Partition my Hard Drive

[jordanpr]

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone knows of any good freeware that is effective and safe for partitioning hard drives?

 

[Navid]

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
This is free and you can use it to partition.

 

[jordanpr]

Does it matter if i have a SCSI drive?

 

[blacklit]

sorry, i don't know. but good luck... you have a nice case.

 

[jordanpr]

Does Gparted work for Vista? I currently have Vista and I'm going to resize my main partition (which is my whole hard drive) into two seperate partitions so I can dual boot XP and install programs that hate Vista (like Pro-Tools).

Also, I am having trouble installing Gparted and/or understanding how it works. I unzip it, but there doesn't seem to be an executable file to open?

Are there any other suggestions for partitioning freeware or advice on Gparted?

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: jordanpr
Does Gparted work for Vista? I currently have Vista and I'm going to resize my main partition (which is my whole hard drive) into two seperate partitions so I can dual boot XP and install programs that hate Vista (like Pro-Tools).

Also, I am having trouble installing Gparted and/or understanding how it works. I unzip it, but there doesn't seem to be an executable file to open?

Are there any other suggestions for partitioning freeware or advice on Gparted?

You need to burn it to a cd as an iso and you'll boot to that cd by selecting it in your boot menu. Afaik you can't manipulate partitions while you are in your O/S.

 

[leekirlew]

Any chance you can reformat and do it using the xp disc?

 

[jordanpr]

Thanks guys. I will try above.

If I reformatted, I would lose Vista.

 

[jordanpr]

And it worked! Thanks for suggesting GParted guys!

Haha, I had a scare when we booted up after the re-partitioning, and Vista failed. Good thing the install CD took like 3 seconds to "repair" it.

Thanks again guys.