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    Partition Software - Alternatives to Partition Magic?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by canineate, Jul 14, 2007.

  1. canineate

    canineate Newbie

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    I just received my new Inspiron laptop which is running Vista. I tried to install Partition Magic on it but apparently the software is not supported by Vista. Are there any alternatives to Partition Magic I can use?
     
    canineate, Jul 14, 2007
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    patopig Newbie

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    Maybe you can try Vista's Disk Management. It's a little slow but it works.
     
    patopig, Jul 14, 2007
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  4. the caveman

    the caveman Notebook Consultant

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    or u can use free soft called gparted
     
    the caveman, Jul 14, 2007
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  5. INCSlayer

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    i use paragon partition manager 8.5 works almost perfectly cept for one small bug which gives a error if the que isnt empty dont actually affect the OS or the program but i thought id just mention it since i recommend the program
     
    INCSlayer, Jul 14, 2007
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    xdz3r0 Notebook Consultant

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    is there a free had partitioning software that doesnt involve a boot cd or whatever? that basically functions as windows disk management, but better? cuz my m1330 has unallocated space, where right clicking only gives me the options of viewing the properties. i also cant alter the F: drive, which is low on space apparently, and theres quite a bit of unallocated space.
     
    xdz3r0, Sep 11, 2007
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    RogueMonk, Sep 12, 2007
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    Sykotic Notebook Evangelist

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    I wouldnt go deleting any partitions. Dells puts a partition for your recovery and another partition for Media Direct. If you delete your recovery partition you may not be able to reinstall without a reinstall cd. The Media Direct on the other hand, BLAH, I use windows Media Center, but you may want to keep it. GL
     
    Sykotic, Sep 12, 2007
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  9. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Gparted or the more featured version of gparted which is Partmagic.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Sep 12, 2007
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  10. Arla

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    Gparted all the way.

    While Partition Magic may be better (I have honestly no idea) the number of times I actually need to repartition makes paying for software to do it just not worth it to me.
     
    Arla, Sep 12, 2007
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  11. andyhuynh

    andyhuynh Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi All !
    Don't use Partition Magic to create new partition in Windows Vista , i had problem when i tried create partition by Partition Magic in DOS . When Partition Magic running , it detected hard drive and it say Disk Error #105 , then i restart computer , occur BSOD and then i must to reinstall windows Vista .
     
    andyhuynh, Sep 14, 2007
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