Partitioning Tools

**PseudoKiller** · January 24th, 2004

Does anyone know of any other than Partition Magic and that are free ??

jan · January 24th, 2004

Heres one ...

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ranish.html

Punkychan · January 24th, 2004

In reply to that, I'm using Parttition Magic 7. But.,I have a question.I've got a brand new USB HDD 80 Gb ( as back up) and yesterday, I formatted and partitioned it using Partition Magic.Since it's just a back up HDD, I've got it partitioned in NTFS format.When it's done., I've only got 74.xxGb space on the HD.Where is the other 6 gigs ?? How could I recover it back ? Is there anyway I could start back from scratch ?? Thanks

**chastity** · January 24th, 2004

Well PunkyChan those 6 gigs will not be coming back as if you read the fine print on the box the drive came in you will see what they use to measure a gigabyte which is not what the true measurement is for a GB

Punkychan · January 24th, 2004

Oh well....thanks...there goes my 6 gigs.....

**Geffy** · January 24th, 2004

yep thats how everyone feels

jan · January 24th, 2004

Plus you prob (hopefully) have a buffer in there too.

**Johnny** · January 24th, 2004

I use Partition Expert from Acronis. It's not free though .

cpugeniusmv · January 25th, 2004

Originally Posted by Johnny

I use Partition Expert from Acronis. It's not free though .

me too.

i think Knoppix comes with a partition manager....

qtparted

**Johnny** · January 25th, 2004

You could also use a 98 boot floppy. If you know what you are doing .. Just resize the partition and then create a new one. then when you go back in to xp re-partition the un-allocated space ... It seems like a pain but the is basically what the programs are doing.

**Xie** · January 25th, 2004

Originally Posted by chastity

Well PunkyChan those 6 gigs will not be coming back as if you read the fine print on the box the drive came in you will see what they use to measure a gigabyte which is not what the true measurement is for a GB

wish we could do something about this as it is kinda false advertising when someone things they are getting a 80gig drive and ends up w/ like 76gigs or something all because they consider 1000mb to be a gig instead of 1024mb ... they should be held resposible for not following the standard measurements. I mean what if everyone rounded stuff ... bah !

**chastity** · January 26th, 2004

Originally Posted by Xie

wish we could do something about this as it is kinda false advertising when someone things they are getting a 80gig drive and ends up w/ like 76gigs or something all because they consider 1000mb to be a gig instead of 1024mb ... they should be held resposible for not following the standard measurements. I mean what if everyone rounded stuff ... bah !

True

**Khayman** · January 26th, 2004

I remember posting a news story about the very thing, someone sued some HD makers for the same reason, don't know what came of it. Nothing probably.

Oh and this seems to be one of thoe thingies
http://www.zbmsoft.com/zboot/

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PseudoKiller Zug Zug Joined: April 2002 Location: Ice Crown Citadel Posts: 3,858 Reputation: 490 Power: 165	Partitioning Tools Does anyone know of any other than Partition Magic and that are free ?? )\|( I reject your reality and substitute my own )\|(

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jan Aspiress Joined: January 2004 Location: america Posts: 183 Reputation: 30 Power: 104	Heres one ... http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ranish.html Graphix an Stuff!

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jan Aspiress Joined: January 2004 Location: america Posts: 183 Reputation: 30 Power: 104	Plus you prob (hopefully) have a buffer in there too. Graphix an Stuff!

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cpugeniusmv Computer Genius Joined: April 2003 Posts: 485 Reputation: 50 Power: 116	Originally Posted by Johnny I use Partition Expert from Acronis. It's not free though . me too. i think Knoppix comes with a partition manager.... qtparted

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January 24th, 2004	Top \| #3
Punkychan OSNN Addict Joined: June 2002 Posts: 247 Reputation: 20 Power: 124	In reply to that, I'm using Parttition Magic 7. But.,I have a question.I've got a brand new USB HDD 80 Gb ( as back up) and yesterday, I formatted and partitioned it using Partition Magic.Since it's just a back up HDD, I've got it partitioned in NTFS format.When it's done., I've only got 74.xxGb space on the HD.Where is the other 6 gigs ?? How could I recover it back ? Is there anyway I could start back from scratch ?? Thanks

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chastity OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2002 Location: Arizona near the Grand Canyon Posts: 2,109 Reputation: 613 Power: 148	Well PunkyChan those 6 gigs will not be coming back as if you read the fine print on the box the drive came in you will see what they use to measure a gigabyte which is not what the true measurement is for a GB

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Punkychan OSNN Addict Joined: June 2002 Posts: 247 Reputation: 20 Power: 124	Oh well....thanks...there goes my 6 gigs.....

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Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,869 Reputation: 2369 Power: 173	I use Partition Expert from Acronis. It's not free though .

January 25th, 2004	Top \| #10
Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,869 Reputation: 2369 Power: 173	You could also use a 98 boot floppy. If you know what you are doing .. Just resize the partition and then create a new one. then when you go back in to xp re-partition the un-allocated space ... It seems like a pain but the is basically what the programs are doing.

January 25th, 2004	Top \| #11
Xie - geek - Joined: September 2003 Location: NY, USA Posts: 5,224 Reputation: 1730 Power: 175	Originally Posted by chastity Well PunkyChan those 6 gigs will not be coming back as if you read the fine print on the box the drive came in you will see what they use to measure a gigabyte which is not what the true measurement is for a GB wish we could do something about this as it is kinda false advertising when someone things they are getting a 80gig drive and ends up w/ like 76gigs or something all because they consider 1000mb to be a gig instead of 1024mb ... they should be held resposible for not following the standard measurements. I mean what if everyone rounded stuff ... bah ! tehgeek \| tehgeek \| geeking out to tech \| IRC \| Parted Magic \| A+ Certified Professional

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chastity OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2002 Location: Arizona near the Grand Canyon Posts: 2,109 Reputation: 613 Power: 148	Originally Posted by Xie wish we could do something about this as it is kinda false advertising when someone things they are getting a 80gig drive and ends up w/ like 76gigs or something all because they consider 1000mb to be a gig instead of 1024mb ... they should be held resposible for not following the standard measurements. I mean what if everyone rounded stuff ... bah ! True

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Khayman I'm sorry Hal... Joined: January 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,514 Reputation: 1210 Power: 194	I remember posting a news story about the very thing, someone sued some HD makers for the same reason, don't know what came of it. Nothing probably. Oh and this seems to be one of thoe thingies http://www.zbmsoft.com/zboot/ "I'm on the server side. I don't know what side you're on"

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