[CUBE] Unpartitioning

[Marc Stergionis]

At about 4:55 PM +0100 on 1/9/03, Riba wrote:
>>Hard Disk Toolkit can both "add" and "resize" partitions, since at 
>>least version 2.0x, which is 5-6 years old.
>>
>>To increase (or decrease) the number of volumes HDT's scheme is to 
>>delete partitions and then create new partitions. So you have to 
>>either have an empty partition, that you've copied everything off, 
>>or a current backup of it if you want that data back.
>>
>>I don't think you can resize running HDT off your startup Drive. 
>>And HDT requires its drivers to be installed in order to change 
>>volume quantities or resize partitions. Unless you have the newest 
>>version of HDT, your OS X drivers will probably be much more 
>>up-to-date. Depending on your mix CCC/reformatting may be easier.
>
>That's all very nice, but I'm not talking about HDT. Anyway, you 
>made me look for the exact name, and I was referring to FWB 
>Partition Toolkit, which does exactly what I said it does :)
>http://www.fwb.com/html/partition_toolkit.html

Ahh ... This looks like a subset of HDT's features for a lower price. 
Caveats remain; I'd probably use CCC if at all possible. I've had 
scary experiences with FWB's drivers, which may've been better than 
Apple's a few years ago but, with OS X, I think that's all changed.

-ms
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