[TriLUG] PartitionMagic vs. FIPS

[Jon Carnes]

I'm pretty sure that DiskDrake works on NTFS partitions - does it use a
stripped down version of Partition Magic for doing that?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sinner from the Prairy" <sinner at escomposlinux.org>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] PartitionMagic vs. FIPS


> Avui, Dilluns 03 Juny 2002 12:57, no tenieu res mes que fer i me vareu
enviar
> aquest e-mail
> > I'm running Windows XP on a laptop and would like to partition the
existing
> > hard drive so that I can install RedHat 7.2.  Would PartitionMagic or
FIPS
> > be the better partitioning program?  If the answer is FIPS, where can I
get
> > the software?  (I have not seen FIPS for sale anywhere.)
>
> > Thanks, Linda
>
> AFAIK, fips cannot work with NTFS partitions.
>
> So, only Partiiton Magic (so far) can handle your problem. Although, make
sure
> that your PartitionMagic version can handle WinXP/NTFS partitions: older
> PartitionMagic were unable to do so.
>
>
> Salut,
> Sinner
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