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| Thread ID: 73624 | 2006-10-26 21:53:00 | free download: Partition Magic clone, Qtparted 0.4.5 | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 494591 | 2006-10-26 21:53:00 | 'johnd', on another PF1 thread, mentioned Qtparted as a useful program and I thought it important enough to make this a separate entry. I have used Partition Magic for several years and have told friends about the importance of partitioning a hard drive - mainly to keep the OS (e'g' WinXP) on its own partition, C drive, while keeping data on another and perhaps games on yet another. If you do not have Partition Magic, get Qtparted, a free download here: linux.softpedia.com I believe WinXP's Recovery Console may be used to partition a HD, perhaps when installing XP, but Qtparted / Partition Magic is more versatile. Comments welcome. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 494592 | 2006-10-26 22:16:00 | Instead of downloading an .exe file, the mirror sites have .rpm and .deb and .tar, each of different sizes (.22 Mb, .60 Mb, .58 Mb). I never heard of these files and why isn't the size the same? | Strommer (42) | ||
| 494593 | 2006-10-26 22:45:00 | rpm and deb are linux packages are they not? And I think tar is just an uncompressed package. Are you sure there is an exe file? I didn't know linux dealt with exe's. Correct me if I am wrong, but qtparted is linux only. So they best way to use it is from a linux bootable cd, such as Knoppix or Ubuntu. I had a fiddle with qtparted in Ubuntu a while back, and it sorta screwed up. I found gparted worked fine though. But I have previously used qtparted with no problem. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 494594 | 2006-10-27 04:13:00 | QTParted is Linux only. Linux programs don't generally use an executable installer. Programs are distributed in compressed packages which also contain information about which other packages they depend on. An installer then installs the program and all required libraries automatically. RPM and DEB are packages for different types of systems (RPM is the Redhat Package Manager, DEB are Debian packages). The TAR file will be the source code (although I'm surprised it's not compressed as .tar.gz or .tar.bz2). The best way to get this is to download the CD image and boot from it. This will have a .iso extension. |
TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 494595 | 2006-10-27 08:17:00 | www.sysresccd.org that rescue boot cd got qtparted on it prob the easiest way to use it if you're not familiar with linux |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 494596 | 2006-10-27 08:26:00 | 'johnd', on another PF1 thread, mentioned Qtparted as a useful program and I thought it important enough to make this a separate entry. The other post was refering to using Knoppix to run QTparted - it would be nice for WIndows users if there was a QTparted for Windows but there isn't as far as I know. However running it from Knoppix it is able to create and resize MS partitions as reliably as Partition Magic in my experience. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 494597 | 2006-10-27 08:41:00 | However running it from Knoppix it is able to create and resize MS partitions as reliably as Partition Magic in my experience. That is what I am wondering. Using a WinXP Pc and then booting from a Knoppix CD and using Qtparted, can a HD be partitioned, then boot as normal into WinXP with the partitions intact? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 494598 | 2006-10-27 08:42:00 | The TAR file will be the source code (although I'm surprised it's not compressed as .tar.gz or .tar.bz2). You are correct - I omitted the bit after "tar". |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 494599 | 2006-10-27 08:45:00 | I rather like EBCD (Emergency Boot CD) ebcd.pcministry.com It's free, and I've had no problems using it over the last few years. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 494600 | 2006-10-27 08:55:00 | That is what I am wondering. Using a WinXP Pc and then booting from a Knoppix CD and using Qtparted, can a HD be partitioned, then boot as normal into WinXP with the partitions intact? Yep |
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