Partition Magic 8.. cant resize (larger) Primary partition

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Hi

A friend has copied his HD to a larger one... It all worked ok but the copy
didn't alter the partition sizes. So we have a 2Gb primary partition as
before and it is too small.... (can't do it again disk has retired since)

So I bought Partition Magic 8... (I was going to get it anyway) But I can't
seem to work out how to resize the C partition... I can make it smaller but
not larger. I gathered from the 'book' that as long as the next partition
had enough capacity... C: would take the required space from D: It is
obviously not the case.


anyway I can't figure it... Help

anyone have a workthrough for this....?

- many thanks

Regards


Alan
 
A friend has copied his HD to a larger one... It all worked ok but the copy
didn't alter the partition sizes. So we have a 2Gb primary partition as
before and it is too small.... (can't do it again disk has retired since)
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So I bought Partition Magic 8...
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Get your money back. Partition Magic is a complete piece of crap. The
company that made it is out of business.

Get one of the utilities that is available on the web. I will leave it
to you to find the one you want, but they are there. Check with the HD
manufacturer for their utilities.

In a pinch you can try MBR Wizard:

http://mbrwiz.bigr.net:8092/index.html

I use the DOS version. But you have to be a "command line enabled" to
get the most out of it.


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Bob said:
Get your money back. Partition Magic is a complete piece of crap. The
company that made it is out of business.

Get one of the utilities that is available on the web. I will leave it
to you to find the one you want, but they are there. Check with the HD
manufacturer for their utilities.

In a pinch you can try MBR Wizard:

http://mbrwiz.bigr.net:8092/index.html

I use the DOS version. But you have to be a "command line enabled" to
get the most out of it.
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aren't symantec releasing a newer version of Partition Magoc, i know they
got the rights to PM8 and DI7 from PowerQuest who now just don't exist,
their domain points to symantec website
 
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:49:15 +0000 (UTC), "Christo" <lessthanchris666no
aren't symantec releasing a newer version of Partition Magoc, i know they
got the rights to PM8 and DI7 from PowerQuest who now just don't exist,
their domain points to symantec website
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If PM weren't complete crap, it will be after Symantec gets done with
it.


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"Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverence. Talent
will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education
will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and
determination alone are omnipotent."
--Calvin Coolidge
 
Pen said:
Yes, you have a multi step process.
PM only enlarges drives into free space.
First, you have to make the D: partition
smaller,and be sure to put the free space
before the "new" D:
Then you can expand the C: drive into that space.
You record these steps and then you execute them
is how PM works.
Click to expand...

Thanks Pen

Useful advice; it works for me now.. better than saying it's crap and get
your money back

Regards


Alan
 
If PM weren't complete crap, it will be after Symantec gets done with it.
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Perhaps the shareware DFSEE (www.dfsee.com) would do the job?


Alan

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I know many have experienced problems with PartitionMagic, but I've
been using it since version 3.0 without a single issue. I've used it
to do exactly what you are asking for, to resize partitions both
smaller and larger.

In this case you will need to to select the last (right) partition on
the disk and resize it smaller, from the left boundary, to make room to
expand the leftmost partition. Now, select the left partition and you
should be able to expand (resize) it into the newly created space.
Good luck.

Good luck.
James
 
I know many have experienced problems with PartitionMagic, but
I've been using it since version 3.0 without a single issue.
I've used it to do exactly what you are asking for, to resize
partitions both smaller and larger.

In this case you will need to to select the last (right)
partition on the disk and resize it smaller, from the left
boundary, to make room to expand the leftmost partition. Now,
select the left partition and you should be able to expand
(resize) it into the newly created space. Good luck.
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The top-posting lost the complete context. At any rate, I have
been using PM 4.0 for about the last 5 years, and it has never lost
any data on me. It seems to have gone the way of all good things
once Symantec got a hold of it. Norton Utilities, Zortech C, and
many more. It may help that I won't allow WinXP within a mile of
my equipment, so among other benefits I can boot to DOS.
 
The top-posting lost the complete context. At any rate, I have
been using PM 4.0 for about the last 5 years, and it has never lost
any data on me. It seems to have gone the way of all good things
once Symantec got a hold of it. Norton Utilities, Zortech C, and
many more. It may help that I won't allow WinXP within a mile of
my equipment, so among other benefits I can boot to DOS.
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IMO, it still works fine though I'm not even aware what
version # it's up to at this point, I'd upgrade it only
if/when necessary.

WinXP can still use FAT32 filesystem... If one sets up the
drive as such and makes it a DOS-bootable drive, then
proceeding to install XP, there will even be an XP menu
choice for "previous OS" (or something like that, I rarely
read the choices anymore) which will load that
previously-installed DOS. Since Partition Magic is (was?)
set up to run from floppy, it can likewise be put into a
folder on (a FAT32 partition) HDD for use booting from the
XP menu to DOS.
 
Bob said:
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:49:15 +0000 (UTC), "Christo" <lessthanchris666no


If PM weren't complete crap, it will be after Symantec gets done with
it.


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will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education
will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and
determination alone are omnipotent."
--Calvin Coolidge
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Well Bob PM 5 performs very well for me from the floppies. No good after
Windows 2000 but prior to that does everything well. And yes after Symantec
get's their hands on it it won't be woth the box it is packaged in.
 
Well Bob PM 5 performs very well for me from the floppies.
Click to expand...

That's the only way I used it.
No good after Windows 2000
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Almost everyone is running either 2K or XP.
but prior to that does everything well.
Click to expand...

I never used it before Win2K.
And yes after Symantec
get's their hands on it it won't be woth the box it is packaged in.
Click to expand...

I would just love for AOL to buy Symantec and give it a dose of its
own medicine. Nobody can destroy a company faster than AOL - nobody,
not even Symantec - or Microsoft for that matter.


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http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/vrwc.html

"Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverence. Talent
will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education
will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and
determination alone are omnipotent."
--Calvin Coolidge
 
Yes, you have a multi step process.
PM only enlarges drives into free space.
First, you have to make the D: partition
smaller,and be sure to put the free space
before the "new" D:
Then you can expand the C: drive into that space.
You record these steps and then you execute them
is how PM works.
 
My ISP is Time-Warner. When I saw the merger of them and AOL I cried for
two weeks. Oh PM 5 will work with XP (you know it also works with Win 2000
Server family) as long as the format in XP is not NTFS.
 
My ISP is Time-Warner. When I saw the merger of them and AOL I cried for
two weeks.
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So did everyone else. But it turns out that the Time Warner Board got
tough with AOL and the damage has been somewhat subdued. T-W built a
new headquarters and refused to let AOL put its name on it.
Oh PM 5 will work with XP (you know it also works with Win 2000
Server family) as long as the format in XP is not NTFS.
Click to expand...

ROTF. That reminds me of Henry Ford's famous statement that you could
have the Model T in any color you wanted as long as it was black.

What a crock. I mean, NTFS has been around at least 10 years if not
longer.


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"Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverence. Talent
will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education
will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and
determination alone are omnipotent."
--Calvin Coolidge
 
ROTF. That reminds me of Henry Ford's famous statement that you could
have the Model T in any color you wanted as long as it was black.

What a crock. I mean, NTFS has been around at least 10 years if not
longer.
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.... except that PM5 (dont know if that's v5.00 or only later
5.x version, after patched) DOES support NTFS5, Win2k.
However, WInNT (4) didn't either until later patched.
There's the problem with changing a filesystem, everyone
plays catchup to MS' changes.
 
... except that PM5 (dont know if that's v5.00 or only later
5.x version, after patched)
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Patched? What "patch" are we talking about here?


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"Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverence. Talent
will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education
will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and
determination alone are omnipotent."
--Calvin Coolidge
 
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