Partition Magic 8.0 Does it work?

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Cannot get Partition Genius to recognize my SATA drives (recognizes
everything else).

Will Partition Magic 8.0 work with Vista?

Regards
 
Partition Magic isn't compatible with Vista; in fact the software was ruined
when Norton took over Powerquest. I certainly do not use any norton
products.

I prefer Acronis Disk Director.

Incidentally doesn't Vista's own Disk management recognise the SATA drive.
You should be able to partition the drive from within Vista.


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Cannot get Partition Genius to recognize my SATA drives (recognizes
everything else).

Will Partition Magic 8.0 work with Vista?

Regards
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How about trying the Gparted Live Linux CD. It's free and will almost
certainly accomplish what you want to do.
 
John Barnett MVP said:
Partition Magic isn't compatible with Vista; in fact the software was
ruined when Norton took over Powerquest. I certainly do not use any
norton products.
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Powerquest were not taken over by Norton - they were taken over by Symantec,
just like Norton was. Norton used to make good software, back in the day,
just like Symantec used to.

ss.
 
Bill said:
Cannot get Partition Genius to recognize my SATA drives (recognizes
everything else).

Will Partition Magic 8.0 work with Vista?

Regards
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Not a direct answer:

Doesn't Vista's own Disk Management recognize the drives? Does the drive's
manufacturer have any instructions and or software drives for the drive on
their website?

Saucy
 
Partition Magic is marketed under the Norton name - to be precise. It's
still junk compared to what it used to be.
 
Synapse Syndrome said:
Powerquest were not taken over by Norton - they were taken over by
Symantec, just like Norton was. Norton used to make good software,
back in the day, just like Symantec used to.
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Oops, I meant Powerquest ^^^^

ss.
 
Yes, Vista Disk Management recognises the drives but I am unable to merge
two partitions on the same dik, despite one partition being empty.
 
Bill said:
Yes, Vista Disk Management recognises the drives but I am unable to merge
two partitions on the same dik, despite one partition being empty.
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Did you try deleting the empty one, and then extending the other one?

ss.
 
You are quite right, synapse, Symantec did take Norton and Powerquest over.
I find though that users relate more to the trademark 'Norton' than they
necessarily do to Symantec, hence my reference to Norton.

I had always been a big fan of Powerquest until Symantec came on the scene
and, in fact, in the Windows 95/98 era Norton software was actually well
worth having on your PC. Sadly it is not the case today.

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John Barnett MVP said:
You are quite right, synapse, Symantec did take Norton and Powerquest
over. I find though that users relate more to the trademark 'Norton' than
they necessarily do to Symantec, hence my reference to Norton.

I had always been a big fan of Powerquest until Symantec came on the scene
and, in fact, in the Windows 95/98 era Norton software was actually well
worth having on your PC. Sadly it is not the case today.
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Have you seen the reviews for Norton Antivirus, and Internet Security
2009? They are getting very glowing reviews in both Newegg and Cnet.
Apparently Symantec got it right this time, light on resources, small
memory footprint, and fast. Newegg reviewers give them 100%
excellent, and the valid Cnet reviews give them 4 or 5 out of 5.
The only low reviews in Cnet are from people disgruntled with
Symantec in general, and one 1out of 5 based not on, 2009, but a 4
year old product.
 
Ian D said:
Have you seen the reviews for Norton Antivirus, and Internet Security
2009? They are getting very glowing reviews in both Newegg and Cnet.
Apparently Symantec got it right this time, light on resources, small
memory footprint, and fast. Newegg reviewers give them 100%
excellent, and the valid Cnet reviews give them 4 or 5 out of 5.
The only low reviews in Cnet are from people disgruntled with
Symantec in general, and one 1out of 5 based not on, 2009, but a 4
year old product.
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Back to Partition Magic.

It will work when launched from diskettes (2 required).
 
Have you seen the reviews for Norton Antivirus, and Internet Security
2009? They are getting very glowing reviews in both Newegg and Cnet.
Apparently Symantec got it right this time, light on resources, small
memory footprint, and fast. Newegg reviewers give them 100%
excellent, and the valid Cnet reviews give them 4 or 5 out of 5.
The only low reviews in Cnet are from people disgruntled with
Symantec in general, and one 1out of 5 based not on, 2009, but a 4
year old product.
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I'll wait and see, real evaluations usually show up months after a
product is released. But, since about 2000 Norton/Symantec products
have been more of a virus than an anti-virus. Did they try
uninstalling it and find out if it is still malignant?

As for Powerquest, I concur. I used to use their Drive Image Pro
product which (scripted) was fantastic at the time. Way ahead of the
competition. Then Symantakeover bought it and ruined it. Likewise,
previous to that, Ghost was a great product before Symantakeover
bought it.

But, that's a common scenario. Company "A" buys "B". Sometimes it's to
eliminate the competition from B, so they just convert the customers
and eliminate the product. Sometimes it's because the product is
better but invariably they screw up the company they buy - either by
destroying the culture that made the development possible, and/or
pissing off the management that made it possible; and/or by pissing
off the developers that made it possible. No matter, it's a rare day
that a takeover happens and the product actually gets better.
 
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