Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted February 10, 2004 IS there a program out there that can partition my ordinary harddisk without all this FAT32xxxxx16 nonesense that I dont understand??? All I want to do is create a second bootable partition and install Windows 98 in it so I got a rescue boot. (Cause I got no floppy yet) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balschoiw 0 Posted February 10, 2004 Partition magic 8.0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted February 10, 2004 $$$ Â lets see what the demo can do! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JRMZ 0 Posted February 10, 2004 Partition magic is the only one who can do it I'm affraid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tovarish 0 Posted February 10, 2004 I'd be careful of Partition Magic. used it once, worked fine, needed to change the partition sizes later, and it wouldn't recognize my hard drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kegetys 2 Posted February 10, 2004 parted can resize FAT partitions, its a Linux app but you can use it from a bootdisk(which you can burn to a bootable CD if you dont have a floppy drive), or use some CD based linux distro which includes it, like Knoppix. Or you could just use Knoppix as your rescue boot cd :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted February 10, 2004 Yes I found many that can deal with FAT, but the make one accessible by XP you need ParticionMagic. But quite frankly 69 USD is quite a lot for a home use solution. I will check in the shop tomorrow! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kegetys 2 Posted February 10, 2004 Hmm, you dont need Partition Magic for XP to access FAT partitions, it can handle both NTFS and FAT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted February 10, 2004 you can handle NFTS! With FAT there seems to be some compatibility problems. But I will ask the shop tomorrow! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tovarish 0 Posted February 10, 2004 Albert, if all you want is to be able to access your data on an NTFS drive if Windows XP really craps out on you, download this boot disk program: http://www.ntfs.com/products.htm It will let you read and copy data from NTFS drives. I used it before to help a friend rescue some word doccuments for school after his Windows XP really bit the dust. Of course,to rescue files that won't fit on a floppy might be another matter if you don't have a second hard drive/partition.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BraTTy 0 Posted February 10, 2004 A cost free way of doing this is if you have some disk space somewheres. I would transfer my files to another drive,partition the one in need and move the files back Please note: If you are running Winxp,changing your boot drive will require reactivation or reinstall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
