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Summary: Backup your partitions before use!!
Review: Take the advice to backup your partitions before altering them
seriously! I've tried to resize and move partitions on
an external 160GB Firewire harddrive and PartitionMagic froze
after a few minutes. Since it didn't recover, I killed the
task. The partition semmed readeable, but marked as corrupt.
So PartitionMagic refused to do anything with it at all, so
I had to reformat it.
Other times the operations worked fine.
The bottom line is: It works, but not reliably, so ALWAYS
have a backup of the partitions you're trying to alter.
Rating:
Summary: Backup your partitions before use!!
Review: Take the advice to backup your partitions before altering them
seriously! I've tried to resize and move partitions on
an external 160B Firewire harddrive and PartitionMagic froze
after a few minutes. Since it didn't recover, I killed the
task. The partition semmed readeable, but marked as corrupt.
So PartitionMagic refused to do anything with it at all, so
I had to reformat it.
Other times the operations worked fine.
The bottom line is: It works, but not reliably, so ALWAYS
have a backup of the partitions you're trying to alter.
Rating: 
Summary: A must for pre-installed OS machines,
Review: If you want to create partitions, then you need this software. Microsoft doesn't provide such utilities, unless you plan to re-install the OS from scratch after backing up everything on CDs.
Rating:
Summary: A must for any system
Review: Partition Magic is traditionally an incredibly flexible, must-have utility. If you want to multi-boot your system and either need multiple primary partitions, or just need or want to resize your partitions on the fly, this is the best there is. An excellent, intuitive graphical interface make it easy to see what your final result will be, and the ability to convert between FAT32 and NTFS (and vice versa) is a nice option. I haven't tried accessing ext2/3 data from Windows yet, but we'll see.Are there free alternatives? Yes. Free partitions, hot-resizers, and even cross-filesystem viewers. Are they better? No way. Partition Magic works, simply, like magic.
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Summary: Great product for people with DISK EXPERIENCE!
Review: I've had great luck with PartitionMagic 7.0 on both Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional. But after reading several negative reviews of PartitionMagic 8.0 with XP, I was a little nervous about buying and using it on my new PC. This product works! This past weekend I partitioned my brand new Dell PC (Dimension 8300) flawlessly. My new Dell has the 2 SATA drives with the Promise card configured for RAID-1 (hardware mirrored). And who wants a 120GB "C-drive"? The product worked just as advertised! The product will usually warn you if you are about to do something catastrophic, but it isn't completely "novice proof". The only reason that I didn't give it 5 stars is that PowerQuest (or Symantec, or whomever owns it now) doesn't make the product easy to use for those wanting multiple booting options - which is one of the things they claim on the box. Making a single PC run multiple operating systems booting from different partitions SHOULD be a challenge, and it is. This product will make multi-booting easier, but don't expect it to make it simple. If this is your goal - (1) do your homework before you begin, and (2) backup everything you can't afford to lose!
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Summary: I liked it!
Review: For more advanced users you should be able to setup new partitions and delete the old ones with the Administrative Tools options in WIN XP from the Control Panel. I tried to play around with that but could not figure it out. So I did the next best thing and researched third party partition programs. You will likely find 2 most popular apps on the market (Norton and PowerQuest). Norton Partition Magic $60-$90 or PowerQuest Partition Magic 8.0 for ONLY $18.99 (here- http://www.satellite-store.net/p22/Par-2.dwt)
I can't comment on Norton, but PM 8.0 is dead easy to use and is the only app offered as an instant download (NO waiting and NO paying for shipping!) Basic program comes with PDF instructions, 5 additional apps and even a flash tutorial! I tried the program without checking out any additional apps or documentation and I had new partitions up and running in under 10 minutes! Overall I would highly reccommend.
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Summary: Crippled Product
Review: I got this product because I like the graphical user interface, and find that it works quite well. I have been a customer ever since version 3.0 (back in the days of OS/2, multiple DOS operating systems, UnixWare, NeXTSTEP). With this one, I notice some minor glitches, because I had some removable media drives (7-in-1 USB card reader), I got errors. After rebooting, everything was fine. However, what annoys is that the product refuses to function once you use Windows server type of OS.
I use a variety of OSes for software development and web development. I may be using Linux one moment, Windows XP another moment, or Windows 2003. However, I found that the product REFUSES to work at all with Windows 2003 installed on any partition. The software checks for it, and then refuses to install or operate. I think this artificial limitation is wholly unethical, as they want you to buy another more expensive product called ServerMagic.
Because of this programmed limitation, I got Partition Commander by VCOM (v-com.com). I don't know if it'll work, but I do know they don't support retarding the product to gauge customers for more money.
Rating:
Summary: Good software -- terrible support
Review: I've been using Partition Magic since v6. Version 8.0 is well-done, runs under XP, shrinks, expands, and manages partitions as advertised.
However, PowerQuest was bought by Symantec, and now support is non-existent. I just spent an hour with some poor tech in India trying to get product activation to work again, and it is obvious they've never heard of the thing. Online support is also non-existent. Until Symantec gets its act together, I would recommend checking out competing products.
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Summary: Symantec no support for any old powerquest product
Review: My partition Magic 7.0 no support, no information can find on Symaantec web site.
After they merge the PowerQuest, then they own ghost and partitionmagic, they become the only one brand you can purchase the tool.
They have no support and no information for any old product, they want we to pay $$$ to buy a new one.
Goverment should to investigate the company, we should not to buy any product make by Symantec.
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Summary: XP SP2 users read this...
Review: I am not a computer savvy American by any stretch of the imagination, so.. it was with more than a little trepidation that I decided to go ahead a plop down $68.50 for PM8 at my local PX just 2 weeks ago (yes, I know.. I've been skinned! But that's what AAFES is for, right?). At any rate, a GS 12 computer techie who works in my section knew of my desire to partition the 60gig harddrive on my new laptop and insisted that he supervise the whole affair from start to finish. I'm glad he did.
What I did (at his reccomendation) was this:
To partition your harddrive without a hitch in winXP SP2 requires you to use PM8 solely to shrink your current drive to create unallocated space on your harddrive. Then, use the built in disk partioning wizard in disc management (under computer management and administrative tools) to create the partition from there. If (according to my advisor) you try to create the partition using only PM8, you'll end up creating a mess. He explained why this was (or, I saw his lips moving anyway and heard something akin to a high-voltage hum emanating from his general direction) End result: Because winXP doesn't have a tool to shrink your harddrive thus creating unallocated space, software like PM8 is necessary (unfortunately). BUT, use the built in WinXP disk partitioning function from there!Good luck!
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