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| Thread ID: 79895 | 2007-06-05 04:55:00 | Partition Magic - any experiences appreciated. | Krad (7878) | Press F1 |
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| 556233 | 2007-06-05 04:55:00 | I am thinking of buying Partition Magic 8.0 to partition my 80Gb hard drive and install XP on a partition and keep 98SE on another. I cannot clone my C drive at present as Ghost 2003 doesn't seem to work with my ACER Atapi CD-R/RW 6x4x32 CD Rom Drive. Can I do the partition without destroying W98SE and its associated programs currently on the drive? Any experiences with Partition Magic and suggestions would be appreciated. | Krad (7878) | ||
| 556234 | 2007-06-05 05:20:00 | Save your money & use the GParted live CD www.linux.com you should back up any crucial data before making any modifications to the partitions on your drive/s. |
snoopy (74) | ||
| 556235 | 2007-06-05 05:23:00 | You would probably be better off using Acronis True image in this case. Format and partition the 80GB hard drive to the desired size and then clone your Win98 install onto the 1st partition. You can then install a second OS onto the 2nd partition. If your 2nd OS is Win 2000 or later you should get a dual boot system. I use partition magic mainly for deleting and formatting and creating partitions but ever since I bought Acronis True Image I haven't really used Partition Magic that much... it is a handy program though but Acronis is far more superior in my opinion. Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 556236 | 2007-06-06 01:32:00 | Save your money & use the GParted live CD www.linux.com you should back up any crucial data before making any modifications to the partitions on your drive/s. Thank you. I have downloaded GParted Live. Can I simply burn the downloaded file to CD or should I install and test it first? Does it clone drive images to CD as well as to other partitions? Any more thoughts appreciated. |
Krad (7878) | ||
| 556237 | 2007-06-06 01:36:00 | You would probably be better off using Acronis True image in this case. Format and partition the 80GB hard drive to the desired size and then clone your Win98 install onto the 1st partition. You can then install a second OS onto the 2nd partition. If your 2nd OS is Win 2000 or later you should get a dual boot system. I use partition magic mainly for deleting and formatting and creating partitions but ever since I bought Acronis True Image I haven't really used Partition Magic that much... it is a handy program though but Acronis is far more superior in my opinion. Cheers I will follow this up. I see on the net that Acronis 7 is available free for a time and I will check it out. Regards. |
Krad (7878) | ||
| 556238 | 2007-06-06 01:58:00 | Thank you. I have downloaded GParted Live. Can I simply burn the downloaded file to CD or should I install and test it first? Does it clone drive images to CD as well as to other partitions? Any more thoughts appreciated. You should just be able to burn the .iso (image) file to a cd and boot off the cd. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 556239 | 2007-06-06 02:42:00 | Ghost 2003 doesn't seem to work with my ACER Atapi CD-R/RW 6x4x32 CD Rom Drive that's odd I've used ghost hundreds of times and never yet come across a cd/dvd writer it didn't like cept for hassles with usb driven ones.... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 556240 | 2007-06-06 06:20:00 | Be aware that as of a month or so ago, Partition Magic was not qualified to work with Vista . I enquired from Symantec, and got a hugely verbose reply that boiled down to them saying it doesn't work now but will eventually . Here is the email in full (it is a bit long, but worth reading for a great example of taking 20 lines to say "no"): Response (Hemananda Kumar) - 05/09/2007 01:21 PM Hello Tony, Thank you for contacting Symantec Online Technical Support . I understand from your message that you are concerned to install Partition Magic on Windows Vista Business Edition Operating System . Tony, I understand your concern regarding the issue you are facing . A variety of Norton products will be compatible with the Windows Vista operating system . For our new products, look for the Eligible for a free Windows Vista compatibility update statement next to the Designed for Microsoft® Windows XP logo on the box or on our online product page . Symantec will release more information about compatibility and upgrades as the Windows Vista availability date approaches . Products purchased under our service plans, such as Norton Ghost, Partition Magic, Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security (NIS) are eligible for Microsoft® Windows Vista compatibility update subject to production release of the Windows Vista operating system within the service period . Users will be informed via LiveUpdate and within the website if compatibility updates are available . For more information refer the web link given below: Web URL: . symantec . com/windowsvistasupport" target="_blank">www . symantec . com However you use the Partition Magic from booting your computer from Partition Magic Rescue Diskette . Please get in touch with us, if you need further assistance . Regards, Hemananda Kumar Symantec Authorized Technical SupportI replied saying "Does that mean yes or no?", and got an equally prolix reply that boiled down to "no" (again) . |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 556241 | 2007-06-07 01:02:00 | Ghost 2003 doesn't seem to work with my ACER Atapi CD-R/RW 6x4x32 CD Rom Drive that's odd I've used ghost hundreds of times and never yet come across a cd/dvd writer it didn't like cept for hassles with usb driven ones.... That's interesting. The first time I tried to burn the drive image to CD from the Ghost 2003 installed program after 5 discs it stopped and I can't even check what was copied. The next time I used the floppy boot disc with ghost.exe on it. Nothing after 2 CD's. The ACER CDR drive burns music and data discs okay. Is there something I am not doing right? Should I turn off all except essential programs at startup using msconfig? Any suggestions? |
Krad (7878) | ||
| 556242 | 2007-06-07 01:08:00 | well most often I run ghost from dos as I'm usually ghosting someone else's pc as a backup before attacking some problem on it......(I only do this if the problem looks major it's a 'just in case' thing so that I can revert the system if necessary) .....anyway most of the time I'll ghost to another hdd it's very quick to do that and easy....however I have on many occasions used cd's and never yet had any kind of hassle with ghost refusing to write after a few cd's.....very odd.......as for programs at startup well when using ghost in dos obviously that wont be having any effect whatsoever........sorry I cant really suggest anything much cept perhaps try a different cd drive ? | drcspy (146) | ||
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