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| Thread ID: 59499 | 2005-07-04 06:15:00 | Free Partition Program??? | CorbinH (37) | Press F1 |
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| 369244 | 2005-07-10 05:26:00 | I have successfully re-partitioned one of my drives using the partitioner that comes with Knoppix, the live Linux CD . The hard drive did not, however, contain my main Windows installation or data so I was not too worried about things going wrong . Either of the suggestions made above by Jen or Chilling Silence should do the job for you but there is always the risk of losing data if things go wrong so be sure that you backup data that you don't want to lose . If you are that concerned about the risk then fork out the dosh and pay for Partition Magic as that has a reputation for being the easiest and most reliable partitioner . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 369245 | 2005-07-10 06:39:00 | yeah i think im just either gonna just forget about partitioning or buy a program... lol this has turned out to be more trouble than i thought it would be so i think i might jut forget about it... | CorbinH (37) | ||
| 369246 | 2005-07-10 08:11:00 | Nothing wrong with the free stuff thou, works just as well and IMHO sometimes better! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 369247 | 2005-07-10 10:03:00 | On the question of Defragging, as I understand it.White is the background. Blue are "Good" files, Red are bits of files that are in the wrong place. The Blue is juggled around to allow the displaced red bits "To go home". That leaves some Green bars. These are the Immovable files, Yes?. The "SystemFiles". How can you move these around. For instance, right to the beginning of the blue band. Thanks PJ PS Thanks for the use of your thread. pj |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 369248 | 2005-07-10 12:02:00 | IIRC, Green is good files that are where they should be. Blue is files that could/should be moved. Red is files that are currently in use and cant be moved. Booting in Safe Mode eliminates most red lines :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 369249 | 2005-07-10 22:11:00 | IIRC, Green is good files that are where they should be . Blue is files that could/should be moved . Red is files that are currently in use and cant be moved . Booting in Safe Mode eliminates most red lines :) Chill, please don't talk such utter rubbish, you are WAY out . I am disgusted! :eek: Red are fragmented files and need to be moved . Blue are contiguous files and are good, as long as they are all together and not all over the graph . Green are unmovable files and may be shifted by disabling the page file and defragging in safe mode . White is free space and good . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 369250 | 2005-07-10 22:18:00 | yeah i think im just either gonna just forget about partitioning or buy a program... lol this has turned out to be more trouble than i thought it would be so i think i might jut forget about it... Corbin, instead of buying Partition Magic you would be better off buying a copy of Norton Ghost. You could then Ghost your hard drive to your other computer's hard drive, partition and format your required number of partitions on your new computer then restore your ghosted image back to your newly created first partition on the new computer. Then you will be able to move your data files to another partition/s or as required. The bonus is that you can also use Ghost to back up your hard drive or partitions and thus get your money's worth out of it far more than you would with Partition Magic, which probably won't get used that much. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 369251 | 2005-07-10 23:48:00 | Chill, please don't talk such utter rubbish, you are WAY out. I am disgusted! :eek:The acronym IIRC that Chill used in his statement, stands for If I Recall Correctly. So, he recalled it incorrectly. He was trying to be helpful, no need to be disgusted at that. FoxyMX's suggestion to get Ghost instead is a good one. However, that free SystemRescue CD QTParted is easy to use and would of done the job for you. You can find some screenshots and documentation for QTParted here (qtparted.sourceforge.net) if you are still interested. :) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 369252 | 2005-07-11 08:55:00 | Does anyone here know how much Norton Ghost is??? (in the U.S.) lol if its too expensive i might just forget about partitioning i dont really need to partition that bad anyways... also how much is partition magic??? | CorbinH (37) | ||
| 369253 | 2005-07-11 09:03:00 | Seeing as you are from the States, it would be best if you check out your local online computer shops or electrical good shops that also sell software and see what the price is . Amazon sells Nortons Ghost and Partition Magic bundled together - See here ( . amazon . com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002V87EI/qid=1121068514/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/002-6240526-9360839?v=glance&s=software" target="_blank">www . amazon . com) |
Jen (38) | ||
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