Partition Managers
I'm looking for a new partition manager - something that can work with both Windows and Linux partitions. I'm quite new to Linux, having previously used Partition Magic (under Windows) for many years.
However, I've found that PM doesn't work too well with Linux partitions. Also, since it got taken over by Symantec, there's been zero development as far as I can tell.
I'd prefer something that's still being supported - and preferably something that offers both Windows & Linux versions. Does anyone know of something that fits the bill?
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John E] at [2007-11-20 3:41:19]
# 1 Re: Partition Managers
I think what you need is Boot Manager which can also create partitions.
Google directory list lots of them here.
List (http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Disk_Management/Partition/)
And this looks like could do the job for you.
Ranish (http://www.ranish.com/part/)
# 2 Re: Partition Managers
I've heard good things about the Ranish partitioner, however I've never used it myself.
Viggy
# 3 Re: Partition Managers
What kind of things do you need to do? The last time I used Partition Magic, it could actually work quite well with Linux partitions but not resize them.
Yves M at 2007-11-9 13:02:59 >
# 4 Re: Partition Managers
Yves - I frequently make safety copies of my partitions using Partition Magic. PM worked well with Linux partitions right up to PM7.0. But in the Symantec version (PM8.0) I can't do anything to a Linux partition without getting an error about "not enough handles". It seems like the Symantec team didn't really understand Linux and screwed something up. I still have a copy of PM7.0 but PM7.0 is limited to disks smaller than 120GB which is quite small by today's standards.
Also, if I format a Linux partition using Linux itself (Fedora Core 6) PM subsequently marks the entire partition table as bad, maing the disk unusable (in Partition Magic). However, I have some other partition managers that seem quite happy to keep working with it.
Ideally, I'd like something that offers versions for both Windows & Linux. Ranish looked quite competent (if a little old fashioned!) but I couldn't tell if it would run under both OS's. In fact, it almost looked like something you'd run from a floppy...!
John E at 2007-11-9 13:03:55 >
