Re: [H] Extend partition?

2009-01-23 Thread Sam Franc
Have you got this problem solved? Did you get Acronis? Sam DHSinclair wrote: Sam, Went and dl'd the trial copy of DD10 from Acronis. I do recognize the windows. Trouble is, the trial version will NOT let me do any of the basic operations! Even though the webpage indicates these operations

Re: [H] Extend partition?

2009-01-23 Thread DHSinclair
Sam, Yes I did solve the problem. I used PartitionMagic7. The partition(s) is/are happy and well. All is back to normal again. The Acronis trial-ware would only let me LOOK; but it would not let me DO anything. Thanks, Duncan At 09:27 01/23/2009 -0800, you wrote: Have you got this problem

Re: [H] Extend partition?

2009-01-23 Thread Rick Glazier
I said this recently on another list. (Hope it wasn't here.) IF the trial version was fully functional, lots of people would just borrow it and not buy it... I'm not much of a Linux person, but I've used: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ and found it a little similar to Acronis Partition

Re: [H] Extend partition?

2009-01-23 Thread DHSinclair
Rick, Yes, I agree. The trial was NOT functional for me. I am not a *nix person at all (except that my NAS is *nix, but I do not dabble!) :) Anything hard is now avoided. After 40 years in this sphere, if it is not easy, I just go find another way... coding business is

Re: [H] Extend partition?

2008-12-29 Thread DHSinclair
Sam, Went and dl'd the trial copy of DD10 from Acronis. I do recognize the windows. Trouble is, the trial version will NOT let me do any of the basic operations! Even though the webpage indicates these operations are available. Very confusing. The only operation it did allow was to change

Re: [H] Extend partition?

2008-12-29 Thread Gary VanderMolen
I'm not familiar with Acronis, but some time ago when I used a trial version of BootItNG, you had to 'slide' the unallocated space over so it was adjacent to the C: partition before I could resize the C: partition. Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

[H] Extend partition?

2008-12-27 Thread DHSinclair
Been studying the Disk Manager in XP. I would dearly like to extend my current c:\ partition to now span the remaining 4.27GB on the hard drive. Last night I backed up and got rid of the d:\ partition on the same drive. So, now I have my c:\ partition (system) at 4.27GB, and an Unallocated

Re: [H] Extend partition?

2008-12-27 Thread Sam Franc
http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ \I suggest you download a trail copy of the above Acronis Disk Director or get a copy ofthe old Power Qwest Partition Magic Either one will do what you want. Sam

Re: [H] Extend partition?

2008-12-27 Thread DHSinclair
Sam, Thanks for the link. I'm off to get the Acronis trial. Best, Duncan At 09:42 12/27/2008 -0800, you wrote: http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ \I suggest you download a trail copy of the above