Hi Folks
Most of this text was originally used on 03/02/11 for v7.0.1 . . . BUT is fully relevant today ! There may be many who never saw it first time.
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This first section is aimed at helping those who do NOT understand Partitioning - NOT to patronise those who do !
For those wonering what this software is for - whether they need it or not . . . - The first thing I have to say to you is - since you have no idea what this software is for - YOU SHOULD NOT USE IT on a main Hard Drive containing valuable Data !
First try it out on an old HDD on an old PC or Laptop to prevent accidents ! Practice makes perfect & all that !!!
Right - onto what it Is / Does . . .
Imagine you have a sheet of A4 paper - you fold it in half & then in half again . . . You STILL have ONE piece of paper BUT with FOUR separate sections ! This software does EXACTLY that to Hard Drives - only it doesn't have to be halves - it can be any size from about 5Mb upwards - ( smaller would be unable to contain relevant data & Format etc. ) - although the smallest I use is 100 Mb for my Boot Data Drive !
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I've personally been building PC's / Hard Drives etc. for around 16 years now & a method I developed early on & has served me perfectly ever since is that I typically set ALL PC Hard Drives up as C: / D: / E: / F: / G: & H:

C: Boot Data - ( 100mb )

D: Environment - XP / Seven

E: FallBack - Usually XP BUT in the past I've used 2000 - whatever the customer owns. Even Win 98 would work BUT it would need updating with add-ons in order to read larger drives & those with NTFS File systems etc.

F: Programs - This is where Office & AutoRoute / Encarta / Games etc. & ALL the GAOTD Software Downloads are installed to . . . NOT Windows Drive / Program Files !!!!

G: Media Drive - All scans / photos / Films / Music etc - NOT in Windows / Documents !

H: Virtual DVD - Stores setups / drivers & Backups etc. Also Downloads saved here in most cases - where an External Drive is not available !

I: & if the Hard Disk is BIG enough - purely for Backup !

( My NETWORKED Drives typically are Mapped in from O: & P: onwards - leaving space for local External Drives. )

WHY bother going to all this trouble ? Well - having learned from WAY to Many instances where a Windows crash has left everything LOST ! - yes there are softwares to get stuff back - BUT this way - if Windows crashes - load up the FallBack Windows - MOVE everything you need off the Main Windows Drive & Restore it - NO DRAMA !
PLUS - the only way to lose absolutely everything as with a single Drive C: is if the MBR ( Master Boot Record ) - the Index for the entire Hard Disk is damaged - & even then - There are 2 MBRs ( 1 as backup ).

This also DRAMATICALLY cuts the time of Defrags etc.& you can backup the stuff you need to - individually & quicker - AWAY from the Windows Drive.

I appreciate that this system is not for everyone - companies would NEVER do this - 'cos it's way to much work for them to bother with ! I've set up more than 200 systems this way & NOT ONE complaint - in fact in a few cases of Virus or system crash - it's proved a God-Send !
IF Poss - I do try to put the FallBack Windows on a second HDD even if it's only 3Gig in size - it's only there as a last resort !

As for Easeus PM - I used to use PowerQuest / Symantec Partition Magic - it was brilliant BUT as soon as I tried Easeus PM when it was given away here the year before last - I swapped to it FOR GOOD -- it is excellent. I wish I'd had it years ago. I've found it streets ahead of others I've tried including Partition Magic. Paragon is good BUT I prefer Easeus - it's much more No-Nonsense. It does what it's supposed to - WELL !

Easeus PM can be Installed & Run within Windows BUT I just make the CD version & use it to boot up the target machine - even then it's like looking at the Windows version - it's really well laid out ! ALL operations can can be carried out at this point including - Create a NEW 'Drive Structure' from scratch / Stretch & Shrink existing 'Drive Structures' / move a Partition from place to place on the drive - ( NOT to be done TO or BEFORE the Vista / 7 Partition ) - & tons more. It's a seriously POWERFUL & RELIABLE bit of kit . . . BUT It's laid out well enough that Learners can trial it too !

While Partitioning from within Windows - a re-boot is required to complete the process as Windows locks the hard Drive while it's in use ! Running from the CD @ Boot up completes ALL functions there & then because the Drive is not in use by anything else !!!

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Just last week I had a 360 Gig External drive lose BOTH of it's partitions - out of the blue ! I was 3/4 through copying files from it - across my network when I got the error - File Not Found !
I LOST EVERYTHING - My most up-to-date documents & Downloads ( 150+ Gig ) . The drive had been solid for as long as I can remember - it really wasn't expected !!!
I re-booted my laptop - into EaseUS Partition Master 7.0.1 Pro CD ( Linux version ) & ran the Partition Recovery - It managed to recover BOTH partiotions & ALL Files also. It's worth it's price for that function alone !
I hope this has been helpful for some of you :o)
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Apologies for any Typos

Cheers for now & HAVE A GREAT DAY FOLKS !!

- - Mike - -
- Macs-PC -

<The Return of the Macs ! :o)

Mike Macrae  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+93)

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I don't understand why EaseUS put in arbitrary limits. While I realize that 99.9% of GOTD users won't care, I actually have GPT partitions. In two places on their website, EaseUS says that their GPT limit is 4TB, but I have RAID volumes far larger than that. Also, their boot CD/DVD doesn't support RAID. If I need to do something, where possible I use Windows Disk Management rather than deal with the lack of hardware support from EaseUS and Paragon. From a marketing point of view, I can understand why a developer would start with supporting 90% of partitions, but if you're going to implement a feature, why not do it correctly?

Fubar  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+48)

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This program is great. I used version eight to convert my Win 7 boot volume from dynamic disk back to basic. Did this because Norton Ghost seems to have problems dealing with Dynamic Disks.

Steve  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+44)

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@ #8 They have given you what they do for free. You can't seriously expext them too BUY things for you too ? They have to buy from Microsoft a license for every winpe they supply.

andy  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+32)

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Dear vince,

as we know, the product of Aomei also cannot support encrypted partititon very well. if you hide it forcibly, there may be data lost.

we will work hard to improve our product in the future.

EaseUS  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+25)

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