[XtremeMaC]

Hi there
I've 120gb external western digital 8mb cache 7200rpm hdd (heh didn't need that info) anyways
now its in 1 big partition.
I'm going to partition it without formatting it. bc I don't have any place to put them.
dvd-rw might be but 21 dvd's I dunno.
so anyways last I tried partition magic everything got messed up some of the files got deleted probably bc of fragmentation. but I don't know

what advice could u guys give me. I haven't really tried acronis partition expert
is it any good? any better than pm8?

what should I do

Thanks....

[FthrJACK]

they are both good. Pm8 is the beter one in my opinion though... because, well it just is. personal choice i guess in the end.

[brian]

I prefer Partition Expert .

[techtype]

Partition Expert can do many repartioning jobs in one tenth of the time (or less) that Partition Magic would take for the same job. Somehow, it seems to skip the "moving data" part. This makes me suspicious (as you know by now, most everything makes me suspicious), but I use it anyway --- just can't pass up that speed.

[XtremeMaC]

hmm I loved that but now I'm suspicious too. have you lost any data doing that? cause I don't want to lose 90gig

[prathapml]

I'm familiar with PM8 - that's all I can say - and never seen it treat my data playfully.
I wouldn't take chances, even if acronis was better (seen it, but not trusted it much).

[techtype]

I've had no more problems with it than with Partition Magic (about one tenth of one percent of the time). Having said that, I always back up before using either. After I've completed a job with Acronis, I let Partition Magic look at the partions to verify that it sees nothing wrong. Got both on my bootable CD so it only takes a moment.

[XtremeMaC]

do u mean u boot with either of them or do u mean they both get installed to windows?
if 1st one could u give me directions for acronis. I once created a bootable thing, then I never really used it not sure if it even works

[techtype]

Just another nice thing about Acronis, when you install in Windows, it offers to burn a bootable CD for you right then.

[prathapml]

techtype, on Feb 6 2004, 12:13 AM, said:

Just another nice thing about Acronis, when you install in Windows, it offers to burn a bootable CD for you right then.

But what's the use, it uses some incompatible file-format, I'm not able to read the contents of it directly, nor when I make an ISO of it - it works, but I can't use acronis together with other things. So I can't put something else on that CD, or put it with my multi-boot CD (ISO image can't be booted from, I need the acronis CD's boot-sector and files - which I can't get!!!). Probably a deliberate measure by acronis to prevent copying/piracy.


As for PM8, I simply copy the dos exe files from its installed folder, and run pqmagic.exe after going into the right directory (thru DOS), and it works in exactly the same way as in windows, right down to the interface and mouse support.

[StOrM]

Partition Magic. I have it installed on all my systems, comes in handy.

[techtype]

Quote:
"But what's the use, it uses some incompatible file-format, I'm not able to read the contents of it directly, nor when I make an ISO of it - it works, but I can't use acronis together with other things. So I can't put something else on that CD, or put it with my multi-boot CD (ISO image can't be booted from, I need the acronis CD's boot-sector and files - which I can't get!!!). Probably a deliberate measure by acronis to prevent copying/piracy."

I've done it, obviously, since it's on my bootable utility CD. But, that's a whole other subject. Remember, there are things that you can't do and things that I can't do, but very few that no one can do. Here's a link to get you started:
Bootable Acronis

The procedure is the same for all Acronis products.

[XtremeMaC]

well okay its like 50 - 50
so I'll go with pm since I've been using
another question would it change anything (work better) if i boot pm from cd and partition from dos(to my mostly full hdd?) or is it better to change stuff in windows and after a reboot it goes to that screen and does it all ? (they should put names for that screen )

Thanks

[XtremeMaC]

okay I didn't want to risk all my data so I'm going to back them up
is there a software than can quickly organize folders to be burned?
i mean I've 90gigs filled lots of folders lots of files.
is there a program to organize them into different dvd's ready to burn
I hope it made sense...

[medhunter]

I think winoncd 5.3 power edition had such an option to backup a whole partition

[XtremeMaC]

thank u
it seems to have that option
though your are a little late I already backed up all my stuff to dvd's manually