gparted is widely regarded as the best choice if you wish to do this seriously (but back up all data on the affected drive, as always, before proceeding)
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gparted is widely regarded as the best choice if you wish to do this seriously (but back up all data on the affected drive, as always, before proceeding)
It's free too![]()
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https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...&postcount=105Originally Posted by sapi
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hey, not fair, I thought we were only talking windows proggies!
Naturally, Beirut, if you really want the most you can get from partitioning disks, I would recommend linux. That's how I've always partitioned all my drives. BUT, as with other things linux, things tend to be not extremely user-friendly.
Never tried gparted myself, always been a fan of fdisk(although I think I have played with parted at some point).
However, a weird thing I've noticed is that some of the friendlier ones (i.e., ones with a GUI), are less flexible, and offer you less functionality, than some of the unfriendlier ones. Disk druid is a classic example of that. So it's all up to your personal taste in the end.
So, in conclusion, sure, if you are willing to use Linux, by all means, do use one of the (many) utilities available to partition your disk.
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@bloodrast - i've read nice things about gparted, including user friendlyness ;)
I am wondering why you've even considered a distinction between windows and linux partitioning tools. you never partition from within an OS so it really makes no difference what mini-os they use to present the ui
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Sure you do- in fact that's what Beirut did. Depending on circumstances, you can't always from within your OS, but people can and often do. If you want to do non-destructive repartitioning, then you have to use other self-booting progs.Originally Posted by sapi
Small world eh?Originally Posted by Beirut
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If you're not trying to partition the disk that the OS is residing on, I see absolutely no problem whatsoever doing the repartitioning from within an OS.
If you're repartitioning the disk that the OS is residing on, yes, things can get trickier, and slightly riskier, but it's still quite doable. Even then, if you're not partitioning the partition that the OS is residing on, it might be ok (although you may need to reboot).
Partition Magic, for example, does exactly that - moreover, it can even repartition the partition that the OS is residing on (hehe, but remember my experiences with PM... however, it can do it.).
I don't know if fdisk can do it, I'm not even sure it's possible under linux.
And thanks for the gparted tip - functionality AND user-friendliness, that has to be a first for a linux proggie!
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hmm, I've been trying to think of any such self-booting proggie associated with a partitioner, and can't think of one. Can you give me an example, please ? Or were you referring to booting into some (whatever) mini-OS (e.g., a linux boot cd), and doing the repartitioning with the tools that you can access from there ?Originally Posted by Xiahou
Last edited by Blodrast; 02-10-2007 at 10:13.
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Most partitioning tools are self-booting with a mini-os
The one i got with my seagate drive is, and so is gparted, from what i read...
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