Content-return: allowed Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 07:45:46 -0700 From: "Cox, Stuart FOR:EX" Subject: RE: fdisk from V#703 To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="Boundary_(ID_NTIvAKrZ/xBgyGaqoOe9eA)" Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_NTIvAKrZ/xBgyGaqoOe9eA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Mark, Have a look at Powerquest's Partition Magic. I don't have any = commercial connection with them at all. It'll allow you to fiddle around with your hard drive's partition(s) = without your needing to worry (too much) about wreaking what you've already = got. Works good. Works painlessly. Works! Too bad they don't make OSes. See my attachment for their newsletter. Stuart Cox Map Generalization Technician, not Resources Inventory Branch =B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7= =B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7= =B7=B7=B7=B7=B7=B7 Phone: (250)387-5529 FAX: (250)356-9430 email Stuart DOT Cox AT gems1 DOT gov DOT bc DOT ca Check out the RIB Website at: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/resinv/homepage.htm -----Original Message----- From: Mark at Cross+Road's [mailto:mark1 AT mich DOT com] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 11:15 AM To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: fdisk from V#703 Hello All, I've installed V703 on a Compaq deskpro 2000 and desire to use = fdisk to partition the 1st hard-drive which is 1600 mb. There is a small = partition of 7.8 mb already there and it's related to Compaq's internals. What = is happening when I choose the active drive C to make a new extended nonbootable partition is that fdisk tells me that there is not enough free disk = space on the drive to make the partition? This doesn't make sense to me since = only 400 mb is filled and that there is plenty of space and anyways I = thought that the other partitions would be destroyed anyways when making the = new one? How can I split this drive up into more than 1 large drive using = fdisk from Drdos #703? I've already tried the "/X" option and that makes no difference. Also, what does the option under fdisk which says make a 32-fat partition do? Is that only for Win95-98? Thanks, Mark --Boundary_(ID_NTIvAKrZ/xBgyGaqoOe9eA) Content-type: MESSAGE/RFC822 Content-description: PowerQuest's Storage Manager Newsletter - October 2000 Edition Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 03:25:59 -0700 From: PowerQuest Corporation Subject: PowerQuest's Storage Manager Newsletter - October 2000 Edition To: PowerQuest Corporate Newsletter Reply-to: newsletter AT powerquest DOT com Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: PowerQuest's Storage Manager Newsletter October 2000 Edition Welcome to PowerQuest's Storage Manager Newsletter. PowerQuest focuses on providing proven solutions to simplify complex storage management issues. We want your input about the content of each edition. Please let us know what information you'd like to see in each issue by e-mailing your ideas to newsletter AT powerquest DOT com. If you have questions about PowerQuest products, send them along, too. We will try to answer your questions in the next edition. Also, we would love to hear what you have to say about your experiences with PowerQuest products. If we print your comments in the newsletter, we will send you our newest edition of PartitionMagic. We hope you enjoy this month's newsletter! Happy Reading! - The Editors ----------------- Table of Contents PowerPress: press releases PowerTip: tech tips PowerTalk: customer quotes PowerSupply: feature story PowerClips: review links PowerBytes: news items PowerShows: trade shows ----------- PowerPress: PowerQuest Adds CD-R and CD-R/W Support, Continuous Data Backup to Drive Image 4.0 http://order.powerquest.com/servlet/PressRelease?ID=861 New Version of PowerQuest Drive Image Pro Enriches Options With CD-R/W Support http://order.powerquest.com/servlet/PressRelease?ID=862 PowerQuest's ServerMagic 4.0 Adds Increased Functionality for NetWare Users http://order.powerquest.com/servlet/PressRelease?ID=781 PowerQuest Granted Additional Patents for Storage Management Technology http://order.powerquest.com/servlet/PressRelease?ID=721 Semp Toshiba to License PowerQuest Imaging and System-Recovery Software http://order.powerquest.com/servlet/PressRelease?ID=742 --------- PowerTip: The following tips come from PowerQuest's technical support team and cover four common calls in the Drive Image family of products. Tip #1 When using scripts with Drive Image, remember to create log and error files so that complex (or even simple) issues can be detected and resolved quickly. The location for .log or .err files can be placed in the login script or can also be indicated directly from the command line. Tip #2 Unlike previous versions, Drive Image 4.0 and Drive Image Pro 4.0 will now allow images to be created and stored on NTFS partitions. Images can also be burned directly to CD-R and CD-R/W devices. A utility, PQPACKET.EXE, that ships with the software, automatically identifies CD devices attached to your machine prior to loading Drive Image if you run Drive Image Pro from the main installation directory or from the rescue disks. If you run Drive Image Pro from a different directory, you should browse for PQPACKET and run it manually before running Drive Image Pro. If you run Drive Image Pro from a different drive, you may want to create a batch file to run PQPACKET and then start Drive Image Pro. Inside Drive Image, the CD-R can be selected from the Browse dialog at the Select Destination screen. All CD devices will be labeled "PQCD", with being a 0-based number. After the number, the manufacturer of the device will be listed. For example, "PQCD0-Toshiba". The utility, PQPACKET.EXE, handles the opening of the CD burn session, the burning of the CD, and the closing of the CD burn session. In addition, files such as COMMAND.COM and other necessary DOS boot files are copied to the CD, making it bootable. The Drive Image executable file, PQDI.EXE, and other necessary program files are also copied to the CD. With Autorun turned on, inserting the CD will automatically run Drive Image and open the Restore Image screen with the CD device selected as the default source of the image file. Tip #3 When using DriveCopy or Drive Image to upgrade your hard drive, prepare your source drive by running a Scandisk or CHKDSK and resolving any issues prior to starting the copy procedure. This ensures that the copied drive will be free of disk errors. Tip #4 Drive Image Pro can create Network Boot Diskettes. The program sets up the selection of Network cards and maps network drives successfully so images can be broadcast from server to client or from client to server for both NetWare and Windows NT networks. This feature is NOT intended for use on a peer- to- peer network. ---------- PowerTalk: Well, it's time again for me to send you my semi-annual letter of praise, letting you know how you have, over and over, saved my rear with your great product, Drive Image Pro. I tell everyone I know that if you own no other piece of software in your System Administrator tool kit, this is the one to own. We are doing a school-wide upgrade to Windows 98 and the images make the job just so much easier. I started at another school with your 2.0 product and before I came here I told them to make sure that 3.0 was waiting when I got here. It has taken me a while to learn how to use it effectively, and I'll admit that at the beginning of 3.0 there were some bumps in the road, but your technical support people were just great in helping me get myself fixed up. Again, thanks for such a great product, and I look forward to the next version. John Orban System Administrator The Country School ------------------ I downloaded Lost & Found yesterday after downloading a demo. This incredible act of faith was rewarded by complete data retrieval, apart from 1 sector, which was not critical. The FAT32 6GB Samsung drive would not access the majority of the FAT and had numerous other faults. Other sector editing and retrieval software mostly crashed on attempting to read. Lost & Found is pure magic. I hope I get the opportunity to use it again. Thanks Keith Body Computer Consultant The Pike House, UK ------------ PowerSupply: Drive Image-Hard-drive Imaging Solutions while on the Information Superhighway By Julie M. Bradford On the fast track of the information superhighway, new equipment can become outdated faster than you can change gears. With the swift advancements of technology, you must speed ahead and update your computer before you are run over by technical difficulties. Incompatible software, infected e-mail and Internet viruses can cause your computer to crash and burn without any notice. Suddenly, you are left wandering around for that secure path to take you home to exactly where your computer was before the crash. Drive Image(r) 4.0 provides that safe way to return home. By creating an exact image of your hard drive, Drive Image provides complete system restoration. You can sit back and relax on cruise control with Drive Image's help. Say you need to back up or upgrade your hard drive. Drive Image can create an exact copy of your hard drive or specific partitions, including the operating system, applications and data. The image can be written directly to a CD-R, CD-R/W, a second hard drive, a network drive or another partition. Then if your hard drive crashes unexpectedly, you can access your saved image file to completely restore your system. Drive Image File Editor's new Explorer-like interface lets you view and selectively drag and drop individual files and partitions. Simply drag and drop to restore files, folders and partitions without restoring the entire image file, or to create a new customized image. You also have the option of storing an exact backup of the existing operating system and application partitions on a second partition or drive without causing drive-letter conflicts. To protect an image file from a crash, accidental deletion or from additional users, you can place it in a hidden partition. Partitions can be automatically resized to fit within a smaller or larger hard drive. You can rest assured that your data is safe and secure with ImageShield(tm), a security feature, which provides password protection and encryption. For another layer of protection, Image Integrity Checker examines the disk for bad sectors and file system errors prior to creating or restoring an image. It also verifies that all the files in the image are restorable and exactly match the original data. With Drive Image 4.0 you can have complete recovery from software or hardware disasters and have your data back home in minutes. In addition, you can protect your data between cloning sessions with PowerQuest DataKeeper 4.1, included free with Drive Image 4.0. DataKeeper continuously monitors your system for changes, recording them to make sure your data is safe and secure. You specify which files or folders to monitor and then selectively restore them at any time. By indicating how many versions DataKeeper should maintain of a file, you can even restore older versions. Drive Image 4.0 is compatible with Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 Workstation, Millennium, Windows 2000 Professional and DOS 5.0 or later. It supports FAT, FAT32, NTFS, HPFS, Linux ext2 and Linux SWAP System. Requirements for Drive Image 4.0 include Intel 486DX or higher, 16MB RAM (32MB for FAT32 or hard drives larger than 4GB), 16.5MB free hard-disk space, CD-ROM drive, 3.5 inch diskette drive and VGA or higher video support. For more information or to order Drive Image 4.0 visit www.powerquest.com . ----------- PowerClips: DriveCopy 3.0 By Patrick Duffy FileClicks.com, September 2000 DriveCopy does exactly what the name describes: copy drives. You can use it to copy an entire drive to another new one very very quickly and as painlessly as it can be done. http://www.fileclicks.com/article.phtml?id=311 PartitionMagic 5.0 By Patrick Duffy FileClicks.com, September 2000 PartitionMagic is one of those (unfortunately all-too-rare) pieces of software that does exactly what it claims to do and does it brilliantly. It is an essential utility. http://www.fileclicks.com/article.phtml?id=307 Minimize the Hazards of Trying Windows 2000 By Lincoln Spector PCWorld.com, July 2000 Want to try out Windows 2000, but afraid that it may render your computer unusable? PowerQuest utilities PartitionMagic and Drive Image help you experiment safely. http://www.pcworld.com/top400/article/0,1361,16830,00.html ----------- PowerBytes: BEST VALUE AWARD, Autumn 2000. DriveCopy 3.0 is named the "Best Value" in the autumn edition of PC Plus (UK). ----------- PowerShows: October 17-18 New Mexico Technology Showcase booth # 203 Albuquerque NM 18-19 Microsoft TechNet Annual Symposium booth #705 Boston, MA 18-19 Strictly eBusiness booth #216 Houston, TX 25-26 Pittsburgh ITEC Pittsburgh, PA November 7-8 Portland ITEC Portland, OR 8-9 Philadelphia ITEC Philadelphia, PA 8-9 Austin ITEC booth #637 Austin, TX 14-15 Providence ITEC booth #124 Providence, RI 15-16 Tulsa ITEC booth #211 Tulsa, OK --- You are currently subscribed to partitionmagician as: [Stuart DOT Cox AT gems1 DOT gov DOT bc DOT ca] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-partitionmagician-11791K AT lyris DOT powerquest DOT com --Boundary_(ID_NTIvAKrZ/xBgyGaqoOe9eA)--