Need a partition manager to replace partition magic

Joe 90 · 23-04-2008, 09:02

Mornin

right, got my new system setup and sorted last night but my partitions table is screwed cose i'm sure its not showing everything its meant to, and despite leaving vista's disk manager formatting my samsung tb disk last night it wasn't accessable this morning, still just showed as a 0bytes disk.

Anyone know of any decent partition managers like Partition Magic? i tried to run that this morning but it don't work in vista

Davey_Pitch · 23-04-2008, 09:30

Have you tried simple fdisk? Boot from a Win98 boot floppy and go from there, though not sure whether it will work on a disk that size or not.

Joe 90 · 23-04-2008, 09:33

nah not tried that yet. i was after a newbish gui app cose partition magic was able to find errors and fix them for me. saves me from the possibility of screwin my partitions table.

jmc41 · 30-04-2008, 20:59

I can't get fdisk to work with anything above about 20gb, which doesn't really help these days.

Mark · 30-04-2008, 21:13

Not surprising really - the old fdisk wasn't designed for big disks.

I found this with a quick search. Take your pick, but as I've never come across that site before YMMV.

MarcLister · 04-05-2008, 17:49

Would you be willing to pay? If so: http://www.acronis.co.uk/homecomputi.../diskdirector/

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=528860
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acronis-Disk...9919752&sr=8-1
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/338451...searchsource=0

Zirax · 04-05-2008, 19:43

What about I create boot disks for partition magic and you do it from their dos gui interface? PM me your email address and I will get it sent over to you zipped up

I use that for all my installs even now, just so much easier

LeperousDust · 04-05-2008, 21:11

If you dont wanna use gParted (probably not best in this case), grab one of the Bart PE CD's Windows live CD environment and usually have tones of extra stuff on there to use, really good

Feek · 05-05-2008, 12:42

bootrec /fixmbr is worth a try if you've not already done so, or try some of the other options there.

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23-04-2008, 09:33	#3
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	nah not tried that yet. i was after a newbish gui app cose partition magic was able to find errors and fix them for me. saves me from the possibility of screwin my partitions table. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

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LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	If you dont wanna use gParted (probably not best in this case), grab one of the Bart PE CD's Windows live CD environment and usually have tones of extra stuff on there to use, really good __________________

30-04-2008, 20:59	#4
jmc41 Absinthe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,070	I can't get fdisk to work with anything above about 20gb, which doesn't really help these days.

30-04-2008, 21:13	#5
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Not surprising really - the old fdisk wasn't designed for big disks. I found this with a quick search. Take your pick, but as I've never come across that site before YMMV.

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Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	What about I create boot disks for partition magic and you do it from their dos gui interface? PM me your email address and I will get it sent over to you zipped up I use that for all my installs even now, just so much easier

05-05-2008, 12:42	#9
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	bootrec /fixmbr is worth a try if you've not already done so, or try some of the other options there. __________________