VCOM Partition Commander 8.0

by V-Communications

Product Features

• Partition Wizard automates partitioning tasks
• Exclusive BackStep Wizard lets you UNDO partitioning
• Includes Copy Commander to transfer all the contents from one drive to another
• Includes System Commander Personal Edition to run multiple operating systems
• Resize, create, move, & copy for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, Linux, & DOS partitions

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008CQPH
• Item model number: 37200001
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 28, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,493 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #25 in Software > Utilities > Partitions

Product Description

Easily add and remove operating systems (OSes) - great for safe migrations to a new OS, trying out Linux, or any other OS you would like. And, if you're worried about upgrading your existing OS, System Commander 8 takes care of that too, by ensuring that you can continue to use your existing OS, even if you run into issues with your new OS. Includes Partition Commander 8 is also included as a bonus!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Tested target disk, installed, rebooted and...No OS found!, August 5, 2003

By 

Jeffrey L. Simmons "jefs99" (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VCOM Partition Commander 8.0 (CD-ROM)

I purchased Partition Commander 8 to allow me to add room to a partition and possibly copy it over to another hard drive. I couldn't even get past the installation. After running Norton's Disk Doctor to ensure that the target drive was in good condition, I installed Partition Commander, rebooted and it popped into a DOS version of the program with no obvious method of control (the manual mainly covers an interface run from the desktop) and oh, yes,, and it couldn't find my OS. I'm not sure if the BIOS virus protection loused things up or not, but after I disabled it (something I should have been warned to do stuck on the cd or in some other obvious fashion - not buried within the manual) the computer wouldn't budge beyond that interface. (Weakly) in V-Communication's defense, they do prompt you to create a bootable floppy in case you run into difficulty, however I believe that I'm not alone in being unable to make a bootable floppy because I haven't used one for years and the one's I have wouldn't format anymore. Zip...yes...a bootable CD...yes, but not floppies. I had to boot off the XP CD, but even then, I couldn't bypass the System Commander DOS interface, even after replacing the boot partition. I had to reformat the entire drive.

Finally, the manual could cover troubleshooting more clearly. It mentioned booting off the OS cd and entering manual repair, but there it left me hanging at a dos prompt. I'm really disappointed in this product and would be nervous about using it in the future. I would consider Partition Magic instead. If you do purchase this for its other features, read the manual carefully and bring a floppy!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars software problems/lack of support, August 28, 2003

By 

Hank Quense (Bergenfield, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VCOM Partition Commander 8.0 (CD-ROM)

I purchased this product and installed it without any problems. When I tried to run it, the screen showed a DOS type message that read: "bad or missing command interpreter. New shell?" followed by a blinking cursor. Typing Y or N or simply "enter" did nothing. I had to re-boot the machine to regain control. The manual has nothing in it about this type of message/problem and I couldn't find anything resembling this problem on the web-site.
Finally, I sent a email (from the web-site)to the customer service people asking for advice. The email wasn't answered (or even acknowledged)
I returned the program and since I had opened the box (naturally!) I had to settle for a store credit instead of a credit card credit.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME PRODUCT !!!, September 4, 2004

By 

Robert - See all my reviews

This review is from: VCOM Partition Commander 8.0 (CD-ROM)

This by far is the best partition program out there for several reasons. First of all and most important it boots from the CD which gives it all the power the others lack. I work on computers for a living and if a customer has a dead system that won't boot & wants the data recovered it is a snap with this program. I just put in the CD, boot to the bootable CD, create enough space to hold the data on the hard drive as a backup partition & also use the program to copy the dead system over to the new backup partition. I then use the same program all from the boot CD & create and adjust new partitions as I see fit. REMEMBER PEOPLE, THIS IS ALL DONE WITHOUT WINDOWS, ALL DONE WITH ONLY THE BOOTABLE CD!!! Think about it. Anybody who does not like this program needs to stick with their day job and leave the thinking and partitioning to us experts. If you can't see the beauty and strength of a CD that needs no OS to run then you should not be messing around with partitions. I know of another company that uses the same bootable technique to get the job done all from CD with no OS and the program is $2,600. Anyway great program and it is too bad that people give it low marks when they know nothing about computers. I speak with 20 years experience & 5 computer languages.