Looking to Partition a harddrive

[Zylstra]

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.

[GX1_Man]

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!  

[Fed]

'System Restore' is for girls.

[Zylstra]

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!  

I tried Fdisk, and it took 2 hours to get half way done. It was some disk check thing it had to do.

Quote By: FED:Posted by: Fed Posted on: Today at 4:03pm
'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.

[GX1_Man]

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!

[Zylstra]

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.

[Fed]

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!

[GX1_Man]

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?

[Zylstra]

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.

[GX1_Man]

And so what is 50% gone? 50% bad clusters?

[Zylstra]

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.

[GX1_Man]

Get another drive then. It will grow rapidly and no data is safe.

[Zylstra]

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.

[GX1_Man]

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)!  

[Arc]

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)!  

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

[Zylstra]

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)!  

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

Was it a CPU, or a motherboard?
I plan on taking the CPU out of the 999MHz Gateway computer (the one that keeps crashing) and putting it into a GOOD computer, with good hardware etc...

[Zylstra]

So, let me get this fact correct first...
If I run FDISK, then I will loose ALL information on both sides of the partititioned harddrive?

[GX1_Man]

Fdisk allows you to manage partitions. You can delete or create them. If you do not touch an existing partition it is safe, although strange things can happen if you delete C and leave the other(s) intact. Please restate again how the system is now and how you want it to end up and what OS you are going to use on it.

Once the partitions are set, all the resulting drives - primary and logical - will have to be formatted to be usable.

Hint: If you delete a partition to try to rearrange things that data is gone forever for all practical purposes.

[Zylstra]

I have Windows 98SE.
I would like to use FDISK to make a 1-3GB partition on drive C
If I use FDISK on C, will it format and loose all data on C?

[Fed]

I have used fips to partition a HDD that had 98SE on it with success.
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/fips/fips.doc

[GX1_Man]

I have Windows 98SE.
I would like to use FDISK to make a 1-3GB partition on drive C
If I use FDISK on C, will it format and loose all data on C?

If you delete an existing partition all data there is deleted. Partitioning and formatting are two necessary steps to make usable disk space.

[fatali]

If you still need partitioning, read this article about GParted live, it's free. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/25/1917228 All you need is a Burner and software that can burn ISO images to disk. (Nero works well and is sometimes shipped with burners, and then download the ISO and burn it.  I used it to partition my drive for use with the Windows Vista Beta release, did the job nicely.