Re: Disk Partitioning

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In news:%23RLbDevwFHA.3904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> typed:

> Ken wrote :-
>
>> By the way, I'm not a Partition Magic expert, but I *thought*
>> that
>> it came with such a program.
>
> It was called 'Magic Mover' and came with 'earlier' Power Quest
> versions, but I don't know whether it's included with the
> Norton/Symantec versions.


Thanks. Yes, that name sounds familiar.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eioFtQswFHA.2728@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In news:dh9afr$lcj$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Heinz <althaus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>>
>>> Got Partition Magic 8.0, which great application I used in
>>> the past.
>>> How do I safely and easily move applications and files to new
>>> partitions? I used to also have a neat programme that
>>> facilitated
>>> this painlessly, but my memory fails me.now and I cannot
>>> remember
>>> the name. Was it a Norton application, maybe?
>>
>>
>> The problem is that almost all programs are not simply a
>> single file
>> or even a bunch of files. Besides the files that constitute
>> them,
>> they also have, and need, many entries referring to them and
>> where
>> they are located--in the registry and elsewhere.
>>
>> So if you try to move a program, those pointers will all be
>> wrong
>> and the program won't work. There is software that purports to
>> find
>> and change those pointers (for example, the freeware COA2.exe)
>> but
>> in my experience these don't always work perfectly. It's much
>> better
>> and safer to uninstall from its existing location, and
>> reinstall in
>> the new one. By the way, I'm not a Partition Magic expert, but
>> I *thought* that
>> it came with such a program.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup


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