V Communication Partition Commander 10 ( Windows )
Avanquest
- 1522
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I liked version 8 of Partition Commander and used the CD to partition numerous hard drives. Today at a client, my trusty version 8 CD wouldn't boot on a new HP Workstation, so I purchased the new version 10 of Partition Commander at a local Office Depot. Sad to say, after going through the rigamarole of installing the software (and activating it which required setting up an Internet connection) and creating the Recovery CD (because the new install CD doesn't double as a proper boot CD), the Recovery CD failed to boot the system. I tried a couple of other blank CD's--no luck; I also tried creating the three boot floppies and booted on an external USB floppy drive (the new Workstation didn't come with its own floppy drive)--it booted and went into the program and I selected move/resize to reduce drive C to 70 GB from 140 GB (I was going to create a separate additonal drive paratition); but the program crapped out with an error message. Perhaps the HP Workstation is rigged so that one
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I needed to redistribute space on my hard drive (C was too small). I used this product about 6 years ago to create multiple OS partitions and figured it would work. I tried at least 10 times to use thier Space redistribution wizard and got nothing other than checking file system integrity. There were no messages or any indication that there is a problem. I also tried merging two NTFS partitions, but I got an error saying there weren't two NTFS partitions on the drive, even though the software said there was. I emailed support (I wasn't going to pay to speak to someone on the phone) and have not heard anything from for 3 weeks, even sending a second email. When I did call, I got Nova Development (greeting cards) not the V-COM. DON'T buy thing product for redistributing or merging partitions.
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I purchased Avanquest Partition Commander and it did not do what I needed. It also stated to send an email to get the upgrade to support Vista. I sent an email and never received anything back.
The software states it has a money back guarantee. I sent the software back and have called them and emailed them to get a status on my refund. I have not been able to get a response via email. When I call it states they are in training or that they are closed and to call back during business hours. The reality is I am calling during their business hours. It doesn't matter what number or who you try to get to.
The Company is one BIG BLACK HOLE. Would not recommend purchasing any software from Avanquest. If you have problems, you are on your own.
The software states it has a money back guarantee. I sent the software back and have called them and emailed them to get a status on my refund. I have not been able to get a response via email. When I call it states they are in training or that they are closed and to call back during business hours. The reality is I am calling during their business hours. It doesn't matter what number or who you try to get to.
The Company is one BIG BLACK HOLE. Would not recommend purchasing any software from Avanquest. If you have problems, you are on your own.
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I've used Partition Commander happily for several years. I upgraded to Version 10 so I could get support for the new format Vista partitions.
Despite the picture of a Vista Partition on the box, the in-box CDROM doesn't support Vista partitions. However Avanquest provides a free download upgrade (to version 10.1) which adds Vista support. This 71 Meg download includes an ISO CDROM image so you can burn a new bootable CDROM for Vista. Happiness.
I successfully updated several partitions, including shrinking a Vista boot partition which Vista itself had declared non-shrinkable. Things mostly went OK, but I did have to use my Windows Vista installation disk to repair the boot path for Vista - somehow Partition Commander hadn't left the boot path quite right.
Compared with earlier versions, Version 10 has a substantially improved user interface, which displays more information on each screen. For example I found it much easier to identify and select partitions and there was better
Despite the picture of a Vista Partition on the box, the in-box CDROM doesn't support Vista partitions. However Avanquest provides a free download upgrade (to version 10.1) which adds Vista support. This 71 Meg download includes an ISO CDROM image so you can burn a new bootable CDROM for Vista. Happiness.
I successfully updated several partitions, including shrinking a Vista boot partition which Vista itself had declared non-shrinkable. Things mostly went OK, but I did have to use my Windows Vista installation disk to repair the boot path for Vista - somehow Partition Commander hadn't left the boot path quite right.
Compared with earlier versions, Version 10 has a substantially improved user interface, which displays more information on each screen. For example I found it much easier to identify and select partitions and there was better
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It just works. Nice, easy to use GUI interface, easy to follow instructions, and no problem using. Download for the Vista - ready version is a completely new Partition Commander (Version 10.5).
This product works where Partition Magic won't, and it has more features. Use caution when using in a Windows domain environment, however, as GPO's and software restrictions policies can affect its performance.
This product works where Partition Magic won't, and it has more features. Use caution when using in a Windows domain environment, however, as GPO's and software restrictions policies can affect its performance.
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Add me to the list of satisfied customers. I first tried "Disk Director" by Acronis. It ran for a while, displayed lots of messages (and no errors). But my disk drive stayed the same. So I got Partition Commander, and I am happy to say that the resizing worked. More importantly, everything still worked afterwards.
Be warned though, that you might need LOTS of time for this process to complete. When you first run the app, it might take a LONG time to load up. I could see the launcher.exe running in the task manager, so I knew it was loading, but it took a while to actually render. And then after I clicked "restart" to apply the changes, it also seemed like nothing was happening for a long time. Resist the temptation to start hitting keys! Just wait, and it will happen. It took 10-12 hrs for it to move 15GB from my D drive to my C drive. So start up the process in the evening, and give it overnight to run.
Be warned though, that you might need LOTS of time for this process to complete. When you first run the app, it might take a LONG time to load up. I could see the launcher.exe running in the task manager, so I knew it was loading, but it took a while to actually render. And then after I clicked "restart" to apply the changes, it also seemed like nothing was happening for a long time. Resist the temptation to start hitting keys! Just wait, and it will happen. It took 10-12 hrs for it to move 15GB from my D drive to my C drive. So start up the process in the evening, and give it overnight to run.
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The original way of making partitions meant that it must be done before any information is put on the hard drive because the process will destroy whatever is on that hard drive. Using Partition Commander means that partitions can be made with any information still on the hard drive and no destruction of data.
I liked using Partition Commander. Making the partitions was easy to do. I say easy if you have some experience in partitioning and know what you want to accomplish. The best thing I like is that if you make a partition and it doesn't work out the way you expected it is so easy to fix it. For right now I only needed to make one partition but if I felt I needed more of them I could make them with ease.
Actually, someone with no experience could probably use this product by following the instructions, but knowing why partitioning is useful and what can be accomplished is important knowledge before partitioning.
I liked using Partition Commander. Making the partitions was easy to do. I say easy if you have some experience in partitioning and know what you want to accomplish. The best thing I like is that if you make a partition and it doesn't work out the way you expected it is so easy to fix it. For right now I only needed to make one partition but if I felt I needed more of them I could make them with ease.
Actually, someone with no experience could probably use this product by following the instructions, but knowing why partitioning is useful and what can be accomplished is important knowledge before partitioning.
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I've had no major problems with this software on Windows XP with a 250 GB SATA drive and two external IDE drives connected to USB ports. There is an erroneous statement in the manual, to the effect that Partition Commander 10 will not work with a RAID 5 disk. That's true only of earlier versions. The tech support staff promptly responded to my query about that. They were pretty good about helping me troubleshoot another problem, which turned out to be unrelated to the program. I give it only 4 stars because I haven't used enough of its features yet to give it an unqualified thumbs up.
