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    Best free program do partition my hard disk?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Zero Hope, Jan 13, 2007.

  1. Zero Hope

    Zero Hope Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok so this will be my first time partitioning my hard disk and I've had no previous experience before. I'm doing this for my Dell Inspiron 6400, so which programs would you recommend to me? Thanks in advance.
     
    Zero Hope, Jan 13, 2007
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    I would recommend Partition Magic or Paragon Partition Manager, just search for them on a p2p network.
     
    Bog, Jan 13, 2007
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  3. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    The free program that's comes to mine is Digital Dolly Live CD. It's a old unix/Linux utility that works wonders.
     
    blue68f100, Jan 13, 2007
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  4. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    miner, Jan 13, 2007
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  5. ttupa

    ttupa Tech Elitist NBR Reviewer

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    I second Partition Magic...however P2P is NOT the way to go. Yes they are pay-for programs, but that's legitimate.

    :rolleyes:
     
    ttupa, Jan 13, 2007
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  6. BigV

    BigV Notebook Deity

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    I would also recommend GParted. It has worked for me numerous times.
     
    BigV, Jan 14, 2007
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  7. lowlymarine

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    GParted, definitely. Free, easy to use, and almost always works. And since it's a LiveCD, it can even be used on drives you can't boot.
     
    lowlymarine, Jan 14, 2007
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    Another recommendation for GParted livecd. It is so simple to use.
     
    puresniper, Jan 14, 2007
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  9. Arla

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    GParted, totally free and very easy to use (as long as you can boot from a CD)
     
    Arla, Jan 15, 2007
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  10. bigzz

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    GParted, did re-partition for Dell B130 and HP zd8000. easy to use.
     
    bigzz, Jan 25, 2007
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  11. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Doesn't get better than G-Parted.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Jan 25, 2007
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