amit_talkin Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 umm i have just bought a 250 GB USB 2.0 External HDD ....and i want to make some partitions on it...i m using vista now....so will Partition Magic work on vista ? anyone tested yet? or i should take risk myself to lost data lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 They haven't come out with a Windows Vista compatible version of Partition Magic yet.That said, DON'T do what I did and try installing it anyway while disregarding the warning of "Know Compatiblities" with Vista.I rebooted to a BSOD. Only last know good got me back in. Since it was installed I tried running it and was not allowed to start it. I uninstalled it promptly.THAT said, you mean you have no XP partitions on your machine? If you do, you can install and run it from there, or just about any other operating system except Vista. Make your partitions and you're all set.Um, you could also just open Vista's Disk Management applet and setup your drive from there.No, Boot Magic is useless with a Vista setup.But you CAN copy the PQBOOT folder from the cd and, running as administrator, use that if you want to use an unconventional boot setup. It also has Vista warning you about incompatibilities but it did not destabilize my system when I used it. Better than booting from a Partition Magic floppy disk everytime I wanted to change my active partition.The easiest way it to just let Vista do it, with its own boot loader.Control Panel -Classic View- Administrator Tools- Disk Management. Partition and format. Now if you want to install an older operating system, that won't work with the standard Microsoft tools unless it is installed first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amit_talkin Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 yeah i tried it...it didnt even start on vista...anyways..i have created partition using Vista's Shrink & Extend features....btw thnx for info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chaoticadult Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 umm i have just bought a 250 GB USB 2.0 External HDD ....and i want to make some partitions on it...i m using vista now....so will Partition Magic work on vista ? anyone tested yet? or i should take risk myself to lost data lol.I would try Acronis Disk Director. It is better than Partition Magic and should work on Vista. I haven't tried yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amit_talkin Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 yeah...i have heard tht Acronis is working on vista.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chaoticadult Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 yeah...i have heard tht Acronis is working on vista....Cool. I will try it myself. Thanks amit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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