From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 07:37:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D05616A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 07:37:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from blair.epifora.com (blair.epifora.com [207.139.168.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF4C43D1D for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 07:37:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sage@marmotmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.epifora.com [127.0.0.1]) by blair.epifora.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8EAE165AAE for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 02:37:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.marmotmail.com ([216.95.224.132]) by localhost (blair.epifora.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00294-05 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 02:37:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.marmotmail.com (mail.marmotmail.com [216.95.224.132]) by mail.marmotmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15EBD165AA4 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 02:37:05 -0500 (EST) From: "Andre Holliday" To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 02:37:05 -0500 Message-Id: <20050206070443.M6016@marmotmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42043960.50403@finnovative.net> References: <42043960.50403@finnovative.net> X-Mailer: MarmotMail 2.32 20040604 X-OriginatingIP: 216.95.224.132 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: Re: Recommendations for partitioning tool X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 07:37:07 -0000 > Hi, > > I am looking for a tool like Partition Magic, so that I can shrink > partitions, create new ones, and make my laptop available for installing > FreeBSD. > > I have Partition Magic, but unfortunately, I have Win2K3 on one > partition, and PM detects it and refuses to run. Aarrgh. > > Is there any easy to use tool to shrink down my NTFS partition, delete > and create other partitions out there? > > -- Joaquin Menchaca Try Partition Manager 2005 from 7tools (http://7tools.de, US$29.95). It seems to be the same product as Paragon Partition Manager 6.0 Personal Edition (http://www.partition-manager.com, US$49.95; Professional and Technician Editions cost US$99.95 and US$299.00, respectively). It has the same functions as Partition Magic, including resizing partitions, and works even when Partition Magic 8 refuses to. I've used it for some time now with satisfactory results. I don't use Windows 2003, but Partition Manager 2005 saved me a lot of headaches after I inadvertently installed Solaris 10 on a FreeBSD 4.10/Windows XP machine before making backup copies of my partition tables. Solaris 10 scrambled my partition table, and Partition Magic 8 only informed me of the problem, refusing to go further. Partition Manager detected the problem, and allowed me to fix it, without requiring me to dig out my various first aid and recovery tools. Since acquiring Partition Magic, Symantec doesn't seem to have done anything with it. -- Andre Holliday