The screen went black for three seconds. When it returned, AOMEI had drawn a ghost partition in translucent green. Not just one—three nested partitions, one inside the other, like Russian dolls.
Below the playback meter, a new AOMEI notification appeared: "Unallocated space detected on local drive C:. 4.2 GB. Run 'App Mover' to optimize?" Aris unplugged the drive. Then he unplugged the computer. Then he sat in the dark, wondering why a partition tool had just spoken to him through a dead composer's lost symphony. aomei partition assistant 9.14.0
"Thank you for using AOMEI Partition Assistant 9.14.0. Your data has been waiting. Do not power off." The screen went black for three seconds