Partitioning Software

Addict · Post by **Addict** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:59 am

Any recommendations? I've used PartitionMagic in the past, but I don't want to shell out $70 (esp since its a Symantec product). I doubt I'll have much use for this once I'm done.

I need to resize the system partition on a drive. It has 2 total partitions both of which are NTFS.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:53 am

https://www.speedguide.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=246126

Addict · Post by **Addict** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:17 am

Its doesn't say anything about resizing partitions though? Or did I miss that?

....and feel free to move this post. I didn't mean to post in the hardware forum. operator error

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:31 am

He linked lasily

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal/

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:32 am

Was pointing you to the brand.

Addict · Post by **Addict** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:51 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Was pointing you to the brand.

You're expecting an awfully lot from me there! lol Good find.

YARDofSTUF wrote:He linked lasily

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal/

Spoon-fed. thanks.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:47 am

I still like and use Acronis a lot...no more Ghost or PM for me (due to my personal boycott of Symantec products).

Assuming you're not using Vista..which allows native resizing right from disk manglement.

Addict · Post by **Addict** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:04 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:I still like and use Acronis a lot...no more Ghost or PM for me (due to my personal boycott of Symantec products).

Assuming you're not using Vista..which allows native resizing right from disk manglement.

Yeah I'm boycotting Symantec as well. They seem to mangle every company they consume. And add $ to the price with no features added.

This machine isn't Vista so no builtin manglement.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:47 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:disk manglement.

strjms72 · Post by **strjms72** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:31 am

Addict wrote:Any recommendations? I've used PartitionMagic in the past, but I don't want to shell out $70 (esp since its a Symantec product). I doubt I'll have much use for this once I'm done.

I need to resize the system partition on a drive. It has 2 total partitions both of which are NTFS.

you can use pirated programm!

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:33 pm

Addict wrote:Yeah I'm boycotting Symantec as well. They seem to mangle every company they consume. And add $ to the price with no features .

They picked up Messagelabs...announcement last week
http://www.messagelabs.com/resources/press/19234

Another one gets gobbled up by the Borg.

Addict · Post by **Addict** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:45 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:They picked up Messagelabs...announcement last week
http://www.messagelabs.com/resources/press/19234

Another one gets gobbled up by the Borg.

Ugh.

Addict · Post by **Addict** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:44 am

FWIW, I ended up using GParted. I'm not sure why I didn't think of this tool to start with. Its free and allows you to resize and move just about any type of filesystem.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

Not as "pretty" as the paid tools, but not as pricey either. Easy to use as well.