Customer Reviews

System Commander 9.0 Professional

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I have been configuring Windows systems for over 20 years. I used System Commander 7 years ago for some dual boot Linux systems and it was great.

This version 9 is a nightmare. It will NOT work with Vista and after you buy it and go to the web site for support the site will tell you so.
They offer a "Vista compatible" version you can download. It doesn't work either.

As of this writing, I have been waiting 10 days for my 24 hour email technical support response.

If you are using Vista, use the built in disk manager. It works.

If you are not yet using Vista - *** D O N 'T ****

I bought the product v09 for Christmas present. After installation replacing the previous version, I was no longer able to manage partitions or operating systems. The product freezes the computer. The tech support site says to turn off video driver resolution, but this did not work. Emails to tech support have gone unanswered for 3 months.

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.

Before buying the Avanquest site is said Partition Commander 11 has Vista 32 and 64 bit support. But, the only version they keep sending me is the 32 bit version. The 32 bit version does not work on a 64 bit computer. Technical support sent 64 bit links that only download the 32 bit version. I get the feeling there ISN'T a 64 bit version. So, I contacted my CC company to stop payment. Hope you have better luck.

In the last 30 days while being fully covered by System Suite, we have been infected with two viruses. We upgraded to SS9 and now our entire network is dysfunctional and we are losing operational ability as I write this. Avanquest does not respond. Their firewall is shutting itself off and on and it is blocking addressess that are common and allowing hackers. Stay away from these folks. I'm unloading this program from 260 machines today at my own expense in order to protect my customers from this product. This is costing me thousands.....

This was once a great program back in the 90s when VCOM still owned it. Unfortunately they sold it to Avanquest. Windows 7 and Windows Vista have a completely different boot loader set up then prior versions of Windows like Windows XP or Windows 95. This program cannot boot Windows 7 or Windows Vista. Unfortunately to install it you have to load into a 32-bit OS like Windows XP.

While you can still buy this program new from Amazon it's not offered anymore by Avanquest. I recommend you look at a boot loader that's designed to work with Windows 7 like Easy BCD from Neosmart Technologies. Easy BCD will run out of any Windows. It's very simple to set up a triple boot with Windows 7, Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. The program is free. Easy BCD also has a good support forum. The program supports all versions of Windows, DOS 6, and all the major flavors of Linux.

Take it from a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. Setting a multiple operating systems on multiple partitions is difficult. It's a lot easier if you get a boot loader that can handle multiple operating systems that works correctly and has support.

SC9 consist of 2 parts: the HD partitioning part and Boot Manager part.

I have SC9 run in my computer and use it everyday to manage multiple OS in the same HD. The operation is painless once you set it up and you only need to configure once if you know what you are doing. Having said that beware that the HD partitioning part could only be run safely from the bootable CD at safe mode (640x480). Otherwise, it may hang and corrupt your partition. The OS Boot Manager part can be safely installed and run from the HD. Just make sure that only one primary partition is visible at a time with Windows Machine.

Note: if you see a blank screen while booting from the CD, press 2 and that will bring you to HD partitioning part of the software.

I haven't had one issue with this product. I used it to create a 4 Partition machine with multiple OS. But you HAVE to make sure you hide the partitions from each one another otherwise it will fail.

System Suite was the first product I've every owned from VCOM and it was the best. So I was checking out what other products they provided and came upon this System Commander. I gave it try but it wouldn't install on my Vista computer. I Emailed their tech support and they gave me a free upgrade to the Vista compatible version. This product lets me partition my drive and install XP so that I can have the best of both worlds! If you have Vista, you know what i mean. About 99.8% of all software out there are not Vista compatible and they force you to upgrade to the Vista version. Now i can keep all my software on my XP and dont have to upgrade!