To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Sat, 8 Jul 2000 11:13:58 -0700
Subject:	Re: Again about NTFSDOS
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From:	Robert W Moss <domanspc AT juno DOT com>
Reply-To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

Thanks for the info.  I had read about PART.EXE in some years ago 
in DOS WORLD Magazine, but it had slipped back into the recesses 
of my cluttered mind.  Now I will have to go look it up. 

BOB 'DOMAN' MOSS -- "Put 'BUY CHOCOLATE' at the top of your 
                                     'TO DO' list, then eat it!"



On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 17:24:44 +0500 Sandy Archer <mrsandy AT poboxes DOT com>
writes:
> At 07:36 PM 07/03/2000 -0700, Robert W Moss <domanspc AT juno DOT com>
>  wrote:
> >Using the 
> >Standard DOS Fdisk you can create only 2 partitions on a HD, one 
> >primary and one extended, however, you can divide the extended 
> >partition into as many as 25 logical partitions. You have to use 
> some 
> >other program, such as Partition Magic or Gnu Linux Fdisk,  to get 
> >more partitions, or to have more than one primary partition. 
> >
> I have found Michel Ranish's PART.EXE is a very useful program that 
> can
> make a large number of boot partitions (upto 32) on the hd and also 
> install
> a boot manager. However it is only for the initiated and not for the 
> novice. 
> 
> I am not ware of the current location of the program, which I think 
> is at
> least free for personal use. The locations used to change a bit and 
> last
> time it was at http://user.intercom.com/~ranish ; maybe the url is 
> wrong.
> The older version part.exe is better manageable than the new 
> partbeta.exe
> 
> Good Luck 	Sandy
> 
> 

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