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| Thread ID: 43185 | 2004-03-06 05:06:00 | Partitioning without data loss? | mejobloggs (264) | Press F1 |
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| 220476 | 2004-03-06 05:06:00 | I know Partition Magic can do it, but I can't afford it. I just read something recently that kind of hinted towards knoppix being able to do that. It wasn't too clear, it said it could partition, and was comparing it to PM, but didn't actually say that you lose all your data, or if it shifts it over for you. Does anyone know if there is a tool on knoppix that allows you to partition without loosing your data? Or any other free, or below $20 program that you can do this with? |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 220477 | 2004-03-06 05:45:00 | ranish can do it however you need to make sure all data is on the first partition. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 220478 | 2004-03-06 06:00:00 | As far as I am aware Ranish Partiton Manager is the only free tool that will resize at this stage (but is is command line). There is a Linux tool that has great potential for resizing partitions but it is in the early days of development: http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/ Also see: dmoz.org |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 220479 | 2004-03-06 08:10:00 | So, has anyone tried ranish? Is it any good, and ok to use? | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 220480 | 2004-03-06 08:16:00 | What about FIPS? | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 220481 | 2004-03-06 08:22:00 | I used FIPS years ago with DOS/Win95, it was OK, but you would need to check carefully to see if it has been updated to handle larger drives and file systems other than FAT16. All these programs have a risk factor, so it is really best to totally back up your hard drive first. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 220482 | 2004-03-06 08:22:00 | I haven't used either myself but they are both good tools if you follow the instructions carefully! Seeing they use the command shell it pays to do a bit of reading first. But I don't think either support resizing NTFS?? - only FAT I think. | JohnD (509) | ||
| 220483 | 2004-03-06 08:28:00 | Hi, I've had a look at Ranish and it's pretty good. But I haven't been game to actually alter my partitions with it (I only trust Partition Magic to do that so far ;)) It does require a little knowledge to use, but I found the program's help information quite good and the interface is a character based gui (not too hard to use, better than issuing arcane command line arguments). Have a look here (www.ranish.com) and there are many other links there too. Rod J |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 220484 | 2004-03-06 08:34:00 | I want an NTFS partition. Could I just creat to FAT ones, and when I install XP on one of them, make it change it to NTFS? |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 220485 | 2004-03-06 09:25:00 | How would Paragon Partition Manager 5.5 (http://www.partition-manager.com) worj for you? Tad cheaper than PM. | PoWa (203) | ||
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