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Looking to Partition a harddrive
« on: June 24, 2006, 03:54:21 PM »
I need a program that will allow me to make a partition on my hard drive with the selected size I choose.

I have heard about Partition Magic, but don't know where to get it.
I used DOS to do this at one time, but it takes WAY too long.

Are there any TRUSTED programs to do this?

(To avoid too many threads) I am also looking for a program that will allow me to restore deleted files, and undo system changes, like System Restore.

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Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2006, 04:43:14 PM »
Fdisk will do it in about 60 seconds. Is that not fast or free enough?

As for the second question, I would definitely avoid that Norton GoBack POS!  :o :o :o
« Last Edit: June 24, 2006, 04:44:01 PM by GX1_Man »

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    Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
    « Reply #2 on: June 24, 2006, 05:03:39 PM »
    'System Restore' is for girls. :D

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    Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
    « Reply #3 on: June 24, 2006, 05:33:59 PM »
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    Fdisk will do it in about 60 seconds. Is that not fast or free enough?

    As for the second question, I would definitely avoid that Norton GoBack POS!  :o :o :o
    I tried Fdisk, and it took 2 hours to get half way done. It was some disk check thing it had to do.

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    'System Restore' is for girls.  

    That's what you think. I just need something to undo my mistakes when ever I'm experimenting with computers.

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    Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
    « Reply #4 on: June 24, 2006, 05:42:38 PM »
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    I tried Fdisk, and it took 2 hours to get half way done. It was some disk check thing it had to do.  

    Then you have some hardware problems, and that's a fact!

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    Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
    « Reply #5 on: June 24, 2006, 05:43:58 PM »
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    I tried Fdisk, and it took 2 hours to get half way done. It was some disk check thing it had to do.  

    Then you have some hardware problems, and that's a fact!
    Yes, I actually do.

    My hard drive is 50% gone, even after a replacement hard drive.

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      Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
      « Reply #6 on: June 24, 2006, 05:54:59 PM »
      Your chosen path is making me very sad when I know how good your computer could be. :-[ Get that ME out of your head!!!
      W2K will do it all for you, it's priceless! :D
      « Last Edit: June 24, 2006, 05:57:57 PM by Fed »

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      Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
      « Reply #7 on: June 24, 2006, 05:55:49 PM »
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      My hard drive is 50% gone, even after a replacement hard drive.

      Please elaborate.

      Of course you know that NO version of Windows will fix this?
      « Last Edit: June 24, 2006, 05:56:47 PM by GX1_Man »

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      Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
      « Reply #8 on: June 24, 2006, 06:03:49 PM »
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      My hard drive is 50% gone, even after a replacement hard drive.

      Please elaborate.

      Of course you know that NO version of Windows will fix this?
      The computer (not the one that I still use) that I tried to use FDISK on would completely crash every month.

      We thought it was an HD problem, but we replaced the HD, and it still happened.

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      Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
      « Reply #9 on: June 24, 2006, 06:12:51 PM »
      And so what is 50% gone? 50% bad clusters?

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      Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
      « Reply #10 on: June 24, 2006, 06:37:37 PM »
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      And so what is 50% gone? 50% bad clusters?
      I couldent even finish the scandisk scan. I would think it would be more than 50%.
      Yes, I mean bad clusters.

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      Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
      « Reply #11 on: June 24, 2006, 06:59:05 PM »
      Get another drive then. It will grow rapidly and no data is safe.

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      Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
      « Reply #12 on: June 24, 2006, 07:06:57 PM »
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      Get another drive then. It will grow rapidly and no data is safe.
      If I got another, it would be the third drive.

      I believe its a problem with the motherboard. The hard drives are permanently damaged.

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      Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
      « Reply #13 on: June 24, 2006, 07:09:46 PM »
      I had a system that seemed to kill perfectly good drives. After the second conked within a few hours of installation I just sent it to meet it's maker (and I don't mean Intel)!  :o

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        Re: Looking to Partition a harddrive
        « Reply #14 on: June 24, 2006, 07:55:47 PM »
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        I had a system that seemed to kill perfectly good drives. After the second conked within a few hours of installation I just sent it to meet it's maker (and I don't mean Intel)!  :o


        I have a CPU killing HDD, it's claimed 3 lives already :'( I locked it in a box in my closet, for safty reasons. LOL
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        or you'll never make it out alive