Re: Disk partitioning software that is accessible using JAWS
- From: Justin Pospical <justin.pospical@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:49:03 -0800
Sorry if this isn't JAWS related, but I have done it with linux and it
is very accessible if you are willing to use the command line. It's
harder to do if you have windows 7 but I have done it several times
with XP.
Justin
On 3/4/11, Farfar Carlson <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Agreed. I believe his project is to partition a brand-new 2Tb drive so that
> his 160 Gb drive can be imaged to that partition. So his data is already
> fully backed-up.
>
> Dave
> Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio
> Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Martyn
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 17:03
> Subject: Re: Disk partitioning software that is accessible using JAWS
>
>
> I was going to say partition magic 8 is years old now and where would he
> get it. Apparently symantec discontinued it and it is shareware now on
> soft32.com. The last partition magic I had was a paid for copy so I assume
> that the control is different. Also, I was using jaws 10 and 11 so I am sure
> jaws 8 might behave differently. I've worked in data recovery for years
> before I went blind and I know of all the pitfalls that one can encounter
> with this kind of powerful software. Not to poke fun, but doing this blind
> without some knowledge is dangerous unless you are educated about
> partitions. I would suggest he keeps any images or backup readily available.
> I would rather copy the data over to a 100 percent allocated partition that
> is already formatted. I have seen Raid devices that didn't like resized
> partition drives when you go to duplicate them. He was using two terabyte
> drives and I am not sure if he is going to mirror with it, but I would
> caution against this. It really depends on your hardware. Promise makes a
> nice network storage stand alone but it is not friendly when it comes to
> using jaws with the beginning setup software. The web interface is quite
> accessible though.
> My main point is, be cautious and don't leap before you know what you are
> doing.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Farfar Carlson
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 3:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Disk partitioning software that is accessible using JAWS
>
>
> John,
>
> Yes I changed my partition a few times before I settled on the optimum
> distribution. It was all accessible with JAWS -- and in those days JAWS 8.0.
>
> Dave
> Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio
> Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Martyn
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 15:51
> Subject: Re: Disk partitioning software that is accessible using JAWS
>
>
> I just checked and I was using partition magic 8.0. It didn't work for
> the more complicated of tasks. I can see partitioning a brand new drive with
> 100 percent allocation, but to resize a partition is another story. Perhaps
> they came out with a different version of 8.0. Can you resize partitions? I
> would use the updated version given that it might be more accessible. I
> naturally gave up playing with it after the first attempt. What I discovered
> is that it is mostly graphical information, plus I didn't want to confuse
> other hard drives and accidentally select the wrong one. When did you
> download this software? Is it compatible with windows 7?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike & Barbara In Arcadia
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:41 AM
> Subject: Re: Disk partitioning software that is accessible using
> JAWS
>
>
> Hi Dave;
>
> I have also used Partition Magic 8.0 to partition the HardDrives of
> 3 computers, with no problems. If you would like to take a look at the
> manual for PM 8.0, I will send it to you off list. Take care.
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Durber
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 5:47 AM
> Subject: Disk partitioning software that is accessible using JAWS
>
>
> Hello Everyone:
>
> As I have mentioned before, I purchased 2 new SATA internal hard
> drives, 2
> TB capacity.
>
> I used an disk image program called Image for Windows, which is
> very
> accessible using JAWS, to create an image of my existing aging 160
> GB IDE
> drive.
>
> I intend to use Image for Windows, to restore the disk image to
> one of the 2
> TB drives.
>
> However, when I have done that, there will be an unallocated
> partition
> containing the remaining available free space for that drive.
>
> What disk partitioning software can I use, that is accessible
> using JAWS, to
> resize the newly created partition and create, allocate and
> format the
> remaining extended partition for that drive?
>
> Thanks in anticipation.
>
> Cave Durber
>
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