[G4] Partitioning Software

[Jay E. Krauss Jr]

	Drive Genius www.prosofteng.com ($99.00) has the option of 
repartitioning a hard disk in its devise (vrs volume) mode. If you 
only want the repartitioning ability, it can be purchased separately 
from SubRosaSoft  www.subrosasoft.com as VolumnWorks ($49.95 as 
download). [Drive Genius is actually a collection of several 
individual programs from SubRosaSoft, I believe SubRosaSoft is based 
in New Zealand, so not as well known here in the US.]
	I used VolumnWorks to change partitions on a hard drive once 
with good results (I actually eliminated a partition so as to have 
sufficient room for expanding OS X system partition). The program 
strongly recommends backing up the drive first, which is just good 
advise anyway (I've had 3-4 HDs fail over the years, as well as a 
software RAID become corrupted)
	As an aside, while I usually use DiskWarrior for serious disk 
repair, it gives me an "out of memory" message and stops when I try 
to use it on a 500 Mb HD. Disk Genius is able to repair and rebuild 
the same drive without difficulty.




>I'd like to re-partition my HD and install a new OS. What is the 
>best application that will re-partition my HD without erasing all my 
>files. Also, is it possible to re-format as well?
>
>Thanks
>Fred
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