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  1. October 16th, 2003, 10:47 AM #1
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    Partition Magic type program that is free?

    I want to change the partition on my notebook without having to format/install (works perfectly at the moment) and this is a one time deal so I'm not in the mood to shell out $70 for a program I'll most likely use once (never had a need before, can't think of any in the future...)

    So is there a program that will partition a XP Home (NTFS) the way Partition Magic does that is free or a lot cheaper than $70? TIA
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  2. October 16th, 2003, 01:00 PM #2
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    How about the evaluation copy of Partition Magic?

    Assuming it's for personal use, it's free for a time-limitted period.
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  4. October 17th, 2003, 05:05 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
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    IMHO this 'freebie' is better than the commercial equivalent ... it knows about 'alligning cyclinder boundaries with partition boundaries' anyway, which is more than PM does !!!
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    Try Ranish by all means! The current versions of Drive Image and Partition Magic have the distinction of being the first products from Powerquest that I think truly stink.
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  6. October 19th, 2003, 05:18 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Outcoded
    How about the evaluation copy of Partition Magic?

    Assuming it's for personal use, it's free for a time-limitted period.
    PartitionMagic's free trial will not let you modify the HDD, just see what you can do...
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  7. October 19th, 2003, 05:21 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
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    Thanks NooNoo! I like Ranish and have it for future use, as well as PartitionMagic 8.02... I have Perfect Disk 5.0 and I wanted to upgrade to Perfect Disk 6.0, which was free if you bought PartitionMagic... It cost a little more for Perfect Disk but I didn't want so much a freebie as I did not want to spend so much for a program I figure I wouldn't use much.

    Anyway, PM 8.02 worked just fine and now my notebook has the new partition without formatting blah.. blah.. blah...

    Thanks
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