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    USING partition magic with acer

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by satellite, Jan 27, 2006.

  1. satellite

    satellite Notebook Consultant

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    is it safe to partition the hard of my acer laptop using partition magic?there r two drives in the laptop each 25 gb and i wanna split them.how and with which program can i do it?i dont wanna damage the hidden partirion.how can i do it?
     
    satellite, Jan 27, 2006
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  2. Darbyjack

    Darbyjack Notebook Evangelist

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    well I'm gonna use that program tomorow when my friend brings it round on CD so I'll tell you how it turned out
     
    Darbyjack, Jan 27, 2006
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  3. Caze

    Caze Notebook Enthusiast

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    When splitting a drive make sure that you have at least the amount of free space +1gb you're going to give the new drive. I've been using Partition Magic for years now and I also used it to partition my Acer laptop. There's always a slight risk that something might go wrong but when following the wizards it normally works like it should. It is recommended though that you split the drive when it's empty, that way there is no risk in losing any data.
     
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  4. ljkfdsjkfkd

    ljkfdsjkfkd Notebook Enthusiast

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    When I got my notebook, one of the first things I did was to reorganize the disk space using Partition Magic and convert everything to NTFS (except the hidden partition). Had no problems. I kept the hidden partition on the HD but reduced its size. I'm not sure if it would still work, but since I can always reinstall everything from the Acer Recovery discs, I'm not concerned about it.
     
    ljkfdsjkfkd, Jan 31, 2006
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  5. Aero

    Aero PC/Mac...Whatever works! NBR Reviewer

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    I use partition magic all the time, used it 5 minutes ago. I never backup my data or use an empty drive. I use it to partition my drive with all the data intact. It never let me down yet, so touch wood :).

    Highly recommended.
     
    Aero, Jan 31, 2006
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  6. Darbyjack

    Darbyjack Notebook Evangelist

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    yeh its pretty safe to use. I merged my backup partition into my main one and changed from FAT32 to NTFS
     
    Darbyjack, Jan 31, 2006
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  7. Jake

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    The only time you need to back up your data is when you have lost it and want it back. ;)

    Partition Magic is OK. Acronis True Image is arguably a better product.

    Jake
     
    Jake, Feb 8, 2006
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  8. VidKo

    VidKo Notebook Consultant

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    My vote goes for Partition Magic too. Been using it for a long time and never had problems.

    Regards, VidKo
     
    VidKo, Feb 9, 2006
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  9. mjpartyboy

    mjpartyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    As well as create and resize paritions I assume you can delete them and allocate that space to other partitions?
     
    mjpartyboy, May 16, 2006
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    i ahve two partitions, is it pretty easy to join them with partition magic?
     
    joystik, May 16, 2006
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    My 'hidden' Media Direct partition is 78 MB with 71 MB free, so could I use PM to reduce the size of it and allocate the free space to another partition?
     
    mjpartyboy, May 16, 2006
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