Free partition making software?

[RogerMcLitty]

Hi, quick question - does anybody know of a good free (or "free") piece of hard disk partitioning software that runs in windows? I want to partition an existing drive (80 gig down to a 60 and a 20 so I can test Vista RC1 on the 20 gig partition). The machine I am using is a laptop (HP nc8430 running XP Pro) - it has no floppy drive, and I've tried various boot CD-based utilities, but I get numerous errors, from a corrupt screen to not being able to find the HD!

The only one I can think of is Acronis Disk Director, but when I try and install the trial version it won't get past the registration screen, it asks me to try again later?

Any help would be greatly appreciated - it's doing my nut in now, all I want to do is lop 20 gig off the end of a drive! Thanks in advance!

[RogerMcLitty]

cheers fella, I gave it a try but I can't see the option to create a new partition on an existing drive, only to recover a partition?

[diablos]

partitionexpert2003

Removed by Mr Olympia

technically speaking this is free as i just upped it for you..

[diablos]

cheers fella, I gave it a try but I can't see the option to create a new partition on an existing drive, only to recover a partition?

sorry mate uploaded the wrong thig re-upped partition magic the other thing for recovering lost files works great even after a format so worth keeping.

[Mr Olympia]

Hi, quick question - does anybody know of a good free (or "free") piece of hard disk partitioning software

You should know better than to ask for 'warez' !!!

sorry mate uploaded the wrong thig re-upped partition magic the other thing for recovering lost files works great even after a format so worth keeping.

And you should know better than to fookin' post links to 'Warez'.

Turn it in!

You're both lucky I'm in a good mood or you'd be moaning about the 'Infraction' you would have got from me.

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fdisk

[RogerMcLitty]

You should know better than to ask for 'warez' !!!


And you should know better than to fookin' post links to 'Warez'.

Turn it in!

You're both lucky I'm in a good mood or you'd be moaning about the 'Infraction' you would have got from me.

When I said "free" I meant trial or demo versions obviously! The recover-me-tools I installed, I only used the trial version of it!

fdisk

Does fdisk allow you to repartition existing formatted drives then?

[stevie2001]

Have a look at the link below, a few free disk partitioning managers, don`t know if their any good though.

http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilit...neditors.shtml

[RogerMcLitty]

Have a look at the link below, a few free disk partitioning managers, don`t know if their any good though.

http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilit...neditors.shtml

Cheers, I had a look there, they are all boot CD-based ones, which don't seem to like my laptop drive!

I installed a works copy of partition magic 8, it lets me set all the parameters I want etc, then asks to reboot. When I reboot it doesn't bring up Partition Magic to finish it off! I hope Vista is worth all this hassle...

[RogerMcLitty]

I have now given up.. nothing I tried would recognise my drive. I've now flattened the machine and put Vista RC1 on it as the sole OS. Very swish it is too!

[jajah]

do a google for hirens boot cd, excellent disk!

[diablos]

I have now given up.. nothing I tried would recognise my drive. I've now flattened the machine and put Vista RC1 on it as the sole OS. Very swish it is too!

did you try the stuff i pm you.

[RogerMcLitty]

yeah it had the same problem.. in windows, it would let me resize the partition, then it would need a reboot to carry it out. When it rebooted, it wouldn't find the disk. I updated it with a patch from the official site, and installed the API drivers that they recommended too, but still no joy.

[diablos]

weird works everytime for me

[RogerMcLitty]

it works fine on my desktop PC, nothing doing on my laptop! Never mind.. thanks for the help, much appreciated... I'll just have to run it as a single Vista build.