Partition managers for Vista

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I need a partition manager that is more advanced than the one bundled with
Vista (which is inadequate). Does anyojne know of one?

I believe PM8 only works on XP and Acronis doesn't officially state that
theirs supports Vista (and judging by the issues raised on their forums -
definitely doesn't).

Thanks.
 
Sphynx said:
I need a partition manager that is more advanced than the one bundled with
Vista (which is inadequate). Does anyojne know of one?

I believe PM8 only works on XP and Acronis doesn't officially state that
theirs supports Vista (and judging by the issues raised on their forums -
definitely doesn't).

Thanks.
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Look at Terabyte's BootIT NG.


Malke
 
I need a partition manager that is more advanced than the one bundled with
Vista (which is inadequate). Does anyojne know of one?

I believe PM8 only works on XP and Acronis doesn't officially state that
theirs supports Vista (and judging by the issues raised on their forums -
definitely doesn't).

Thanks.
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I would suggest the GParted Live CD.
 
ray said:
I would suggest the GParted Live CD.
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Unless you've actually tried GParted and know that Linux tools work with
Vista - and you might, I'm not dissing your skills but just mentioning
this - I would stay away from GParted for now and just stick with
something that is known to work with Vista. There is always a problem
with working with proprietary systems and Vista does some proprietary
partition structure things apparently. If the GParted maintainers
specifically say that it works with Vista and/or you've tried it, then
I've always like GParted on my Linux boxen.


Malke
 
Unless you've actually tried GParted and know that Linux tools work with
Vista - and you might, I'm not dissing your skills but just mentioning
this - I would stay away from GParted for now and just stick with
something that is known to work with Vista. There is always a problem
with working with proprietary systems and Vista does some proprietary
partition structure things apparently. If the GParted maintainers
specifically say that it works with Vista and/or you've tried it, then
I've always like GParted on my Linux boxen.


Malke
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I could be wrong, but it was my understanding that vista uses NTFS.
GParted does NTFS.
 
I could be wrong, but it was my understanding that vista uses NTFS.
GParted does NTFS.
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My understanding is that the "flavor" of NTFS used by Vista is slightly
different than the one used by XP. Also, one of the partition experts on
a mailing list I belong to was noting that Vista puts some extra
information on partitions. I wasn't paying a huge amount of attention to
that topic so I don't remember all the details and I'm *not* a
partitioning expert. Please don't misunderstand me - this is not a
"don't use GParted" post. All I'm saying is "be cautious". I would say
the same thing about any partitioner if it wasn't known to work 100%
with Vista. You might want to experiment with using GParted and report
back to us. Or not. ;-)

Malke
 
My understanding is that the "flavor" of NTFS used by Vista is slightly
different than the one used by XP. Also, one of the partition experts on
a mailing list I belong to was noting that Vista puts some extra
information on partitions. I wasn't paying a huge amount of attention to
that topic so I don't remember all the details and I'm *not* a
partitioning expert. Please don't misunderstand me - this is not a
"don't use GParted" post. All I'm saying is "be cautious". I would say
the same thing about any partitioner if it wasn't known to work 100%
with Vista. You might want to experiment with using GParted and report
back to us. Or not. ;-)

Malke
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I'd be happy to, you want to send me a laptop with vista on it?
 
ray said:
I'd be happy to, you want to send me a laptop with vista on it?
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I'm afraid I'm not one of the "influential bloggers" who got a test Acer
Ferrari and none of my laptops run Windows. You're on your own. ;-)

Cheers,


Malke
 
I'm afraid I'm not one of the "influential bloggers" who got a test Acer
Ferrari and none of my laptops run Windows. You're on your own. ;-)

Cheers,


Malke
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In that case, I think I'll save myself the $300.
 
Unless you've actually tried GParted and know that Linux tools work with
Vista - and you might, I'm not dissing your skills but just mentioning
this - I would stay away from GParted for now and just stick with
something that is known to work with Vista.
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Right now I don't know of any partitioning software that claims to be
Vista compatible.

I used GParted last week.

The result?

Windows wouldn't boot.

BUT....

I then booted with the Vista DVD and did a repair and all was right
with the world (and I got my new partitions as I had hoped).

YMMV

If you try GParted and you computer explodes and kills every living
thing with a 5 mile radius don't blame me.

And ALWYAS back up before doing anything so drastic.
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Windows Vista's disk management has a reasonable chance of being
compatible, no?
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Well of course, but it's functionality is quite limited compared to
third-party software.

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Well of course, but it's functionality is quite limited compared to
third-party software.
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Sure, although the majority of the people that have asked me personally
for a partition magic replacement have been able to get the job done in
Windows' desk management tools.

I haven't been watching the requests here too closely though (I have the
misfortune of being a useful software resource for friends and family)
 
I'll add to that.

I used GParted to shrink C: - it took about 1 hour. Next time I booted
Vista, it took about 3 hours to "repair". The C: was the reduced one from
GParted. I don't know what Vista did, but I guess it must be realted to the
extra stuff Vista puts in NTFS.

I still can't get Vista to put a partition in the available space. It
always says there isn't enough disk space to do it, even if I make the
partition onlty half the available space.
I think I'll be formatting the HDD and re-installing Vista.
 
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