What do you use th set up Partions

[Amber]

I use partion magic 7
but people don't like it so what is the best to set up partions

 

[moonsite]

I like to do it before installation with Dos or Windows setup. I used partition magic before and I don't like the way it messed up the drive structure.

 

[Smilin]

Hehe. Lots of people like it and use it with great success.

*I* just don't like it but my view is a bit slanted because I get to cleanup the mess if it fails.

During a new setup I use the built in setup utilities. Afterwards I use disk manager. If I need to resize I use diskpart. If the situation falls into the circumstances where diskpart cannot be used to resize (not contiguous unallocated space etc..) then there is a good reason it won't work and this is where Partition magic and others often goof up. I just backup, repartition with disk manager and restore in this case.

325590 How to Use Diskpart.exe to Extend a Data Volume
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325590

It's also free

 

[Amber]

when I build a system I will use partion magic 7 to set up a few partions (with the HDD's being so big) so I should just use disk manager

 

[nageov3t]

partition magic 8

 

[Abhi]

Partition magic has to work perfectly everytime for you to keep liking it..

It just needs to fail once to make u hate it...

yes... it has failed on me once

 

[Abhi]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=32&threadid=1379754&enterthread=y

Look what it did to you!!

 

[Calin]

I use partitioning tool in the installation disk (mostly), Partition Manager, fdisk in this order of preference
It was a time when fdisk was on the first place

Calin

 

[imported_Bunter]

In the initial setup, I just use the Windows installation. I've used Partition Magic for years without incident. But that is probably because I back up everything to a spare drive before I start. The one time I don't, Murphy will step in and I will be rethinking Partition magic.

 

[Amber]

:roll:

yes I loved Partition Magic untill it F###ed me
but thats the way it goes, my drive must have been going bad is why Partition Magic had an incident.

:roll:

 

[Fern]

Maxblast 3 and fdisk. I like maxblast, cuz it's very easy with a nice GUI.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: Abhi
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=32&threadid=1379754&enterthread=y

Look what it did to you!!

Although I really do hate partition havoc, in it's defense it didn't cause the issue here. She's got failing hardware.

 

[Smilin]

Amber, partition magic is really used by most people to resize partitions.

For just setting them up initially use the tools built into the OS. They make nice clean 07,42 and 0F partitions that won't let you down.

 

[GfW]

Partition Magic ... never let me down in the last several years ... no matter what version.

 

[afab]

Check out Acronis Disk Director Suite. It offers an automated mode for non-techies and a manual mode with all the bells and whistles. BTW, it used to be called Partition Expert.

 

[legatech]

never used partition magic. never saw the need. if i'm installing a brand new drive with win xp, i just use the winxp to create i partition for the os and when os is finished installing i used disk manager to setup the rest of the drives. the problem with fidsk and maxblast(why i stopped using them) is that they dont reserve the mb of space needed to upgrade the hdd from a basic disk to a dynamic disk. But not everyone do this so it's not a problem for them.