Disk Partition Software

R

Root

Looking for a (freeware) disk partitioning program to merge two FAT32
partitions. Just trying to combine the current D:\ space with the C:\
drive. Don't see that FDISK allows this without destroying the C:\ drive
data.

Recommendation(s)?

Much thanks. -root
 
A

AAH

It is a good idea to keep partition d: for
"rest of" stuff like all backups .zip and image
files as well as a copy of My Document folder and OS setup files on that
partition. I normally
keep a copy of Program Files and Windows
folder there which has proved quite usefull
for problems on C: partition.
You can adjust the space available there.


Looking for a (freeware) disk partitioning program to merge two FAT32
partitions. Just trying to combine the current D:\ space with the C:\
drive. Don't see that FDISK allows this without destroying the C:\ drive
data.

Recommendation(s)?

Much thanks. -root
 
M

me

Root said:
Looking for a (freeware) disk partitioning program to merge two FAT32
partitions. Just trying to combine the current D:\ space with the C:\
drive. Don't see that FDISK allows this without destroying the C:\ drive
data.

Recommendation(s)?

Much thanks. -root

You might search this NG for subject "partition". I seem to remember a
thread that mentioned BOOTIT NG, and I downloaded it. Haven't used it
yet, so can't attest to its efficacy. However, seems I remember most
posters in the thread were quite complimentary.

The one caution--BOOTIT is also a boot manager; but, I understand you
can ignore that capability.

Also, it will handle NTFS partitions

HTH, and good luck searching.

Grizzly Bear
 
C

Chaos Master

is, and always will be:

The one caution--BOOTIT is also a boot manager; but, I understand you
can ignore that capability.

You must always be careful when working with the hard drives (be it
changing partitions, using boot managers, working with INT 13 in
Assembler)!

And I suggest 'qtparted' for working with partitions.
Worked for me to make partitions for Linux.

[]s
--
Chaos Master®, posting from Canoas, Brazil - 29.55° S / 51.11° W

"Don't try to fix me -- I'm not broken"

My e-mail address is renanDOTbirckATgmailDOTcom [DOT=. AT=@]. DON'T SPAM
 
C

Chaos Master

to stdout:
It is for one time use, for 30 days. If you keep it longer, it costs.

Still, it isn't freeware, IMHO. It's 30-day trial.

--
Chaos Master®, posting from Canoas, Brazil - 29.55° S / 51.11° W

"Sing what you can't say / forget what you can't play
Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes / Walk within my poetry, this dying
music"
- My loveletter to nobody


My e-mail address is renanDOTbirckATgmailDOTcom [DOT=. AT=@].
DON'T SPAM IT. REPLY TO NEWS UNLESS I ASK YOU TO REPLY BY MAIL
UNWANTED REPLIES = PLONK TO WHO SENT THEM.
 
X

xmp

Chaos said:
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Still, it isn't freeware, IMHO. It's 30-day trial.

true, we can play word games all day. i believe the strictest
definition of freeware is that it is free, not necessarily open-source,
and can be freely traded on internet sites. so something like the
Borland C++ compiler (bcc32.exe) is free, but not freeware.

thus, several of the items posted on this group are not freeware by the
strictest definition.

most people here are just looking for free stuff, so trials, freeware,
open-source, shareware trials, betas often meet their needs.

michael
 
J

jo

xmp said:
most people here are just looking for free stuff, so trials, freeware,
open-source, shareware trials, betas often meet their needs.

Nonsense.

How does warez fit into your list? Warez is free, innit?

'Freeware' is a 'ware' type; it is ridiculous to demean the work of true
freeware authors to include demos and trials and suchlike within the
'freeware' definition.

And this is not 'playing word games'... it is at the heart of what
constitutes 'on topic' in this group.

It is not called alt.comp.software.free.workrounds for a reason.

HTH
 
S

Semolina Pilchard

Chaos Master wrote:
true, we can play word games all day. i believe the strictest
definition of freeware is that it is free, not necessarily open-source,
and can be freely traded on internet sites. so something like the
Borland C++ compiler (bcc32.exe) is free, but not freeware.

thus, several of the items posted on this group are not freeware by the
strictest definition.

most people here are just looking for free stuff, so trials, freeware,
open-source, shareware trials, betas often meet their needs.

Believe what you wish, Michael. No amount of arguing is going to turn
a 30 day trial into freeware. But by all means go ahead and newgroup
alt.comp.freestuff. Your definition might work there.
 
A

Alastair Smeaton

true, we can play word games all day. i believe the strictest
definition of freeware is that it is free, not necessarily open-source,
and can be freely traded on internet sites. so something like the
Borland C++ compiler (bcc32.exe) is free, but not freeware.


not freeware at all - it is a trial.

find something else, like ranish partition manager, or others
 
X

xmp

Believe what you wish, Michael. No amount of arguing is going to turn
a 30 day trial into freeware. But by all means go ahead and newgroup
alt.comp.freestuff. Your definition might work there.

fair enough, i will omit betas, trials, shareware, and free but not
freely distributable wares. IMHO, stuff like the Borland C++ compiler
is grey line, and depends on the definition of freeware, so i may post it.

michael
 
V

Vic Dura

fair enough, i will omit betas, trials, shareware, and free but not
freely distributable wares. IMHO, stuff like the Borland C++ compiler
is grey line, and depends on the definition of freeware, so i may post it.

Sometimes a trial is all that is needed. An example from personal
experience is a partition manager. I bought a new computer and wanted
to modify the partitions without loss of data. Ranish PM could do
that, but it was IMO much harder to use than BootIT NG, a 30-day
trial.

I down-loaded BootIT, did the repartitioning in a few minutes, and
haven't used it since. It suited my purposes perfectly, it was free, I
used it in strict accordance with the EULA.

Nevertheless, some people here don't like to see a trial-ware
recommendation no matter how perfectly it suits the requester's needs.
That's their problem. This is not a moderated NG, nor is it even a
majority-rule NG.
 
S

Semolina Pilchard

Nevertheless, some people here don't like to see a trial-ware
recommendation no matter how perfectly it suits the requester's needs.
That's their problem. This is not a moderated NG, nor is it even a
majority-rule NG.

Then again, there are other people who have difficulty understanding
the simplest of concepts. And yet others who, despite understanding
perfectly well, perversely insist on pretending they don't.

If the licence says it's shareware, it isn't freeware. That seems
like a notion even you could absorb, Vic. If people need solutions
for which there is no freeware answer, there are a number of
strategies for dealing with that, all of which have been discussed to
death here and deliberately ignored by you, Vic.

I agree that it isn't a moderated group, thank goodness. I accept
that usenet is too open a medium for the opinion of the majority to
prevail, particularly when there are people like you around who view
the majority with contempt and pursue your own agenda regardless of
how inappropriate to the group it may be.

But I don't think, somehow, that we're likely to settle for minority
Vic Dura rule, either. Tell me, do you get commission for the
commercial solutions you promote in alt.comp.freeware?
 
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Nevertheless, some people here don't like to see a trial-ware
recommendation no matter how perfectly it suits the requester's
needs. That's their problem.

And yours, since you don't like it when people discourage
recommending commercial software solutions.
This is not a moderated NG, nor is it even a majority-rule NG.

Nor is it one about commercial software solutions.
 
F

Franklin

You might search this NG for subject "partition". I seem to
remember a thread that mentioned BOOTIT NG, and I downloaded it.
Haven't used it yet, so can't attest to its efficacy. However,
seems I remember most posters in the thread were quite
complimentary.

The one caution--BOOTIT is also a boot manager; but, I
understand you can ignore that capability.

Also, it will handle NTFS partitions


BOOTIT will do this and do it for free although if you install it it
will cost you $$$ after 30 days. Not freeware (yeah, I know the name
of this group) but free for your purpose for now and at any time in
the future. No need to install BOOTIT to a hard drive to do this.
Have done this myself many times.

C's data will be preserved (unless, of course, you have a system
crash or some other unexpected problem occurs). If you want to be
really cautious then burn the contents of C to CD/DVD. BOOTIT can do
this for you.

METHOD: Boot from BOOTIT floppy. If offered the option then you
want "limited" number of partitions. Do not create an EMBR on C or
D. Use the default settings. Go to Partition Work, delete D (you
said it was just "space") and then use Partition Work again but this
time to resize C to occupy the whole space previously occupied by C
and D.

If necessary you can change the FAT32 cluster size to reflect the new
larger size of C.

----

PLEA: will some kind soul give me similar detailed instructions on
how to automatically split a large MP3 of an album into individual
tracks? :)

See my former posting here:

Subject: "automatic MP3 splitter - help! help!"
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 18:57:17 EST
 
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BOOTIT will do this and do it for free although if you install it
it will cost you $$$ after 30 days. Not freeware (yeah, I know
the name of this group) but free for your purpose for now and at
any time in the future. No need to install BOOTIT to a hard drive
to do this. Have done this myself many times.

Violating the EULA doesn't have anything to do with whether or not
you install to HDD. You're violating the EULA and calling it free,
no different than any other warez advocate would.

Temporary Evaluation Use Only. You may use this
Evaluation Software without charge for a limited time only,
and solely to decide whether to purchase a paid license for
the software from TeraByte. If you wish to use the
Evaluation Software after the thirty (30) day evaluation
period, then you must purchase a Full Use license for the
software from TeraByte.
 
V

Vic Dura

And yours, since you don't like it when people discourage
recommending commercial software solutions.

A commercial program that is free for 30 days, when a person needs it
for only 1-day, is for that purpose free IMO.

And no sir, it's not a problem for me. I don't let the control-freaks
dictate to me what is reasonable to post, and I don't try to tell
others what is reasonable and acceptable.
 
J

jo

Vic said:
A commercial program that is free for 30 days, when a person needs it
for only 1-day, is for that purpose free IMO.

Sure.

Not 'freeware', though, is it?

But you know that...
 
B

BarryTone

Vic said:
A commercial program that is free for 30 days, when a person needs it
for only 1-day, is for that purpose free IMO.

Here's a problem with your "helpful" posts to others: Yes, they use the
software for one day. Then they uninstall it. Then they think they can
re-install it later at any time. It don't work that way. Most programs
will not work after the 30 day period has ended from when they *first*
installed it. People need REAL solutions not band-aids.
 

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