Hd Partitioning

[Rhydian66]

Yeah, me again. I'm trying to partition my 120Gb Maxtor HD. Just tried to use Partition Commander (free of a magazine) but it only works on FAT file systems, and mine's NTFS. Can I partition through Windows XP, or do I have to go into the bios? :unsure:
Sorry if this should have been in Softwareworld.

[Livy]

get partition magic, i'll pm you a link. :)

[ilw]

try partition magic, u can get it off kazaa, its pretty much the standard and means that u won't have to wipe all your data before partitioning. If u r clean installing xp there is a built in partitioner that can handle ntfs

[Rhydian66]

Thanks guys- I've had face to face conversations that took longer to get replies! :D

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Rhydian66@1 July 2003 - 14:20
Thanks guys- I've had face to face conversations that took longer to get replies! :D
What a brilliant line. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I use PartitionMagic and it works really well. It also allows you to map drives, change file systems, adjust cluster sizes, merge partitions. Everything you could want.

I still use FAT32 (rather than NTFS) basically because I sometimes like to boot to DOS for some things. I think NTFS is only really usefull for the NT Kernel so I don´t see any real advantage in using it.

[Lamsey]

Originally posted by JPaul@1 July 2003 - 19:48
I still use FAT32 (rather than NTFS) basically because I sometimes like to boot to DOS for some things. I think NTFS is only really usefull for the NT Kernel so I don´t see any real advantage in using it.
NTFS is more stable during power-shorts or whatever - you're less likely to lose data if an NTFS drive gets shut down abruptly.

You can also read NTFS volumes from DOS. Try Googling for NFTSDOS.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Lamsey+1 July 2003 - 19:50--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lamsey @ 1 July 2003 - 19:50)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-JPaul@1 July 2003 - 19:48
I still use FAT32 (rather than NTFS) basically because I sometimes like to boot to DOS for some things. I think NTFS is only really usefull for the NT Kernel so I don´t see any real advantage in using it.
NTFS is more stable during power-shorts or whatever - you&#39;re less likely to lose data if an NTFS drive gets shut down abruptly.

You can also read NTFS volumes from DOS. Try Googling for NFTSDOS. [/b][/quote]
Thanks for the info. However it´s a weighing up the likelihood - result thing. A risk assessment if you will.

I rarely have abrupt shutdowns, for whatever reason. Frankly any data I lose will be no great loss to western culture. Unless you count my buget spreadsheet for July a masterwork

I have tried using NTFS partitions and FAT32 and I´m just happier with the FAT32. Like I said I also like just booting to DOS without any fancy dan stuff. Just my age I suppose.

Also some things won´t operate on NTFS. I think "Spinrite" (sp) is one of them.