Does Partition Magic work well?

I only have 7gb free on my windows partition, I want to resize it to make it bigger. Is this possilbe with a program like partition magic or will I see errors?

Partition Magic does work well, but what you would use and how depends on your OS I would say.

You should have no problem with XP and Partition Magic. As for Vista, try the disk management section of the OS - or my choice: Acronis Disk Director Suite.

That software is easy to use; partitions anything on the fly and works great even with Vista x64. Acronis roxx!

Can I run the vista disc again, format/reinstall it and resize the partition to 50gb? Or can I only do that if I didn't have stuff on my second partition?chocobo7000

[QUOTE="chocobo7000"]Can I run the vista disc again, format/reinstall it and resize the partition to 50gb? Or can I only do that if I didn't have stuff on my second partition?JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="chocobo7000"]Can I run the vista disc again, format/reinstall it and resize the partition to 50gb? Or can I only do that if I didn't have stuff on my second partition?chocobo7000

[QUOTE="chocobo7000"][QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"] I think u'd lose your data if you did that. JigglyWiggly_

I would still say it would be easier to resize the partitions using Vista's disk manager or Acronis Disc Director if you do not have sope special reason to format the partition...

Gparted is a good utility for resizing partitions. It's a pretty hefty download though.jimmyjammer69

Even slightly older versions of Partition Magic have issues with Vista, if I remember correctly. The Disk Management tool is really the best thing to use with Vista.TheCyberKnight

Partition Magic and Vista....ding-ding-ding: NOT GOOD :) that's OK.

Disk Management? Now that littly handy-dandy tool has some asounding limitations. Like you can expand partitions only to the right or something like that... Can you believe it? :D Like some sokoban game...

I do not know Gparted, but believe me, I have spend a bunch of hours trying to resize, delete, expand, make new, etc. partitions with Vista x64. I have tried a couple of progs, and the only one that really worked, without complaining for anything, and without killing my partitions/filesystem or any data was Acronis Disk Director...

I am using that with Ubuntu/Vistax64/XP partitions with tripple-booting [now I even have Windows 7 somewhere] and it works great.

[QUOTE="TheCyberKnight"]Even slightly older versions of Partition Magic have issues with Vista, if I remember correctly. The Disk Management tool is really the best thing to use with Vista.GattsTaichou

Partition Magic and Vista....ding-ding-ding: NOT GOOD :) that's OK.

Disk Management? Now that littly handy-dandy tool has some asounding limitations. Like you can expand partitions only to the right or something like that... Can you believe it? :D Like some sokoban game...

I do not know Gparted, but believe me, I have spend a bunch of hours trying to resize, delete, expand, make new, etc. partitions with Vista x64. I have tried a couple of progs, and the only one that really worked, without complaining for anything, and without killing my partitions/filesystem or any data was Acronis Disk Director...

I am using that with Ubuntu/Vistax64/XP partitions with tripple-booting [now I even have Windows 7 somewhere] and it works great.

[QUOTE="GattsTaichou"]

[QUOTE="TheCyberKnight"]Even slightly older versions of Partition Magic have issues with Vista, if I remember correctly. The Disk Management tool is really the best thing to use with Vista.jimmyjammer69

Partition Magic and Vista....ding-ding-ding: NOT GOOD :) that's OK.

Disk Management? Now that littly handy-dandy tool has some asounding limitations. Like you can expand partitions only to the right or something like that... Can you believe it? :D Like some sokoban game...

I do not know Gparted, but believe me, I have spend a bunch of hours trying to resize, delete, expand, make new, etc. partitions with Vista x64. I have tried a couple of progs, and the only one that really worked, without complaining for anything, and without killing my partitions/filesystem or any data was Acronis Disk Director...

I am using that with Ubuntu/Vistax64/XP partitions with tripple-booting [now I even have Windows 7 somewhere] and it works great.

That's cool. I mean this topic is not my question, but thank you :) I'll check it out.