Partition Program

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Does anybody have a good and free program that will Partition your hard
drive, i have tried everything, but all i get is trial versions which dont
actually partition.

Thanks,
habs6091
 
PartitionMagic is pretty good - but you can also use the XP boot menu to
configure them :o)

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Slam in the XP disk, restart, press any key to kick start it, then go
through the menu's to create and modify, and format partitions.

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I think the poster is referring to resizing in order to install vista. I had
to do it, but luckily I had a copy of Partition Magic that I had never used
and it went perfect. I don't know of any freeware programs off the top of my
head, but the XP install disk is a good bet as long as he has one. If your OS
came preloaded, you sometimes don't get the disk.
 
I tried partition logic, and it trashed my xp partition. The xp setup disk
works great, but you need to back up and reinstall windows xp. After that,
windows vista installation was quick and painless. No problems at all. It
didn't preload the drivers for my phone modem and sound card, but windows
update handled that very quickly and easily. I am very inpressed with what I
got!
 
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Bootit NG by Terabyte Unlimited. Much
cheaper than Partition Magic and it can do disc imaging which Partition
Magic can't.

Brian Bernard
 
Yes, I use their products and they are great. I especially use IFD (Image
for DOS) to save images to a partition. It also saves them USB, CDs or DVDs.
 
Hi,

BootIT NG from terabyteunlimited.com

Download it, run the program to create the bootable floppy. Boot the system
with said disk and cancel setup to enter maintenance mode. From there you
can resize, slide, and create/destroy partitions. You need not register or
install it for this type of work. The author makes this functionality
available intentionally in hopes that you will like it enough to purchase
the registration (which for me has been well worth the price).

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habs6091 said:
Does anybody have a good and free program that will Partition your hard
drive, i have tried everything, but all i get is trial versions which dont
actually partition.

Thanks,
habs6091
Click to expand...


A free, fully functional 30-evaluation copy:

Terabyte Unlimited's BootItNG
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html


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Hi,

You can resize the patition before installing Windows Vista using the tools
provided on the DVD.

Jeff
 
if u have one hard drive u can not make another partition from the boot xp
cd...trust me i tired
so......
u can try partitioning magic 7.0 go here and click the download link next to
the name and don't click 8.0 its retail demo only...exact and run, restart
and look at folder read read me for serial key..copy it and run exe and u
should be good from there
 
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