Partition Magic Replacement

Hello
Is there a OS X replacement to Partition Magic, (a Win pp that can manipulate,create and resize hard disks partitions with out losing the data)

Hi !
Isn't Disk Utility a good choice for you ?
JPM

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  • Satellite Pro L300 - using partition magic

    Hi,
    I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 laptop and I would like to make an additional partition beside the already existing C: and the hidden partition. I have created the recovery discs and I want to use partition magic for the partitioning process (no new installation of windows xp). Can anyone tell me if using partition magic will have unwanted effect on possible recovery from the created disks?
    Thank you in advance

    Usually you can do this with Windows option in disc management but can you please tell me something at first?
    Do you use Vista or WXP? I ask this because if you use preinstalled Vista the HDD must already have two partitions. Please check it out in Windows explorer.
    Is hidden partition described as EISA (WinRE) partition?

  • Partition Magic Error 110 on new Thinkpad W500

    I have a new W500 that (automatically) configured to WinXP right out of the box (which is the OS I want).
    After getting the OS in order (updates, customizations, firewall, anti-virus, firmware updates, etc.) I installed my PowerQuest Partition Magic v8 (and applied the patch v8.01).
    The HD was configured as almost entirely used by C:, with some 5g allocated to the 'hidden' partition.
    I'm trying to resize C: down to about 25g, in order to be able to created new partitions, and I am unable to do so.
    I'm first receiving Error 110 "Partition table number of sectors is inconsistent" and PM is asking me if I want to "fix" this situation.  I have NOT YET allowed PM to proceed.  After that, it attempts to still "run", but then I get some other errors and the program closes.
    I ran the reporting/inquiry program and it gave me a few other errors on the partitions (i.e. Errors 105, 106 108, and 109).
    From what I've seen on the internet, there seems to be some problem(s) with PMv8 and Vista, but I am running XP.
    Has anyone seen this before?
    Thank you in advance.

    Hello,
    our mods here do favour it, too.
    And member TomTom in my sugested thread has done it simply and fast.
    There is NO problem partitioning the drive, though you have to be careful not to modify/ erase the last special partition.
    R&R files are kept on the C: drive so there is a special partition at the end of the drive,
    that is used for booting before the OS.
    If you damagethis one, theres is no more Blue Button functionality.
    Please, first burn your recovery DVD´s and safe your C:/SWTool folder, if something goes
    wrong you can easily restore your system with your software.
    Regards
    Andreas
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  • Re: Missing data partition after installation of partition magic

    Hi there Im after a little help.
    Yesterday I installed a program called partition magic. The install went without any errors or problems but then when I start the program for the 1st time I got a blue screen and my laptop shut down. I restarted the laptop and uninstalled partition magic but now I noticed that the data partition is missing. Ive tried doing a restore back to before I installed partition magic but that does not help.
    Any help would be great. Thanks
    Lee

    Hi Lee,
    May I ask you why you have installed partition magic? Installation of such programs is always a little bit risky and should only be done if you really want to change some partitions or something else.
    Have you already checked disk management of Windows? Navigate to control panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.
    Can you see the second partition and is it maybe hidden or something else?

  • QTParted - a Partition Magic clone

    Whenever I partition my HDD I am using Windows Partition Magic... one of the reasons I am still holding Win'98 on my machine. On Win-Lin-Soft website I found QTParted; a Partition Magic clone. AL has the concole version Parted. I am interested in GUI.
    http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/
    http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/
    I tried building an AL package but libreiserfs is missing. ALs' reiserfsprogs-3.6.11-1 doesn't have this library file (/usr/lib/libreiserfs).
    checking for reiserfs_fs_create in -lreiserfs... no
    configure: error: *** reiserfsprogs library (libreiserfs) not found
    Tried to build from src (progsreiserfs) but failed.
    http://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/linux/ … breiserfs/
    Any solution?

    I installed the rpm version of qtparted with rpm package in incoming (rpm-4.0.4-1.ok.tar.gz)
    http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/forums/ … c.php?t=36
    It seems to work except cannot resize or move ext3 and reiserfs partitions. Fat and ext2 is ok though I have not yet "dared" to try . I am planning to buy a new HDD, then I do the test. Mean while I will try to get the "resize" and "move" option visible. If this work, then files generated by rpm can be compiled to an AL package.

  • Tecra S3 M780 and Partition Magic not possible?

    Hi All..
    Hope someone can help my out here.
    Already tried the search but didn't find an answer.
    Ok, i have an hard disc (100 GIG) and I would like to make partitions on it to store my data on a different partition as my OS.
    Problem is Partition Magic won't run.
    I get an error that there is an partition on my harddisc that has no driveletter.
    I checked it and it's correct.
    On the hard disc are:
    C: allmost the entire disc, Primary
    No driveletter: 16 MB Primary
    No driveletter: 8 MB
    I think the 16 MB Primary is the problem.
    Can someone tell me the reason or purpose for that partition?
    Has it something to do with recovery?
    Is it possible to delete every partition on the hard disc, make new partitions (C,D and E) and then use the recovery cd to install Windows on C?
    Or will the recovery cd automaticly change the hard disc's partition's to its default?
    I already tried to make an Image from C: with Gost or Powerquest but It won't work either.
    My intention was to make partitions and then put the image back.
    Regards Rene

    Hi
    The first question is hard to answer. I don't know what that partition is for. I don't think it is for anything special.
    If you want to divide the HDD into seperate partitions and can accept to recover the unit, then the Recovery CD can help you.
    Just boot up on it like normal, but choose Advanced recovery instead if Standard.
    That will give you the opportunity to manually set the size to assign the C-partition (where the OS will be installed).
    Once done with the installation, just go into diskmanager, add a new partition and format it.
    Tada! You're home.
    BR
    Tom

  • X300: Partition Magic 8 needs Windos XP safe mode

    Hi I have the following setup: ThinkPad X300 6477-1RG, Win XP, and I want to use Partition Magic 8 to add extra partitions on my disc. Partition magic comes back with the notorious error#27, during start-up, which just means that there are other processes running locking disc access. See for example here: http://www.mcmcse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=+15682
    After reading all the relevant information available on the web to this problem it boils down to the question how to start-up in Win XP 'safe mode', since, without a floppy drive one cannot start-up PM8 during booting!
    So here is my question: How can I start-up XP in "safe-mode" or in an equivalent mode without all the ThinkVantage recovery etc. processes coming in my way??? Disabeling all processes and automatic start-ups from msconfig is not sufficient!!!
    Many thanks for any hints on this issue!

    I've had Thinkpads since they were introduced and have been using Partition Magic to create logical drives for ten years without any problems. However with my new X300,  I ran into the same Error 27 - Cannot Lock Drive.
    First a little review about Partition Magic.  There's two steps.  First, run the Wizard to make the instructions to create the partitions, and then in Step 2 the system reboots and writes the changes in DOS before WIndows loads..  That's where the Error 27 pops up.
    There's definitely a problem with F8 bringing up Safe Mode, which seriously needs to be addressed.  I got Safe Mode one time in about 25-30 attempts, and don't know what the secret was.  If you press too early or too long, you get "Stuck Key - hit F1."  If you hit too late, it doesn't go into Safe Mode and also aborts the PM writing in DOS.  (Press any key to abort.)
    What finally worked:
    In Run / msconfig / check BOOT.INI / SAFEBOOT - but don’t hit Restart until the PM Wizard is ready
    Run the PM Wizard
    At this point there are two “Restart” options - one from Wizard, the other from the System Configuration Utility - I don’t know which I hit.  However, when it rebooted, it successfully wrote the instructions without any errors.
    Also, as to the PM Wizard, I choose NOT to “move” the Lenovo Service partition, although that was the “recommended” move.  This is because the "recommended" move required the Service partition to be moved, which I figured might not be desirable since the Lenovo configuration was designed to protect the Service partition.  I have no idea whether this was necessary.
    What also did not work:  Booting with PM's Recovery Diskettes did not work because the PM Wizard did not offer the option of creating partitions, only moving and resizing them.
    Thanks to Bananaman for the reminder about BOOT.INI / SAFEBOOT.
    Now we have to flatten the problem with F8 -- BOOT.INI / SAFEBOOT is useless if you can't boot your machine.

  • Windows XP won't install on a Bootcamp partition Following replacement program of 1TB Seagate Hard Drive

    Following 1TB Seagate hard drive replacement on a late 2009 machine running Mac OS X 10.6.8, bootcamp would not install windows XP on a disk partition. Now that this is upgraded from OS X 10.6.8 to Mavericks, is it possible to install windows XP on a bootcamp partition?

    Make sure your "Function Key" lock is on. Mine did the same thing. I Have a new Microsoft multimedia keyboard and F8 would not work until I hit the "Function Key" lock on the keyboard.
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  • Images being "magically" replaced by other images

    I am using Aperture 2.4.1 and lately when I open a folder my thumbnails have been changing to different images on their own. Sometimes it happens automatically and sometimes I click on the image. For instance I will click on a photo of a person and the thumbnail will be replaced by an image of a horse but the image number stays the same. I tried starting Aperture holding down the option + command button to check the permissions and fix the library but nothing seems to work. Has anyone else experienced this and fixed it?

    Try this out:
    [Aperture pesky thumbnail issue|http://photo.rwboyer.com/2010/01/17/aperture-the-pesky-wrong-thumbnail-pr oblem>
    RB

  • What partition manager for iMac equates to partition magic or Easeus?

    Hopefully some one in the community can point in the direction of a free edition partition manager I can use to decrease the iMAC(GUID) partition to allow me to extend (possibly in Windows) the bootcamp partition(100Gb) on which I'm running Windows 7 with 16GB free space ONLY!
    PS disc utility can't do this job on the iMAC MD094B/A model desktop.

    The only free partition manager is Disk Utility. The only third-party partition manager is iPartition 3.4.1. If you wish to manage a Boot Camp partition then use Paragon Camptune X 10.

  • MOVED: Partition Magic

    This topic has been moved to Off-Topic Technical.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=110872.0

    Hi !
    Isn't Disk Utility a good choice for you ?
    JPM

  • How to change the PARTITION(P#) is replace of PYYMMDD format

    hi
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    ex: LLP0159, 4, 2, select
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  • -refurbished iMac has a 20GB partition for Boot Vamp with FAT format.  I want to remove this and replace it with a much bigger format with NTFS formats?

    My (new to me) Apple refurbished iMac has a 1TB hard drive. Running OS 10.6.7 Snow Leopard.  When I tried to install a Boot Camp partition, prior to installling Windows 7- 64 bit, I discovered that the machine had a 20 GB Boot Camp partition, too small for what I need.  HOw do I remove the 20 GB partition, and replace it with a 500 GB partition?

    I have a number of PC and Mac Pro running Windows Pro, and the OS only needs 80GB partition, plus whatever data etc.
    New but used does not sound like Apple Store (refurbished) Specials which would be a 'virgin' OS.
    I would reformat and do your own clean install.
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    Boot from OS X DVD and you can usually try Disk Utility to "-" remove and then repair and get back, and you of course normally should be able to just use Boot Camp Assistant which is one of its functions - not just to create partition.
    For normal resizing, or creating the free space you need has to be in one contiguous chunk and not be fragmented, which is hard to imagine that 500GB is going to be intact.
    And whatever you do, rule #1 in the pdf guide: backup before beginning.
    http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp

  • How do I Partition Yosemite Boot Drive Using BCA?

    I replaced the HD in my Mid 2010 27" IMac to achieve greater storage.  The replacement went fine with no issues, and I then installed Yosemite (10.10.1) from scratch using the latest version of Diskmaker and installing the install version of Yosemite on to a USB thumb drive.  The replacement drive is a 4.0Gb drive with no prior installations on it.
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    When I use BCA I downloaded the drivers without a hitch, but when I go to the next step I encounter the error message, "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.  The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS extended volume or already partitioned by Boot camp Assistant for installing Windows".
    I have found a number of references to this error message, but none seem to describe my situation with a new, clean, install of Mavericks.
    I have a bootable backup (via Carbon Copy Cloner), and have loaded current Yosemite compatible versions of Partition Magic and TechTools onto the external bootable drive, but cannot see any problems with the drive.
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    Options that might work:
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    3.  My new 4Gb hard drive is a hybrid SSD/HD (ST4000DX001), but this type of drive seems to be the norm now, and I do not see where this would be a problem.
    4.  Erase the new drive, and install a clean version of the original OSX, (Lion, I believe for the mid 2010 27" IMac) using the internet and the Cmd-R command, subsequently updating the original OSX version to Yosemite after creating a Boot Camp partition (although I don't know if BCA would work from the original version of OSX for this machine.  I really don't want to do this because of the time required for the internet download, but it would take me to the original OSX image which came with the machine.
    I have no issues with my Yosemite installation, and backup is not a problem since my goal was to create a clean installation of OSX uncluttered with legacy apps.
    I would be grateful for any experienced suggestions, or hypotheses as to the nature of the problem.
    Thanks!!!!

    You can use an external disk for store files and for Time Machine, but you have to create a second volume.
    To create volumes on the external disk, use Disk Utility. See > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU3.html I recommend you to put as much space as you can for the Time Machine volume, because backups consume a lot and Time Machine starts deleting backups when the external disk is full

  • The recovery partition could not be found

    I didn't know that partition magic is uncompatible withwin 7, so when i ran the program it asked me to FIX something....'YES' was my answer, then the recovery partition dissapeared. now when i open disk managment and try to click on properties of the recovery partition it shows me that message
    (the operation failed to complete because the disk management console view is not up-to-date)
    help please iwant to restore my recovery partition

    Hi,
    You can order a replacement set of Recovery Discs using the link below - once you get these, backup all your personal files etc to an external device and use the discs to reinstall the operating system; this will also re-create the Recovery Partiton.
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00810334&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
    If you have any problem with this link, order them directly from HP.
    If you live in the US, contact HP Here.
    If you are in another part of the world, start Here.
    Regards,
    DP-K
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