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  1. 23 Mar 2008 #1


    TommyK

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    Free partition manager

    Hey guys,

    Just wondering if there was a good partition manager out there that works through vista and would save me having to boot from a third party app.

    I just can't get the Disk management to work in Vista, keep getting the error "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation".

    Even though there is 68Gig free it wont let me creat a new partition of any size.

    Thanks.



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    Re: Free partition manager

    Hi TommyK,

    Vista Disk Management is good, but it is limited to not being able to work when unmovable files like Virtual Page File, Shadow Copy, System Restore, etc... are not allowing the partition to be created.

    Other than doing what you want when reinstalling Vista, you will need to use a 3rd party program like Acronis Partition Expert in the Disk Director Suite. You can try a 15 day trial version here:

    Acronis Partition Manager - disk partitioning for Windows (Vista/XP/2000): resize disk partition, copy, move, split and merge partitions

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    Re: Free partition manager

    Thanka for the suggestion but unfortunitly this version is not fully functional, it can only create partitions up to 7.85Mb.

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    Re: Free partition manager

    Well that doesn't help with that size.

    I have not tried this free program yet, but you might give it a try to see if it will work for you. Be sure to backup anything you do not want to lose to be safe.

    Cute Partition Manager (exe), from OSL - Free Downloads on ZDNet | Shareware, Trialware, Evaluation Software

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