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Thread ID: 41156 2004-01-01 00:57:00 Partition Magic 7 vs WinXP Home OS Non De Plume (3519) Press F1
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204593 2004-01-01 00:57:00 Hi
I have finally upgraded from 98SE to XP Home. Before I start tweaking things Id like to know if the default Disk Management in the Admin Tools/Computer Management section is any better/quicker than my Part.Magic 7 software for partitioning.

My HDD is 40GB@7200rpm and has been partitioned ( by the vendor ) as

C: 20GB active (system )
E: 20GB to be formatted

Cheers :-)
Non De Plume (3519)
204594 2004-01-01 01:15:00 Most definately. PQMagic 7 is not designed for XP. It may work but it may just as well muck everything up. PQMagic 8 on the other hand does work with XP and is much better than the standard admin tools. Big John (551)
204595 2004-01-01 08:18:00 As far as I know, the Disk Management software inside the MMC in WinXP is "destructive" partitioning, so you will lose your data. somebody (208)
204596 2004-01-01 09:15:00 Many thanx Big J,

I am now using PM8 [ more money again :-( ] - had a few Drive Letter probs for the CD\RW and could only change it using the default Disk Mngr and not the PM Drive Mapper ( ? ) but things seem honky-dory now.

I now have my 4 partitions on the HDD :-)

Cheers !
Non De Plume (3519)
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