Software for partitioning harddrive outside of OS

[Wuhtzu]

Hey

I am looking for a piece of software for partitioning my hard disk without have booted to a OS. It has to support NTFS and not only create the partitions, but also format them. So it needs to work of a bootable floppy, cd or flash drive.

I need it to create and format partitions for Norton Ghost 14 to use.

Do any of you know such an app?

Best regards

Wuhtzu

[Martin H]

You can e.g. use PE Builder to make a BartPE BootCD with the tools you need...

Edit: Edited because of having mistakenly linked to copyrighted material!

Edited July 5, 2009 by Martin H

[DreamSkape]

Check out the DOS based bootable FDISK program, a bit outdated but I still use it. It wont accept NTFS... so the best method is to delete all the partitions, create primary and secondary partiions again in FAT32 system, and activate primary partition where you intend to install your OS. It will also format your HDD.

Once done, you can convert the partitions to NTFS as you load Windows, where it asks for format... a quick format with NTFS will be enough. Later you can create and format the logical partitions using the Disk Management.

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Best Regards,

Arun Kumar M.

Signed: Sunday, July 05, 2009, 9:33:27 PM IST

[Ponch]

Hiren's BootCD includes among other things e.g.:

Partition Magic Pro 8.05

...for free when the software is $69 and so it doesn't take a genius to figure it is warez. Please don't link to this kind of CD.

[Martin H]

Hiren's BootCD includes among other things e.g.:

Partition Magic Pro 8.05

...for free when the software is $69 and so it doesn't take a genius to figure it is warez. Please don't link to this kind of CD.

I am really sorry about that! I honestly didn't realize that there where a copyrigt violation there!

I just thought that they maybe where outdated versions which the author(s) had made into freeware(like UltimateDefrag v1.82 etc.), or that the author of the bootcd had gotten approval for adding those, since i have heard about that bootcd at so many places(legal!), but i have never actually used it, or the apps i quoted.

Again, i'm really sorry about this, and i will remove the link imidiately!

Edited July 5, 2009 by Martin H

[IcemanND]

For that matter you could create a Windows PE CD or UFD from the Vista or 7 WAIK and partition and format from there

[ripken204]

i use gparted.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

it supports usb and cd along with directions how how to up usb.

it is also a part of many linux distros such as ubuntu, so you could even boot off of an ubuntu cd and run it.

[Kelsenellenelvian]

i use gparted.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

it supports usb and cd along with directions how how to up usb.

it is also a part of many linux distros such as ubuntu, so you could even boot off of an ubuntu cd and run it.

Hey I was going to say that.

[ripken204]

great minds think alike

[jaclaz]

Just for the record, and FYI, there is this thingy, based on a prollish new and experimental OS, Visopsys:

http://visopsys.org/

Partition Logic:

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/

Of the Linux distro's, the one I personally prefer is Parted Magic:

http://partedmagic.com/

ALSO included in UBCD:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

jaclaz

Edited July 6, 2009 by jaclaz

[Ponch]

I need it to create and format partitions for Norton Ghost 14 to use.

Doesn't Ghost14 include "gdisk.exe" (command line partition tool) ?

[Wuhtzu]

Thanks a lot guys - I'll check out the different pieces of software

[Wuhtzu]

I tried GParted Live and it worked like a charm - it had all the features I was looking for. Thanks!

[ripken204]

I tried GParted Live and it worked like a charm - it had all the features I was looking for. Thanks!

i'm glad that you liked it.

if you burned a cd of it, make sure to label it and keep it around just in case.

it has come in handy many times for me throughout the years.

at times gparted can take a long time to perform some operations, it likes to verify/check things.

Edited July 9, 2009 by ripken204

[flyingsilverfin]

personally i think that gparted on its own CD is a waste of a CD (unless ur using a CD RW) why use a whole cd for something as small as gparted when u can have gparted and another WHOLE OS on it at thesame time? just install ubuntu live, then just run gparted off a cd!

it has many advantages, i.e. u dont have to restart every time u want to google a problem (if there is one )