Partition Commander 6.0

by V-Communications

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004TTUW
• Item model number: 21200001
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,400 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #29 in Software > Utilities > Partitions
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Whether you need to repartition your hard drive or prep a new drive, V Communications Partition Commander makes drive maintenance a point-and-click affair, offering automated drive partitioning and a host of functions not available through most operating systems. Partition Commander 6 adds a batch of new features, including impressive support for Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Linux.

Following the tradition of its predecessors, the newest Partition Commander is a robust application--a virtual Swiss Army knife of hard drive maintenance. Various features combine to form one of the most powerful hard drive tools available anywhere. Even the non-technical crowd will get almost as much out of Partition Commander as hard-core gurus, thanks to a platoon of nifty wizards that cover actions such as reclaiming wasted hard drive space and adding a second operating system to a PC.

Those are just a couple of Partition Commander's talents. Partition Commander allows users to go far beyond the simplistic drive prep procedures included with most operating systems, adeptly performing tasks that the others don't even acknowledge as possible. It can, for example, resize FAT16/32, NTFS, and Linux partitions without disrupting the data already stored on them, add or remove partitions on working hard drives, and convert file systems from FAT16 to FAT32, or FAT16/32 to NTFS--and, unlike Windows utilities, vice versa.

Although it's extremely rare for Partition Commander to cause data loss while working its magic (even through user error), users are cautioned to back up critical data before altering partitions. Nevertheless, V Communications added BackStep Wizard, which keeps track of drive changes and allows users to undo certain actions. Unfortunately, this feature is limited by the very nature of drive partitioning: it can't undo the most destructive actions like deleting an entire partition.

Partition Commander 6 includes System Commander Personal Edition, a menu-driven interface that simplifies booting computers with two or more operating systems. The one-two punch of Partition Commander, used to add a second OS, and V Communications System Commander, used to access it, demystifies multi-boot configurations to the point where nearly anyone can enjoy them.

A must-have for technophiles and an excellent tool for anyone faced with hard drive preparation, Partition Commander would be a bargain at double its price. --Joel Durham Jr.

Amazon.com Product Description

Partition Commander provides everything you need to safely and easily partition your hard drive. It lets you reclaim hard disk space, organize your files, add new operating systems, and in many cases speed up hard drive access speeds. Partition Commander automates the process, guiding you through step-by-step, so you don't have to be an expert to use it. It also allows those who prefer a hands-on approach to take the wheel.

Partitioning can let you reclaim wasted disk space. Hard drives can potentially waste up to 40 percent of their available space. This program enables you to more fully take advantage of potential free space. Hard drives can become very cluttered; Partition Commander helps you to better organize your drive so you can find files faster and easier. Partition Commander prompts you with a few questions, and then automatically organizes your drive according to your needs. The Partition Wizard provides total automation so there's no need to be an expert on clusters, file allocation tables (FAT), or other technical details. Just choose your reason for partitioning: more storage space, improved performance, better organization, or OS management. Then click on the option you prefer and Partition Commander does the rest. The BackStep Wizard can easily return your system to a prior configuration. It allows you to review all of the actions Partition Wizard has performed and any manual partitioning steps you may have done. Simply select the actions or steps you would like to reverse and BackStep Wizard will undo them for you.

If you prefer a more hands-on approach, the automated wizard steps aside, giving you complete control. Add or create partitions, and delete, resize, move, and copy them. Set up partitions for data only, or create partitions to handle Internet junk. You can even set up separate partitions for swap files to help increase the performance of your PC. Partition Commander also provides safe partition resize for FAT/FAT32/NTFS and Linux ext2 type partitions. And if you need to convert partition types, Partition Commander lets you convert from FAT16 to FAT32 or FAT32 to FAT16 or NTFS to FAT, including NTFS compressed volumes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice graphics, December 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Partition Commander 6.0 (CD-ROM)

This is a nice graphical partition tool. I haven't used Partition Magic, but Partition Commander was adequate for my computer and it was much cheaper than Partition Magic.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only one that works always, May 20, 2001

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D. Fenwick "BigB" (APO, AP United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Partition Commander 6.0 (CD-ROM)

I've tried more partition tools than I can count including Partition Magic but none works like Partition Commander. It does exactly what is says it will do, nothing more, nothing less. When I'm doing somthing as dangerous as re-partitioning, I need a tools I can trust and Partition Commander is it.

Doug Fenwick, Technical Manager, Cubic Appl, Inc

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Partition Commander Version 8, November 8, 2003

By 

James Duryea (Odenton, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Partition Commander 6.0 (CD-ROM)

Partition commander is not worth 10$ much less 50$. I am a advanced user, and have 8 years computer experience. I have two drives (Win XP), and wanted to partition to install Linux on C:. Well, needless to say after I got the partition set up (that went ok, but the system interface is clunky), and the process is extremely slow. After installing, the boot loader (system commander) took over and ruined my dual boot settings, and after trying to restore the previous MBR, it almost destroyed the contents of my D: drive. As far as being able to go back to a previous configuration, that is a joke, and does not work unless you just want to undo the very last thing in the menu before actually physically writing to the drive. I would not recommend this product to anyone. Stay clear of Partition Commander. I have used Partition Magic before and didn't have any problems. I would recommend that instead.