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4 stars
Version: GParted LiveCD 0.3.4-7
"long file to download, but at least free and works"
Pros: I tried before Partition logic which didn't work for me, because I've
1. a SATA 500GB HDD (unrecognised by partition logic) and
2. a Japanese 106key USB keyboard (not at all supported in partition logic)
After reading comments about other partition software someone stated this one as stable and good. This is how I came to this software.
So I booted the newly written CD-R and was prompted first to select language and keyboard layout. The look and feel of the partition software was "Partition Magic" like. I indicated intuitively my desired changes and clicked on apply. The progress screen showed me very detailed what it was doing at every moment, how much time it will last till it's over and so on. Even Partition Magic isn't as detailed as this software.
Summarizing it did what it should do without mistakes, and this for free. Worth the download.
Cons: Big file to download, it's a whole working Linux environment.
It would be good to have in-program help, stating for example what the "copy partition to another partition" does. My source partition was NTFS, destination partition was FAT32, after copying the destination partition became NTFS. Where from should I know that it becomes NTFS...
The "time left until done" isn't sometimes accurate, it indicated 10 hours and the job was over in 3 hours.
I can't compare the speed with other partition software, but my feeling tells me, that it's not better than other software. Maybe it's because it makes first a simulation test in some jobs. Just a guess.
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You can copy a FAT32 to an NTFS without it becoming FAT32, But copying files from NTFS to any older file system such as FAT-FAT32-FAT16 then it will be forcer to convert it or dont copy anything, its because NTFS stores new types of information such as compression, encryption and data quotas.
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