Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 00:00

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Simon Slavin <slavins@hearsay.demon.co.uk.NOJUNK> wrote:

> In article <B0B9EFF796682AA43@lovejoy.demon.co.uk>,
> ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk (Ben Lovejoy) wrote:
> 
[snip]
> > Is there any way of partitioning a drive with data already on it?
> 
> No.  Partitioning a disk involves changing how the blocks are
> headed.  This will mess up any existing file.  Partitioning
> software doesn't even try to preserve the data.  I have heard of
> some software that will repartition on the fly but I've never seen
> it, don't remember the name or company, it's not free, and it's the
> scary type of thing I'd never try.

I *think* the Charis Mac Anubis software does this.  The manual isn't
explicit on the point, and it's not the sort of thing I'd like to try
`just to see'.

Rowland.

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