Good FREE partition software

[me(who else?)]

I'm a noob to this kind of thing, so i'm a bit clueless...

What is the best free partition software for NTFS. I tried Partition Magic, but it's a huge hassle to use. I'm hoping for a non-destructive partitioning software.

Note: I'm going to install Fedora Core 1 on the new partition, so I just need to resize my NTFS partition.

 

[Rick]

Partition Magic is as easy as it gets... If that's a hassle for you, I can't possible recommend any freeware software to use.

But this is free, and good... Although you might find it even more intimidating than Partition Magic:
http://www.ranish.com/part/

 

[Didou]

Ranish is good & I do believe it's one of the tools included in the UltimeBootCD

 

[Nodsu]

Rick is absolutely right.. If you think Partition Magic was difficult to use you had better forget about doing any partitioning at all.

 

[me(who else?)]

Misunderstanding

I mean that getting it to support NTFS is difficult, not the actual interface. . I have tried some partitioners, but my laptop has no floppy drive at all.

 

[Nodsu]

Getting it to support?

You just need the 8.0 version. Nothing else.

 

[Rick]

Even 7.0 has NTFS support. Perhaps you have version 6 or less?

 

[NoisySilence]

Partition Magic does not work with servers OSes ( in case that's the problem ) . You need Powerquest Volume Manager & it is quite a penny.

 

[snowman]

doesnt windows itself allow you to set up partitions?

 

[Rick]

Originally posted by snowman
doesnt windows itself allow you to set up partitions?

Not without deleting data, unfortunately.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

You could try Acronis PartitionExpert
http://www.acronis.com/products/partitionexpert/
Works on Servers from NT/W2K/W2K3/

 

[Vehementi]

Originally posted by realblackstuff
You could try Acronis PartitionExpert
http://www.acronis.com/products/partitionexpert/
Works on Servers from NT/W2K/W2K3/

That isn't free...

 

[RealBlackStuff]

How did you get Partition Magic? If recently bought, bring it back and exchange it for Acronis, which is also cheaper than PM.

 

[me(who else?)]

thanks

Thanks, I didn't think of that :dead:
I'll try it!

 

[comer lee]

I google partition manager find some freeware bellow:

paragon I have not used,no comment!

easeus partition manager
I download from brother soft.it worked OK, but failed when i tried to merge partition. so i have to allocated the free space to another partition. Partition magic may merge two partitions which will cost you $69.95

cute partition manager
download from giveawayoftheday.

 

[ravisunny2]

comer lee, this post is from Feb., 2004.

 

[SNGX1275]

Since this got brought back from over 4 years ago, I guess I can modernize it by posting one that has came out since then and is free:

gParted

 

[ravisunny2]

Yes, gparted is good, and works on many formats.

 

[Tedster]

I brought this question up many moons ago. Partition magic is about the best you'll get. I have yet to run across an open source partioner that's any good.