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Howard Kaikow
Does Partition Magic work with drives formatted by Vista?
To play safe, Partition Magic could be run from floppies.
To play safe, Partition Magic could be run from floppies.
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Nero
Will not work from Vista
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
Yes, you work with Vista formatted drives. But as Nero said, the software is
not compatible with Vista.
not compatible with Vista.
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MicroFox
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Michael O
Doesn't Vista's disk management resize partitions without destroying data?
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Steve Urbach
So they claim <G>
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pvdg42
Speaking for PM v8, it won't touch a Vista partition when run from XP (dualNero said:
boot system) either. Perhaps later versions will...
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Richard Urban
I finally took a leap of faith and tried it (in a virtual machine). First I
enlarged the partition, taking away from unallocated space. It took about 10
seconds to go from a 10 gig partition to a 15 gig partition. I rebooted the
virtual machine and everything was fine.
Then I downsized again to 10 gig. It took about 5 minutes. After another
reboot, everything was still fine. Went back to a 15 gig partition and
stayed there. It is now 5-6 days and everything is OK.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
enlarged the partition, taking away from unallocated space. It took about 10
seconds to go from a 10 gig partition to a 15 gig partition. I rebooted the
virtual machine and everything was fine.
Then I downsized again to 10 gig. It took about 5 minutes. After another
reboot, everything was still fine. Went back to a 15 gig partition and
stayed there. It is now 5-6 days and everything is OK.
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
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Howard Kaikow
To clarify my question. There are 2 cases of concern.
1. On a Windows XP system, one might want to run Partition Magic from
floppies to add/resize partitions so Vista could be installed.
2. Once Vista is installed, a situation may arise in which partitions need
to be created/deleted/resized. In this case, I would prefer to run PM from
floppies
1. On a Windows XP system, one might want to run Partition Magic from
floppies to add/resize partitions so Vista could be installed.
2. Once Vista is installed, a situation may arise in which partitions need
to be created/deleted/resized. In this case, I would prefer to run PM from
floppies
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Richard Urban
I have run into generated errors when running PM from the floppies. This is
on a system that is running fine, with 4 partitions on my first hard drive.
Trust me. If you do try, and get an error that states "do you want Partition
Magic" to fix this error" - say no.
I said yes and lost all 4 partitions on my hard drive.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
on a system that is running fine, with 4 partitions on my first hard drive.
Trust me. If you do try, and get an error that states "do you want Partition
Magic" to fix this error" - say no.
I said yes and lost all 4 partitions on my hard drive.
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
You were scared, thats why you did it in a Virtual Machine. 
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Dennis Pack
Richard:
I agree with you about saying NO on letting PM repair the error. I
learned the lesson with PM7 when NTFS was new and it still hasn't changed.
I agree with you about saying NO on letting PM repair the error. I
learned the lesson with PM7 when NTFS was new and it still hasn't changed.
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CZ
To clarify my question. There are 2 cases of concern.
1. On a Windows XP system, one might want to run Partition Magic from
floppies to add/resize partitions so Vista could be installed.
2. Once Vista is installed, a situation may arise in which partitions need
to be created/deleted/resized. In this case, I would prefer to run PM from
floppies
Howard:
I have used PM v7.01 via floppy boot to resize and to move free space
several times.
I have two hard disks with 18 vols and 5 op systems installed (incl Vista).
No problems.
Note: I perform each change individually (no "batch" processing). That means
I will downsize a vol, then move that free space over 4 vols, and then add
the free space to the 5th vol; each step is performed individually, not as a
single process.
BTW, computer is a Dell Dimension 9100 with SATA drives
1. On a Windows XP system, one might want to run Partition Magic from
floppies to add/resize partitions so Vista could be installed.
2. Once Vista is installed, a situation may arise in which partitions need
to be created/deleted/resized. In this case, I would prefer to run PM from
floppies
Howard:
I have used PM v7.01 via floppy boot to resize and to move free space
several times.
I have two hard disks with 18 vols and 5 op systems installed (incl Vista).
No problems.
Note: I perform each change individually (no "batch" processing). That means
I will downsize a vol, then move that free space over 4 vols, and then add
the free space to the 5th vol; each step is performed individually, not as a
single process.
BTW, computer is a Dell Dimension 9100 with SATA drives
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Howard Kaikow
Howard Kaikow said:
Based on the replies, I guess only item 1 is safe.
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CZ
1. On a Windows XP system, one might want to run Partition Magic from
Based on the replies, I guess only item 1 is safe.
Howard:
I have done both without problems. However, it is always best to have a
recovery plan (backups?) just in case. I have never had a problem using PM
via floppy boot, but I always think of recovery possibilities before I
begin.
Based on the replies, I guess only item 1 is safe.
Howard:
I have done both without problems. However, it is always best to have a
recovery plan (backups?) just in case. I have never had a problem using PM
via floppy boot, but I always think of recovery possibilities before I
begin.