How to partition a drive keeping info

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 10 Apr 2008, 10:45

Well my topic title is pretty descriptive.

Basically I wanna partition my drive, keeping my original partition while doing so. Is there anything that does this for free? What would be best? Anything I should know?

Cheers
Mike

Nookie · Post by **Nookie** » 10 Apr 2008, 10:52

well you can try partition magic. i find that is pretty good but im not sure if it is free.

anyone have any other ideas on this

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 10 Apr 2008, 10:54

I have an 80GB drive with a single XP partition. I want to Install Ubuntu on the drive too, so need a second partition...would partition magic allow me to do that safely,without losing the data?

(ot) if dual-booting ubuntu and XP, do i have to install ubuntu first?

Nookie · Post by **Nookie** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:00

i havent used partition magic to the greatest extent but it shouldbe able to help you with your problems.

and with dual booting Ubuntu, unfortunatly i cant really help there. when i installed it i used a complete seperate drive so im not 100% sure.

sorry i cant be of more help on this.

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:00

http://www.cutepm.com/

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/

Try one of these...
Although what you want to do is pretty risky, even with expensive software like Partition Magic.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:02

so what you suggest jamin is i send u an extra hard drive to store you animal-kiddy pr0n on? The lil goats n things you PM'd me about...

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:05

Listen dude, just because I sent you a link to the goatse.cx man and you were dumb enough to click on it, does not mean you can make false accusations against me

Now lets keep this thread on track, shall we?

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:07

lmfao ya but how did u know bout the link me wonders...

Back to the topic at hand, I'll just kill my 40GB and use that for Ubuntu.

The "topic at hand" is I34z1k's need to partition his drive while keeping the existing info.
How you managed to hijack his thread for yourself is beyond me
- jamin

CranialBlaze · Post by **CranialBlaze** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:14

I use Paragon Partition Manager unlike, in my experience, partition magic it tends to not corrupt my data or screw up, also it works on vista so for me its a biggie.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:17

LMFAO! Bazik and I are having the same problem so it was a mutual need for info, therefore not a hijack but more of an info-attaining alliance

Cranial do you ever lose info with that program? Nothing on my drive is too vital, not sure about Bazik's, but I don't have my XP CD with me to reinstall if it goes pearshaped..

DarkStar · Post by **DarkStar** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:31

You do know that Ubuntu comes with its own partitioner, that will leave your current data alone. It will resize the partition, and create a new one.

Apparently, you can even use it to partition, then quit the installer completely.

Just be very careful, as if you tell it the wrong thing, it can and will delete your precious data.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:43

Thanks Darkstar. I will try it and see what options I have.

Does that help you Bazik?

matrixkid · Post by **matrixkid** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:45

Partition Magic 8

Cupis · Post by **Cupis** » 10 Apr 2008, 12:07

i have used partition magic a few times now. it works pretty well
never had problems with it

and i installed Ubuntu after installing windows.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 10 Apr 2008, 12:09

Perfect thanks.

DarkStar · Post by **DarkStar** » 10 Apr 2008, 12:22

That's also another important pointer.

NEVER install Linux before Windows.

Always, Windows before Linux, as the Windows bootloader won't pick up Linux.

Nookie · Post by **Nookie** » 10 Apr 2008, 14:09

DarkStar wrote:You do know that Ubuntu comes with its own partitioner, that will leave your current data alone. It will resize the partition, and create a new one.

Apparently, you can even use it to partition, then quit the installer completely.

Just be very careful, as if you tell it the wrong thing, it can and will delete your precious data.

you are quite right, i forgot about the partitioning tool in ubuntu. i installed it a while ago and it still confussed me at first which is why i installed it on a seperate hard drive because i didnt want to loose any data.

kedoef · Post by **kedoef** » 10 Apr 2008, 14:38

Search for paragon hard drive manager on the web it allows u to create + resize part without losing dATA. But allas it's not free

junjun · Post by **junjun** » 10 Apr 2008, 14:47

if windows XP use Partition magic

if vista you can use disk management

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