Hi ALL,Has anyone managed to get any partitioning tool to work with WINDOWS7 beta please?I have tried two so far and they refuse to work 100%.Regards,John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

We should only be using partitioning programs which has been tested for Win7, and since the partition scheme/management of Win7 is different than Vista, I dont think it is safe to use any partitioning programs at this point. Jabez Gan [MVP] - http://www.msblog.org

Windows 9? When does that come out?

To be honest, if you think you're using Windows 9, I'm not surprised you can't get it to work..P.S, no, I haven't managed to get it working with Windows 9 beta, as it doesn't exist yet..

Jabez Gan said: We should only be using partitioning programs which has been tested for Win7, and since the partition scheme/management of Win7 is different than Vista, I dont think it is safe to use any partitioning programs at this point. Jabez Gan [MVP] - http://www.msblog.org Hi ALL,I meant Windows 7 Beta of course. It was a typo error.I still would like to know if anyone can name a partitioning program that works with Windows 7 Beta please, anyone?I have tried two so far and they do not work.If Windows 7 Beta uses NTFS then why should the partition scheme/management make any difference?Surely it is a continuous block of data on a hard drive between block X and block Y in the same way that all partitions are? Okay block-sizes may differ between FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and other partition schemes of other operating systems but each has a continuous block, YES / NO?Regards,John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

Skimble19 said: To be honest, if you think you're using Windows 9, I'm not surprised you can't get it to work.. P.S, no, I haven't managed to get it working with Windows 9 beta, as it doesn't exist yet.. Yeah, very funny!! I just typed a 9 by mistake. topofall said: Windows 9? When does that come out? Probably two years after Windows 7 will be released if Microsoft follow Windows 7 with Windows 8 the following year like they have following Windows 7 very soon after VISTA.LOL!!For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

If you're running a multi boot machine try partitioning from the other operating system.Mark

markcynt said: If you're running a multi boot machine try partitioning from the other operating system.MarkHi Mark,I was hoping to set up a multi-boot computer with the remaining hard-drive space from Windows 7 Beta.Thanks anyway.Regards,John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

Have you tried GPartEd? It's available standalone or with the Ubuntu live disk. I used it to created to resize my Vista partition to make room for 7 (diskpart kept saying I couldn't resize at all). I imagine it would work equally well for Windows 7.

Maybe I'm missing something, but why don't you just use the Disk Management utility included in the Win7 beta (under Administrative Tools> Computer Management)? I used it in Vista to shrink my existing (active) Vista partition and add a new NTFS partition for the beta - all from inside Vista while it was running - without any problem at all. (Since Vista [or did it start with XP?], there hasn't really been much need for things like Partition Magic, Fdiskor Gparted anymore --not for the basics anyway.)Or are you saying that the Win7 beta version of Disk Management doesn't work either, along with thethird-party programs you tried?

Yeah, I answered under the assumption those hadn't worked. For me, Vista wouldn't let me shrink despite having plenty of space. I don't know if it was because of immovable files or what, but GParted managed without screwing anything up.

To answer the question specifically...I used Acronis Disk Director Suite v10.0c to partition after a clean install of Windows 7 beta. Functioned as expected.Testing stuff, currently available, that I will use when the real deal shows. The only program I have run across that, for sure, needs a Win7 update is Comodo Internet Security.

I have successfully used Ghost to copy the partition from my failing (SMART) drive to a spare backup (60GB to 40GB) other than checkdisk running on boot and a few heartstopping reboots the system is now working fine. I will have a chance to try this again in a few days when the new drive arrives.I have already run into the issue where Vista/Win7 will not touch the drive as it was partitioned with another tool (Partition Magic I think) and running XP, Since there was nothing to save Darik's Boot and Nukezeroed the first 10% and viloa they see the drive.Computer Network Specialist

I used Easeus in Vista, maybe that will work.http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htmMarkEdit: By the way it's free.

markcynt said: I used Easeus in Vista, maybe that will work.http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htmMarkEdit: By the way it's free.Hi Mark,Easeusdoes not currently work in the 32 bit version of WINDOWS 7 Beta on my ACER laptop.I have tried it already.Regards,John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

everybody just get two hard drives it will be a hole lot easier

shadowangel said: everybody just get two hard drives it will be a hole lot easierWell besides the fact that good HDDs are pricey, not everyone knows how to swapout a HDD for a new one!

P.Bear said: Maybe I'm missing something, but why don't you just use the Disk Management utility included in the Win7 beta (under Administrative Tools> Computer Management)? I used it in Vista to shrink my existing (active) Vista partition and add a new NTFS partition for the beta - all from inside Vista while it was running - without any problem at all. (Since Vista [or did it start with XP?], there hasn't really been much need for things like Partition Magic, Fdiskor Gparted anymore --not for the basics anyway.)Or are you saying that the Win7 beta version of Disk Management doesn't work either, along with thethird-party programs you tried? Hi P.Bear,Unmarked your post as answer as the options for Computer Management for hard drives are disabled in the BETA version.To everyone else who has suggested a partitioning tool, thank you, I have marked your postas helpfuluntil I findone that works.Regards,John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

starcomusa30273 said: shadowangel said: everybody just get two hard drives it will be a hole lot easierWell besides the fact that good HDDs are pricey, not everyone knows how to swapout a HDD for a new one! are youkidding me HDD are not that pricey you can find some cheap ones on the internetgood ones on these web siteshttp://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014 1035915133&bop=And&Order=PRICEhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=|c:139|&Sort=4

John Anthony Oliver said:P.Bear said: Maybe I'm missing something, but why don't you just use the Disk Management utility included in the Win7 beta (under Administrative Tools> Computer Management)? I used it in Vista to shrink my existing (active) Vista partition and add a new NTFS partition for the beta - all from inside Vista while it was running - without any problem at all. (Since Vista [or did it start with XP?], there hasn't really been much need for things like Partition Magic, Fdiskor Gparted anymore --not for the basics anyway.)Or are you saying that the Win7 beta version of Disk Management doesn't work either, along with thethird-party programs you tried? Hi P.Bear,Unmarked your post as answer as the options for Computer Management for hard drives are disabled in the BETA version.To everyone else who has suggested a partitioning tool, thank you, I have marked your postas helpfuluntil I findone that works.Regards,John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835Hey John, maybe you should reinstall Windows 7 because the Computer Management option is not disabled on my computer. Also, have you tried Acronis They used to offer a free, full function 30 day trial, but I don't know if they do any more.Mark

markcynt said: Hey John, maybe you should reinstall Windows 7 because the Computer Management option is not disabled on my computer. Mark Hi Mark,Up to now I have no desire to reinstall Windows 7 Beta , in fact I do not think I will be using it for much longer as so far it; Refuses to run some of my programs Has frozen completely after closing INTERNET EXPLORER all by itself. Seems to be acting up more than the BETA version of VISTA did. I think I'll go back to using WINDOWS XP or VISTA.Sorry Microsoft , but until Windows version 6.1.7000 ( WINDOWS 7 Beta ) has bugs ironed out and is more stable then I will be removing it from my laptop soon.I am not sure I would want to buy it either, not unless there is a cheap upgrade ( or should that be downgrade with the way things are going ) from any version of XP or VISTA, be it an OEM or upgrade disc or even a full retail disc.So far I still prefer XP and VISTA. Besides that I would rather buy new hardwaresuch as a Blu-Ray re-writer first.I might wait the 2 to 5 years or whatever for WINDOWS 8 ( I will codename it 8-BALL or POOL LOL ) instead or even major release version 9.Regards,John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

John,Can you list some of the applications that are not working? The goal of the Windows 7 is to be 100% compatible with Vista Applications. Granted, applications with hooks into OS (Antivirus, backup software) may not work properly yet as many of the developers are also seeing the Windows 7 Beta for the first time.Also, did you perform a Windows update to download the latest Win 7 drivers or download and install the Vista drivers for you machine?Someone also said that Disk Management is disabled in the Beta? I do not find this to be true. I just shrunk the OS Partition on my Windows 7 machine and it works great.Remember this is a Beta and not all of the features are implemented yet so I would recommend installing this on a test machine and not your day-to-day machine. Microsoft's Virtual PC works great with Windows 7 and it is a way to take a peek at Windows 7 and test applications.Joe

So far I have only come across a few things with Windows 7 that bothers me but for the majority of it I like Windows 7 and most programs I have tried run fun. Of course some hardware drivers still need to be ironed out such as the Beta drivers I have for the Creative Xtremegamer sound card. My biggest thing is why you need to get a partitioning program when Vista has one included AND Windows 7. I have used them and no other. I only have one complaint with my install, it added a partition I can't get rid of or even reassign the drive letters which now throws my Vista registry off for my games i had installed on the second HDD.

msdz,Are you saying you are not able to right click on the 200mb partition and change the Drive mapping to nothing? (With in Diskmgmt.msc)

Disk management and EASUS WORKED GREAT FOR ME. Quad booting now. Make sure to run as ADMINISTRATOR

LightningSystems said: Disk management and EASUS WORKED GREAT FOR ME. Quad booting now. Make sure to run as ADMINISTRATORHi,I could not get EASEUS FREE edition or PARAGON HARD DISK MANAGER 8.5 SE to work.:-(I do not like the look of the DISK MANAGEMENT software under WINDOWS 7 BETA as it is not as graphical as some hard-disk-drive partitioning programs in the sense that it was not showing me the amount of hard-drive space in use on my C:\ partition to resize it.I had to resort to burning Gparted from http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.phphowever the boot loader now lets me back into WINDOWS 7 BETA or FEDORA 10 the way this laptop is now set up.I would now like to be able to use BCDEDIT to set up a menu like Boot.Ini in the C:\ partition for C:\WINDOWS\Command.com C:\Win_XP\Command.com C:\Windows_XP\Command.com The first one being WINDOWS 7 Beta.I think it is command that is run to start Windows, correct?At the moment from aCMD window I get ACCESS DENIED.Any ideas anyone, please?Regards,John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

Yep, can't change the drive letter at all, in either OS. It stays as drive G: in Windows 7 Beta and as drive D: in Vista.

HiParagon Partition Manager Professional v8.5 works just fine - all you have to do is setits compatibility to Vista in property

Interestingly, I find Acronis Disk Director leads to problems with the installation. Lots of disk errors that require a complete reinstall. I found this in Vista beta testing as well. I find the tools provided by Windows for disk formating to work the best.

Paragon Partition Manager worked fine in Compatability mode - Win 7 still used NTFS so there should be no reason whyit should cause problems

I just used the one on the Vista upgrade Disc, deleted the hard drive then resized it, then just cancel the install.

To add to Joes comments, I have been able to create & deletepartitions and shrink and extend partitions using the inbuilt disk management tools. This is including the partition that W7 is installed on.Asrock K8NF6P, AMD64 3200+, 1.5GB RAM, 500GB Maxtor SataII ,Asus 1814BLT optical

Hi everyone,Update: I have now sorted my partitions using GParted.I now need to add boot options to the NTFS WINDOWS partition so I can chose betweenC:\WINDOWSC:\Win_XPC:\Windows_XPas per my earlier post.Earlierversions of WINDOWS had a Boot.INI file but WINDOWS 7 BETA seems to require another file to be edited using BcdEdit.This will NOT run in a CMD window even though my user account has ADMINISTRATOR status.Any ideas anyone?I can not even renamethe WINDOWS folder to something else to later renameC:\Win_XPorC:\Windows_XPback to C:\WINDOWSI think there is a PERMISSIONS entry somewhere in the REGISTRY which prevents you renaming the WINDOWS folder on WINDOWS 7 Beta.Regards,JohnFor links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

Try clicking the start orb and typing 'cmd'without the quotes, then right click on cmd.exe at the top & select run as administrator.That allows bcdedt to run on my installation.FYI, the bcdedit method was released with Vista along with the right click/run as administratorHTH Asrock K8NF6P, AMD64 3200+, 1.5GB RAM, 500GB Maxtor SataII ,Asus 1814BLT optical

I used the partition tool in Windows Vista to create a new partition prior to downloading and installing Windows 7. It is in Control Panel, click on Admin Tools, then Computer Management, then Storage, then Disk Management. I created a new partition by shrinking C Drive. Since my drive had already been partitioned for the recovery programs, and various other drives such as SD cards, etc: my new drive was J:. I installed Windows 7 in that parttition and it set up a dual boot and when I turn on the PC I select the drive I want to use. C: drive is Windows Vista and J: drive is Windows 7. I have not checked to see if Windows 7 has this program preinstalled, but; if it does it would be in the same location under Admin Tool in the Control Panel.

EASYBCD is a free tool to manage your boot options in Vista/Win7/Srvr2008, etc. Google EASYBCD.

Man There is one built into windows vista and windows 7, Go to control Panel / System and Security / Administrative Tools / Create and format hard disk partitions. It works fast and easy. It is the most easy i have ever used. Hope this helped.

Yes correct Paragon PM works for me - yes set to run as VISTA, as does W7 HD manager.

Have used Acronis Disk Director Suite to partion and True Image to make a backup image, which I use at different stages so I dont have to do a full install and both work fine for me....made an image to a USB drive and copied it back with no problems.

Hi ALL, UPDATE: I now have WINDOWS 7 and a LINUX distro in dual boot. The PC starts off with the the GRUB bootloader to select WINDOWS or LINUX. Then I get the BCD boot menu when I select WINDOWS. Can anyone help me with EASYBCD please? I have added entries for 2 other WINDOWS installs in the following folders.>> C:\Win_XP C:\WINDOWS_XP Reading the EASYBCD help files I think a \NTLDR folder is needed and some other files. Any help at all will be much appreciated. :-) :-] Regards, JohnFor links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

John Anthony Oliver said: Earlierversions of WINDOWS had a Boot.INI file but WINDOWS 7 BETA seems to require another file to be edited using BcdEdit.This will NOT run in a CMD window even though my user account has ADMINISTRATOR status.Any ideas anyone?Regards,John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835 You may have to be logged in with the administrator account, not just an account in the administrators group. Administrator Tools / Computer Management / Local Users and Groups. This account is disabled by default.

harolds said: You may have to be logged in with the administrator account, not just an account in the administrators group. Administrator Tools / Computer Management / Local Users and Groups. This account is disabled by default. Hi harolds, Thanks but I now know that you type CMD in the area to run a program and before anything else right-click and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR on the CMD item at the top as it was mentioned in an earlier post in this thread. Regards, JohnFor links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

I used "Diskeeper Lite", you must download this using your previous os (i used xp) but once I loaded the program it works great. It will allow you to re partition your drive with reformating. You loose nothing.. You can set the partition sizes to whatever you want and re partition whenever you'd like. I did this and I am currently running both XP in one partition and Windows 7 in the other. NO Problems so far, at least with the OS's

Paragon Partition Manager Professional 9.0 works flawlessly. One of the first things I installed after W7 went in ... Didn't run as administrator or in compatibility mode ... just to see how it went ... 100% perfection ... I love it when that happens!

I was able to delete a partition, extend the boot volume/partition and then create a new partition in the remaining space all using the included functionality in Disk Management.

Hi WesSr , DTrainCanada and DBoone37, Welcome to the forums. I don't think I've responded to any of you previously. To everyone: I was now wanting to re-instate the other 2 WINDOWS XP installs which are on the same partition as Windows7 in folders C:\Win_XP and C:\WINDOWS_XP Windows 7 is also in the same partition in C:\WINDOWS I also have a LINUX distro in dual boot. Please, everybody, imagine this: 1) You start your computer and you can select WINDOWS or LINUX from the 2 partitions. Okay so far. 2) When you select WINDOWS another BOOT menu appears due to the utility EASYBCD mentioned earlier. I now want to set the PC so that it can select between C:\WINDOWS which is WINDOWS 7 and C:\WIN_XP and C:\WINDOWS_XP all 3 are on the same partition. Prior to installing WINDOWS 7 and a LINUX distro my PC was able to boot between C:\WIN_XP and C:\WINDOWS_XP on the same partition due to having a BOOT.INI file I believe. WINDOWS 7 and WINDOWS VISTA use a different way of booting compared to older versions of windows. Now, can anyone help, please? Regards, John For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

John WAY too complex for me to deal with and really error prone.The cost of drives makes the solution so easy . I have 3 O/S drives, and one data/shared data driveXPPRO 80GBWIN7 40GBLINUX Ubunta 40GBI have rack mounted slide in HD cases, 2. I have one internal drive with the DATA (120GB) for the WIN applications so I can share data files -same application from either XP or W7.Linux 'shares' the data as applicable such as docs, media etc.I boot using the MB BIOS F11 'Select Boot Drive' list. I boot from what ever drive I want. Default is W7I use CASPER to clone these drives to a separate drive for each OS and the data HD. I have a pile of USB and ESATA external drives. :) My issues with selective booting is nill. I do not require the complex 'dual' or triple boot work arounds.I do not partition the WIN OS drive anymore since all application data is stored on a separate HDI guess this thread got sort of off topic, 'what Partitioning SW works with W7'.RR

Hi RogerR-7, Thanks for your input. I still haven't managed to get any 3rd party partitioning software to work inside of WINDOWS 7 on my laptop yet. Regards, JohnFor links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

I have used the disk management with both Vista and Win 7, I found them very useable and works well.

We should only be using partitioning programs which has been tested for Win7, and since the partition scheme/management of Win7 is different than Vista, I dont think it is safe to use any partitioning programs at this point. Jabez Gan [MVP] - http://www.msblog.org Hi Jabez,That is not what I wanted to hear to be honest.As I had a very complicated setup ( see my 12th post in this thread please ), in the end I gave up andwiped my hard-drive completely.As the question related to my then, very complex setup, the question was never truly answered so I have unmarked all the answers.Regards,John

I'm surprisedno one has mentioned Paragon Partition Manager 10, which has "Windows 7 Support" listed as one of the new features. Works for me.

I'm surprisedno one has mentioned Paragon Partition Manager 10, which has "Windows 7 Support" listed as one of the new features. Works for me. Hi MikeMcr,As I no longer have such a complicated setup on any P.C. I can not test PARAGON PARTITION MANAGER 10.I had two or three bootable WINDOWS in separate folders on one partition and LINUX on a 2nd partition in DUAL BOOT.I was hoping to install WINDOWS 7 within its own folder on the NTFS partition leaving the other older WINDOWS still bootable. No such luck though.:-(If I ever do setup a P.C. in such a manner again I may re-visit this thread and let you all know.In the meantime I will leave the above post as "The answer."Thank you for your post. :-)Regards,John

Norton Partition Magic. I have installed this program and I am currently running windows 7 RC and Windows XP professional

I tested Paragon Partition Manager 10 with Windows 7 64bit Enterprise and it worked for me. Also, I managed to create dual boot XP + Windows 7 configuration using the same Paragon Partition Manager 10. So it works. As for Norton Partition Magic - DO NOT USE IT on Vista + OSes.

Yeah, Aomei free partition manager also plays major role in Windows 7 32 bit, of cause, the pro edition also compatible with Windows 7 bit well.

Yeah, Aomei free partition manager also plays major role in Windows 7 32 bit, of cause, the pro edition also compatible with Windows 7 bit well. Hi Hanmei2012, Thanks for the link. :-) This thread is nearly 2 years old now though and I no longer have the setup that I once had on any computer that I own. Regards, John Click this link to see how to insert a picture into a forum post. Installing VB6 on Windows 7

yeah, i saw this question still marked as unsolved. O(∩_∩)O~