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This is a comparison of [[disk partitioning|disk-partitioning]] [[Utility software|utilities]].

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!Name
!Publisher
!Operating system
!Interface
!License type
!Maintained?
!Notes
|-
| [http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/ Acronis Disk Director]
| [[Acronis]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| yes
| 
|-
| [http://www.lsoft.net/partman.aspx Active@ Partition Manager]
| [http://www.lsoft.net/ LSoft Technologies]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{free|[[Free software]]}}
| yes
| 
|-
| [http://www.extend-partition.com/ AOMEI Partition Assistant]
| [http://www.aomeitech.com/ AOMEI Technology]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows<ref group="Notes" name="pm-platform" />
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}<ref group="Notes" name="pm-license" />
| yes
| available in five different editions: Home Edition (freeware), Professional Edition, Server Edition, Unlimited Edition and Tech Edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.extend-partition.com/compare-edition.html |title=Compare AOMEI Partition Assistant Editions |publisher=AOMEI Technology |accessdate=21 October 2009}}</ref>
|-
| BeOS Partition Manager 
| [[Be Inc.]]
| [[BeOS]]
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>part of BeOS</small>}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-bare-metal.htm BootIt Bare Metal]
| [http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ TeraByte]
| OS-independent<ref group="Notes" name="OS-i" />
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| yes
| formerly known as BootIt Next Generation
|-
| [[bootman]]
| [[Be Inc.]]
| [[BeOS]]
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>part of BeOS</small>}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| bootpart
| [[Microsoft]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Command line interface|command-line]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>part of Windows</small>}}
| {{dunno}}
| command-line tool that repairs NTLDR
|-
| [[Cfdisk]]
| {{dunno}}
| [[File:NewTux.svg|16px|inline]][[Linux]]
| [[Text user interface|text-mode]] <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] ; from {{man|8|Cfdisk}}: 'cfdisk commands can be entered by pressing the desired key (pressing Enter after the command is not necessary). Here is a list of the available commands: ...' ; -->
| {{free|[[Free software]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Fdisk#Unix-like systems|fdisk]] wrapped in a [[ncurses]] interface
|-
| [http://www.cutepm.com/ Cute Partition Manager]
| [http://www.cutepm.com/aboutus.htm OSL]
| [[Cross-platform]]<ref group="Notes" name="CPM" />
| Windows: [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]<br>MS-DOS: {{?}}<br>Linux: {{?}}
| {{free|[[Free software]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [[Data Lifeguard Tools]]
| [[Western Digital]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows<br/>[[MS-DOS]]
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>Included with a Western Digital hard disk or storage product</small>}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| Disk Druid
| {{dunno}}
| [[File:NewTux.svg|16px|inline]][[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]]
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| Fedora [[frontend]] for [[GNU Parted]]
|-
| [[Disk Utility]]
| [[Apple Inc.]] 
| [[File:Tiger-like-x.svg|16px|inline]][[Mac OS]]
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] and [[Command line interface|command-line]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>part of MacOS</small>}}
| yes
| 
|-
| [[Palimpsest Disk Utility|Disk Utility (Palimpsest)]]
| David Zeuthen
| [[File:NewTux.svg|16px|inline]]Linux
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| Udisks graphical front-end that is part of the base distribution in [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]] 11 (and later) [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] 6 and [[CentOS]] 6.
|-
| [[DiskDrake]]
| [[Mandriva]]
| [[File:NewTux.svg|16px|inline]][[Mandriva Linux]]
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [[diskpart]]
| [[Microsoft]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Command line interface|command-line]] <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] ; it does use not only command-line switches and stdout, it also use stdin ; but it works just like simple shell that implements some set of internal commands, it doesn't use pseudo-graphics or text-mode-menus; so that it mast rather be classified as CLI than TUI utility -->
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>part of Windows</small>}}
| {{dunno}}
| text-mode command interpreter that manages disks, partitions, and volumes<ref>[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490893.aspx Microsoft TechNet DiskPart article]</ref>
|-
| [http://www.partition-tool.com/ EASEUS Partition Master]
| CHENGDU Yiwo Tech Development
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows<ref group="Notes" name="pm-platform" />
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}<ref group="Notes" name="pm-license" />
| yes
| available in four different editions: Home Edition (freeware), Professional Edition, Server Edition and Unlimited Edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/comparison.html |title=Compare EASEUS Partition Master Editions |publisher=CHENGDU YIWO TECH DEVELOPMENT |accessdate=21 October 2009}}</ref>
|-
| [[Fdisk|Fdisk (FreeDOS)]]
| Brian Reifsnyder
| [[FreeDOS]]
| [[Text user interface|text-mode]]
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [[fdisk#DOS and Windows|fdisk (Microsoft)]]
| [[Microsoft]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows<br/>[[MS-DOS]]
| [[Text user interface|text-mode]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>part of Windows and MS-DOS</small>}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [[fdisk#OS.2F2|fdisk (OS/2)]]
| [[IBM]]
| [[OS/2]]
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>part of OS/2</small>}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [[Fdisk#Unix-like systems|fdisk (Unix-like)]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Command line interface|command-line]] <!--it does use not only command-line switches and stdout, it also use stdin ; but it works just like simple shell that implements some set of internal commands, it doesn't use pseudo-graphics or text-mode-menus; so that it mast rather be classified as CLI than TUI utility -->
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{man|8|fdisk|die.net}}
|-
| [[FIPS (computer program)|FIPS]]
| Arno Schäfer
| [[MS-DOS]]<br>[[FreeDOS]]
| [[Text user interface|text-mode]]
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| partition splitter for primary partitions only
|-
| [[GNU Parted]]
| {{dunno}}
| [[File:NewTux.svg|16px|inline]]Linux
| [[Command line interface|command-line]] <!--it does use not only command-line switches and stdout, it also use stdin ; but it works just like simple shell that implements some set of internal commands, it doesn't use pseudo-graphics or text-mode-menus; so that it mast rather be classified as CLI than TUI utility -->
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{man|8|parted|die.net}}
|-
| [[GParted]] (Gnome Partition Editor)
| [[SourceForge]] [http://gparted.sourceforge.net/dev-status.php community managed by Curtis Gedak and Steven Shiau]
| [[File:NewTux.svg|16px|inline]] Linux with [[livecd]]<br>OS-independent<ref group="Notes" name="OS-i" />
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[GNOME]] frontend for [[GNU Parted]]
|-
| [[KDE Partition Manager]]
| {{dunno}}
| [[File:NewTux.svg|16px|inline]]Linux
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[KDE]] frontend for [[GNU Parted]]
|-
| [http://www.sadevelopment.com/more_ldt.htm Large Drive Tools] (LDT)
| [http://www.sadevelopment.com/ SA Development]
| OS-independent<ref group="Notes" name="OS-i" />
| [[Text user interface|text-mode]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[shareware]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [[Logical Disk Manager]] (Disk Management Console)
| [[Microsoft]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>part of Windows</small>}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| Maxblast
| [[Maxtor]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>included with a Maxtor hard disk or storage product</small>}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [[ntfsresize]]
| Linux-NTFS Project
| [[File:NewTux.svg|16px|inline]]Linux
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| non-destructively resizes NTFS filesystems
|-
| [http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oopartitionmanager/ O&O PartitionManager Pro]
| [[O&O Software]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| yes
| 
|-
| [https://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-professional/comparison.html Paragon Partition Manager]
| [[Paragon Software Group]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| formerly known as 7Tools Partition Manager?;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.majorgeeks.com/7Tools_Partition_Manager_2005_d3291.html |title=7Tools Partition Manager 2005 |publisher=Paragon Software Group |accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref> also included in Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paragon-software.com/home/hdm-personal/ |title=Hard Disk Manager 11 Suite |publisher=Paragon Software Group |accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Parted Magic]]
| [http://twitter.com/PartedMagic Patrick Verner]
| OS-independent<ref group="Notes" name="OS-i" />
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Live CD]] environment that allows users to use [[cfdisk]], [[fdisk]], ''gdisk'', [[gpart]], [[GParted]], [[parted]] and ''sfdisk''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://partedmagic.com/programs.html |title=Programs – Parted Magic; A Free Partitioning Tool|publisher=PartedMagic.com |date=19 March 2009 |accessdate=21 October 2009}}</ref>
|-
| Partition Commander
| [[Avanquest|Avanquest Software]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| yes
| 
|-
| [http://www.spotmau.com/products/package/partition_genius.html Partition Genius]
| [http://www.spotmau.com/ Spotmau]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| Partition Genius
| [http://www.wondershare.com/ Wondershare Software]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| yes
| contained in Wondershare WinSuite<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wondershare.com/windows-optimizer/#341 | title=Wondershare WinSuite 2012 | publisher=Wondershare Software | accessdate=June 18, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [http://partitionlogic.org.uk/ Partition Logic]
| [http://visopsys.org/andy/ J. Andrew “Andy” McLaughlin]
| OS-independent<ref group="Notes" name="OS-i" />
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{free|[[Free software]]}} <!--might be open-source-->
| {{dunno}}
| distro creates [[Visopsys]] boot medium bundled with Partition Logic
|-
| [http://www.zeleps.com/ the Partition Resizer]
| [http://www.zeleps.com/contact.html John “Zeleps” Lagonikas]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows<br>MS-DOS?
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{free|[[Free software]]}} <!--might be open-source-->
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [http://partitionwizard.com/ Partition Wizard]
| MiniTool Solution Ltd.
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows<ref group="Notes" name="pw-platform" />
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}<ref group="Notes" name="pw-license" />
| {{dunno}}
| five different Windows editions<ref name="pw-editions">{{cite web |url=http://partitionwizard.com/comparison.html |title=Compare Editions – Partition Wizard |publisher=MT Solutions Ltd. |accessdate=21 October 2009}}</ref> and a bootable CD edition.<ref name="pw-bootable">{{cite web |url=http://partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html |title=Partition Wizard Bootable CD |publisher=MT Solutions Ltd. |accessdate=21 October 2009}}</ref> Home Edition and Bootable CD editions are available [[freeware|free of charge]]. Other editions are [[commercial software|commercial products]].
|-
| Partition-It!
| [[Quarterdeck]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| no
| 
|-
| PartitionGuru
| Eassos
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| yes
| formerly known as DiskGenius
|-
| [[PartitionMagic]] and ServerMagic
| [[Symantec]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| no (last version released May 5, 2004; discontinued as of December 8, 2009)<ref>http://www.symantec.com/norton/partitionmagic</ref>
| 
|-
| [http://www.star-tools.com/english/partitionstar PartitionStar]
| [http://www.star-tools.com/english/index.htm star-tools.com]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows<br>MS-DOS
| Windows: [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]<br>MS-DOS: {{?}}
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[shareware]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| [[QtParted]]
| {{dunno}}
| [[File:NewTux.svg|16px|inline]]Linux
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{free|[[Open source]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Qt (toolkit)|Qt]] frontend for [[GNU Parted]]
|-
| [[Ranish Partition Manager]]
| Mikhail Ranish
| [[FreeDOS]]<br>[[MS-DOS]]<br>OS-independent ([[SystemRescueCd]])<ref group="Notes" name="OS-i" />
|[[Text user interface|text-mode]] (it is nearly as [[Text-based (computing)#Limitations of text-based software|user-friendly and efficient]] as possible when including advanced information)
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| shows the locations of [[extended boot record|EBR]]s, displays the partition table in a [[Cylinder-head-sector|CHS]] format, can boot partitions, can create bit-identical [[disk image|clones]], is used when more than 4 primary partitions are desired, and may convert [[logical drive]]s to [[primary partition]]s and [[List of Latin phrases: V#vice versa|vice versa]].
|-
| [http://www.rohos.com/products/rohos-mini-drive/ Rohos Mini Drive]
| Tesline-Service S.R.L. (formerly Teslain ltd.)
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{free|[[Free software]]}}
| yes
| creates password-protected virtual partitions on USB drives
|-
| SeaTools
| [[Seagate Technology|Seagate]]
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>Included with a Seagate hard disk or storage product</small>}}
| yes
| 
|-
| [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] [[format]] utility
| [[Sun Microsystems]]
| Solaris
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br/><small>part of Solaris</small>}}
| yes
| 
|-
| [http://www.ptdd.com/manual2.htm Super Fdisk]
| CHENGDU Yiwo Tech Development
| MS-DOS
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{free|[[Free software]]}}
| yes
| 
|-
| [http://www.ptdd.com/manual2.htm PTDD Super Fdisk] (AKA Super Fdisk Bootable CD)
| PTDD Group (for CHENGDU Yiwo Tech Development)
| OS-independent<ref group="Notes" name="OS-i" />
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{free|[[Free software]]}}
| yes
| only supports [[FAT32]], [[FAT16]] and Extended partitions
|-
| SwissKnife Premium<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.compuapps.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126:swissknife-premium&catid=48:drive-managment&Itemid=190 |title=SwissKnife Premium |publisher=CompuApps |accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref>
| CompuApps<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.compuapps.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121&Itemid=169 |title=Corporate Information |publisher=CompuApps |accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref>
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{Needs|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[shareware]]}}
| yes
| 
|-
| [[TestDisk]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk |title=	
TestDisk, Data Recovery |publisher=TestDisk Official Website – cgsecurity.org |date=7 October 2009 |accessdate=21 October 2009}}</ref>
| Christophe Grenier
| [[Cross-platform]]<ref group="Notes" name="TestDisk" />
| {{dunno}} <!-- is it [[Command line interface|command-line]] [[Text user interface|text-mode]] or [[Graphical user interface|graphical]] -->
| {{free|[[Free software]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| primarily designed to recover lost partitions
|-
| Wondershare Disk Manager Free<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wondershare.com/disk-manager/ |title=Disk Manager Free |publisher=Wondershare Software |accessdate=6 December 2011}}</ref>
| Wondershare Software<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wondershare.com/ |title=Wondershare |publisher=Wondershare Software |accessdate=6 December 2011}}</ref>
| [[File:Win-like-userbox.svg|16px|inline]]Windows
| [[Graphical user interface|graphical]]
| {{free|[[Free software]]}}
| yes
| 
|}
{{Reflist|2|group="Notes"|refs=<ref name="CPM">Cute Partition Manager runs on Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS and Linux.</ref><ref name="TestDisk">TestDisk runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS, MS-DOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Sun Solaris</ref><ref name="OS-i">This program does not run in the context of the [[operating system]] and maintains a pre-boot execution environment of its own.</ref><ref name="pw-platform">Partition Wizard Home Edition and Partition Wizard Business Edition run on Microsoft [[Windows 2000]], [[Windows XP]], [[Windows Vista]] and [[Windows 7]]. Partition Wizard Server Edition and Partition Wizard Enterprise Edition also run on Microsoft [[Windows Server 2003]] and Microsoft [[Windows Server 2008]]. Partition Wizard Bootable CD runs outside the context of the operating system and maintains its own pre-boot execution environment.</ref><ref name="pw-license">Partition Wizard Home Edition, Business Edition and Bootable CD are available [[freeware|free of charge]]. Partition Wizard Server Edition or Enterprise Edition are available as [[Commercial software|commercial products]].</ref><ref name="pm-platform">Partition Master Home Edition is available for 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Partition Master Professional Edition is also available for 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista. Partition Master Server Edition and Unlimited Edition are also available for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.</ref><ref name="pm-license">Partition Master Home Edition is available free of charge. Partition Master Professional Edition, Server Edition and Unlimited Edition are commercial products.</ref>
}}

==References==
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==See also==
*[[List of disk partitioning software]]

[[:Category:Disk partitioning software]]
[[:Category:Lists of software]]

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