The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Partition Software

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by SwitchThreeSixty, Feb 12, 2009.

  1. SwitchThreeSixty

    SwitchThreeSixty Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    39
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    What free software are you guys finding works the best?
     
    SwitchThreeSixty, Feb 12, 2009
    #1
  2. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

    Reputations:
    2,869
    Messages:
    1,831
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I use Gparted for all my partitioning needs. Needs such as resizing, deleting, creating new.

    For partition backups, I have used PartImage many times. Unfortunately NTFS is only experiential with PartImage, so I have run into an error here or there. Nothing major enough for me to change software. I've seen a few posters mention Clonezilla. I haven't tried it out yet, but it's based in part on PartImage, so I intend to.

    For partition restoration I have used TestDisk on a few occasions. For data restoration, PhotoRec.
     
    Gregory, Feb 12, 2009
    #2
  3. Lakjin

    Lakjin Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    313
    Messages:
    1,939
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Are you looking for software that will work in Windows 7? For XP/Vista I find Paragon Hard Disk Manager to be really nice. Especially since it can do ext partitions along with NTFS. However not sure if it will work in Windows 7. Not to mention it is a commercial software that you are getting for free.
     
    Lakjin, Feb 12, 2009
    #3
  4. SwitchThreeSixty

    SwitchThreeSixty Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    39
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    will it work with 64-bit Vista?
     
    SwitchThreeSixty, Feb 12, 2009
    #4
  5. Lakjin

    Lakjin Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    313
    Messages:
    1,939
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Maybe. Not sure.
     
    Lakjin, Feb 12, 2009
    #5
  6. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

    Reputations:
    677
    Messages:
    2,307
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Gparted is my favorite. Best of all, it's free.
     
    Slaughterhouse, Feb 12, 2009
    #6
  7. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,972
    Messages:
    7,788
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    disk manager in vista/win7 does all i need.

    i used paragon for stuff i couldn't do before. i got it free (full licence) in some magazine i bought once.. :)
     
    davepermen, Feb 12, 2009
    #7
  8. Lakjin

    Lakjin Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    313
    Messages:
    1,939
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Free license from the link above also =)
     
    Lakjin, Feb 12, 2009
    #8
  9. jonhapimp

    jonhapimp Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    353
    Messages:
    2,115
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    i use paragon and loved it it's the only software that allowed me to combine partitions on my main drive. i tried every software out there but couldn't combined the freakin partitions. so if you find it for free then get it
     
    jonhapimp, Feb 12, 2009
    #9
  10. Lakjin

    Lakjin Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    313
    Messages:
    1,939
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Lakjin, Feb 13, 2009
    #10