict: AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard is a capable free partition manager for home PCs, with resizing, merging, data disk cloning and disk health checks. It also bundles cleanup tools such as a duplicate finder and junk remover. OS migration to SSD, system disk conversion, data recovery and business use require the paid Professional edition.
About AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard
AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard is the free edition of AOMEI's partition manager, licensed for personal and home use. It creates, resizes, moves, merges, splits, formats and deletes partitions, clones non-system disks and partitions, converts data disks between MBR and GPT and switches partitions between NTFS and FAT32 without formatting.
It also checks disk health, scans for bad sectors, tests disk speed, monitors drive temperature, defragments, wipes disks and shreds files, and finds junk, large and duplicate files. AOMEI's comparison table lists migrating the OS to SSD, cloning the system disk, file and partition recovery, App Mover, system disk MBR/GPT conversion, dynamic disks, BitLocker, WinPE media and commercial use as Professional-only.
What it does well
- Partition management. Resize, move, merge, create, format and delete partitions with a preview before applying.
- Data disk clone. Copy a non-system disk or partition to another drive.
- Conversions. Data disk MBR to GPT and back, NTFS to FAT32 and back, without data loss.
- Disk tests. Health status, bad sector scan, speed test and temperature monitoring.
- Cleanup and wipe. Remove junk, large and duplicate files; wipe disks and shred files.
Who it is for
Good fit
Home users who want to rearrange partitions, clone a data drive or check disk health without paying.
Look elsewhere
Businesses, and anyone who needs to move Windows to a new SSD or recover lost partitions for free.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Broad free feature set
- Data disk cloning in the free edition
- Disk health, speed and temperature checks
- Changes are previewed before applying
Cons
- OS migration, system disk conversion and recovery are paid
- Free edition is for personal use only
- The interface promotes Professional features
How to install AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard
The installer is a regular offline setup file of about 75 MB. Separate ARM64 builds are linked on the same page. Operations are queued and only run after you click Apply, so review the list first and back up important data before moving system partitions.
Questions about AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard
Is AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard free?
Yes, for personal and home use. Business use and advanced features need the paid Professional edition.
Can AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard clone Windows to an SSD?
No. The free edition clones data disks only; migrating the OS or cloning the system disk requires Professional.
