I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still use
my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?

Mike K. <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
>with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still use
>my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?

Just a wild-assed-guess: that version is quite old and probably won't
handle all of today's larger drives. Don't even know if it will
handle NTFS drives.

i usually make polite and
respectful suggestions, but
in this case i must say

"DO NOT USE YOUR VERSION OF PM
ON A SYSTEM HAVING XP SP2"

your version is not compatiable
and will "crash" your disk(s) and
you will cry and cry....why?

i switched to Acronis Disk Director
and never regretted it.

The latest PM is likely to be
compatiable, but I don't think
it is as good as acronis. do
some comparison, but don't
use your pm (period)

"Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still use
my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?

Mike K. wrote:
> I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine,
> along with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can
> I still use my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade
> that?

Check the Symantec web site; I recall they had info about which worked with
XP.

btw: if i'm not mistaken
XP pro includes
a disk partition utility.

"db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:O29wf09nHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
i usually make polite and
respectful suggestions, but
in this case i must say

"DO NOT USE YOUR VERSION OF PM
ON A SYSTEM HAVING XP SP2"

your version is not compatiable
and will "crash" your disk(s) and
you will cry and cry....why?

i switched to Acronis Disk Director
and never regretted it.

The latest PM is likely to be
compatiable, but I don't think
it is as good as acronis. do
some comparison, but don't
use your pm (period)

"Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still use
my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?

Yes, it does, but no ability to resize or move partions

"db" wrote:

> btw: if i'm not mistaken
> XP pro includes
> a disk partition utility.
>
> "db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:O29wf09nHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> i usually make polite and
> respectful suggestions, but
> in this case i must say
>
> "DO NOT USE YOUR VERSION OF PM
> ON A SYSTEM HAVING XP SP2"
>
> your version is not compatiable
> and will "crash" your disk(s) and
> you will cry and cry....why?
>
> i switched to Acronis Disk Director
> and never regretted it.
>
> The latest PM is likely to be
> compatiable, but I don't think
> it is as good as acronis. do
> some comparison, but don't
> use your pm (period)
>
> "Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
> I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
> with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still use
> my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?

Thanks Uncle, Yes, PM6 does handle NTFS, no probs, was designed for NT4 and
W2000. Mike K.

"Uncle Grumpy" wrote:

> Mike K. <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
> >with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still use
> >my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?
>
> Just a wild-assed-guess: that version is quite old and probably won't
> handle all of today's larger drives. Don't even know if it will
> handle NTFS drives.
>

No... forget it...

only the very latest version of PM works with XPSP2

8.1 I believe is the latest

"Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
>I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
> with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still
> use
> my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?

Partition Magic was far superior than acronis...

however Norton BOUGHT it and KILLED it because they had GHOST.

Anyway... I too use acronis now for Vista.. but for XP I still use partition
magic 8.1,
that was the best product of its kind.
"db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:O29wf09nHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
i usually make polite and
respectful suggestions, but
in this case i must say

"DO NOT USE YOUR VERSION OF PM
ON A SYSTEM HAVING XP SP2"

your version is not compatiable
and will "crash" your disk(s) and
you will cry and cry....why?

i switched to Acronis Disk Director
and never regretted it.

The latest PM is likely to be
compatiable, but I don't think
it is as good as acronis. do
some comparison, but don't
use your pm (period)

"Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still use
my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?

Yep, know what you mean about killing PM. I've just perused their website,
and there is barely a mention of PM at all, and certainly not my version, and
"all support has been discontinued". I certainly could not expect much backup
from them, so why would I waste my 60 bucks with them?? I'm going to check
out Acronis....

"Tiberius" wrote:

> Partition Magic was far superior than acronis...
>
> however Norton BOUGHT it and KILLED it because they had GHOST.
>
> Anyway... I too use acronis now for Vista.. but for XP I still use partition
> magic 8.1,
> that was the best product of its kind.
> "db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:O29wf09nHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> i usually make polite and
> respectful suggestions, but
> in this case i must say
>
> "DO NOT USE YOUR VERSION OF PM
> ON A SYSTEM HAVING XP SP2"
>
> your version is not compatiable
> and will "crash" your disk(s) and
> you will cry and cry....why?
>
> i switched to Acronis Disk Director
> and never regretted it.
>
> The latest PM is likely to be
> compatiable, but I don't think
> it is as good as acronis. do
> some comparison, but don't
> use your pm (period)
>
> "Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
> I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
> with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still use
> my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?
>
>
>

there is also one more you might want to try its called

paragon disk manager


"Mike K." <MikeK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CEFBD417-5B62-45FD-A789-33F0C577C77C@microsoft.com...
> Yep, know what you mean about killing PM. I've just perused their website,
> and there is barely a mention of PM at all, and certainly not my version,
> and
> "all support has been discontinued". I certainly could not expect much
> backup
> from them, so why would I waste my 60 bucks with them?? I'm going to check
> out Acronis....
>
> "Tiberius" wrote:
>
>> Partition Magic was far superior than acronis...
>>
>> however Norton BOUGHT it and KILLED it because they had GHOST.
>>
>> Anyway... I too use acronis now for Vista.. but for XP I still use
>> partition
>> magic 8.1,
>> that was the best product of its kind.
>> "db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:O29wf09nHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> i usually make polite and
>> respectful suggestions, but
>> in this case i must say
>>
>> "DO NOT USE YOUR VERSION OF PM
>> ON A SYSTEM HAVING XP SP2"
>>
>> your version is not compatiable
>> and will "crash" your disk(s) and
>> you will cry and cry....why?
>>
>> i switched to Acronis Disk Director
>> and never regretted it.
>>
>> The latest PM is likely to be
>> compatiable, but I don't think
>> it is as good as acronis. do
>> some comparison, but don't
>> use your pm (period)
>>
>> "Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
>> I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
>> with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still
>> use
>> my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?
>>
>>
>>

Do you by any chance use Symantec System Tools as your virus? I ask because
most folks don't know that the newest version of PM (which Symantec
purchased 2-years ago) is on the CD but can only be installed if you go to
the folder and execute it separately.

Just a wild shot.

I keep Partitioning and Imaging Tools up to date because they are worth
their weight in gold.


"Mike K." <MikeK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BD66E069-8220-4E4D-B52B-2A11437FDFD4@microsoft.com...
> Yes, it does, but no ability to resize or move partions
>
> "db" wrote:
>
>> btw: if i'm not mistaken
>> XP pro includes
>> a disk partition utility.
>>
>> "db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:O29wf09nHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> i usually make polite and
>> respectful suggestions, but
>> in this case i must say
>>
>> "DO NOT USE YOUR VERSION OF PM
>> ON A SYSTEM HAVING XP SP2"
>>
>> your version is not compatiable
>> and will "crash" your disk(s) and
>> you will cry and cry....why?
>>
>> i switched to Acronis Disk Director
>> and never regretted it.
>>
>> The latest PM is likely to be
>> compatiable, but I don't think
>> it is as good as acronis. do
>> some comparison, but don't
>> use your pm (period)
>>
>> "Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
>> I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine,
>> along
>> with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I
>> still use
>> my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?

I agree. Acronis is the way to go (if your ready to update).
Acronis Disk Administrator (resize, split, merge ... everything) and Acronis
True Image (ver 10) are great tools to have.

"Tiberius" <James@tiberius.kirk> wrote in message
news:exXRHN%23nHHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Partition Magic was far superior than acronis...
>
> however Norton BOUGHT it and KILLED it because they had GHOST.
>
> Anyway... I too use acronis now for Vista.. but for XP I still use
> partition magic 8.1,
> that was the best product of its kind.
> "db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:O29wf09nHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> i usually make polite and
> respectful suggestions, but
> in this case i must say
>
> "DO NOT USE YOUR VERSION OF PM
> ON A SYSTEM HAVING XP SP2"
>
> your version is not compatiable
> and will "crash" your disk(s) and
> you will cry and cry....why?
>
> i switched to Acronis Disk Director
> and never regretted it.
>
> The latest PM is likely to be
> compatiable, but I don't think
> it is as good as acronis. do
> some comparison, but don't
> use your pm (period)
>
> "Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
> I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
> with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still
> use
> my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?
>

Acronis True Image 8 will not see SATA drives. You must get version 9 or 10
(latest).
I have ver 10.... works great.

"Tiberius" <James@tiberius.kirk> wrote in message
news:u$yPGN%23nHHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> No... forget it...
>
> only the very latest version of PM works with XPSP2
>
> 8.1 I believe is the latest
>
> "Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
>>I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
>> with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still
>> use
>> my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?
>
>

yeh, it is whimpy when compared
to the others.....


"Mike K." <MikeK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BD66E069-8220-4E4D-B52B-2A11437FDFD4@microsoft.com...
Yes, it does, but no ability to resize or move partions

"db" wrote:

> btw: if i'm not mistaken
> XP pro includes
> a disk partition utility.
>
> "db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:O29wf09nHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> i usually make polite and
> respectful suggestions, but
> in this case i must say
>
> "DO NOT USE YOUR VERSION OF PM
> ON A SYSTEM HAVING XP SP2"
>
> your version is not compatiable
> and will "crash" your disk(s) and
> you will cry and cry....why?
>
> i switched to Acronis Disk Director
> and never regretted it.
>
> The latest PM is likely to be
> compatiable, but I don't think
> it is as good as acronis. do
> some comparison, but don't
> use your pm (period)
>
> "Mike K." <Mike K.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B64B17DA-F499-464D-AFC7-86645D99CD59@microsoft.com...
> I am upgrading from W2000 Pro to XP Pro in my main desktop machine, along
> with a major hardware upgrade (M/board, CPU, RAM HDDs etc). Can I still use
> my old Partition Magic 6 with XP, or must I also upgrade that?