Additional Partitioning Software

The utilities I've just described by no means constitute the entire selection of partitioning software available for x86 PCs. Some additional programs include

  • OS software— Most OSs ship with some partitioning utility. Most of these are custom designed for the OS in question, but some aren't. BeOS, for example, ships with a stripped-down version of PartitionMagic.

  • Partition Commander— V Communications, the producer of System Commander, also sells a product similar in concept to PartitionMagic. Partition Commander supports fewer filesystems, however, which makes PartitionMagic a better choice for most multi-OS environments. System Commander comes with a stripped-down version of Partition Commander.

  • Ranish Partition ...

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