[G4] Partitioning Software

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings ( + )!( + )

On Nov 11, 2005, at 2:16 AM, Jay E. Krauss Jr wrote:

>         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
>>  _______________________________________________

Yeah, I had the same thoughts about re-partitioning my 120Gb drive and 
decided that the best thing to do was get another 120Gb drive from eBay 
($32.00 + $5.00 s/h), install and partition the new to me drive and 
copy the items that I wanted from my current 120Gb drive and then 
re-format and partition the original drive.

Much cheaper than purchasing a software package that I would, 
more-than-likely only use once, and the new-to-me 120Gb HD gets used 
all of the time.


Best Regards, /\*_*/\

Harry (*^_^*)
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