Sam, I don't think that I ever indicated that Powerquest offered a separate DOS version of Partition Magic. What I did say was that Powerquest *includes* a DOS version of Partition Magic on their CD-ROM.
If you want a DOS only, on-the-fly partitioner, there are/were several freeware/shareware programs available on Simtel. I am using Partition Magic ver. 4.1 (DOS) and its Windoze-like interface is bad enough for me that I would not want to use a "better looking" Windoze interface. The promos about upgrades that I get from Powerquest indicate that "improvements" since 4.1 are minimal, at best. In the current version (ver. 7.0, I believe), the "improvement" is that you can "undo" all changes that you make in a session. With ver. 4, PM creates a batch file as you make partition changes, but doesn't make the changes until you hit the "apply" button. If you get distracted or interrupted while making or resizing partitions, and forget exactly what you had done and redo some of the changes, PM will blithely go thru the batch file as many times as you have entered changes. I don't know why Jennifer Taylor goes on and on about "rescue disks." "Rescue disks" are simply boot disks in the event that something goes wrong with your HD. If a particular program had protection provisions to prevent its installation on multiple computers, the "rescue disk" would include that information. Other times, the rescue disk will have important information to permit you to access your computer as you had done. For example, my System Commander rescue disk includes the MBR information for the multi-boot OS partitions that I have. HTH Roger Turk Tucson, Arizona USA Sam Heywood wrote: . > Hello: . > The forwarded message appended below may be of special interest . > to Roger and also to several others. I am passing it on to the . > list. . > Sam Heywood . > ----- Forwarded message begins ----- . > From: "Jennifer Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . > The rescue disk version of PartitionMagic runs under DOS. If you create . > PartitionMagic rescue disks (from any version of PartitionMagic), you can . > use them to partition your hard disk under DOS. In version 7.0, there are . > a few features that aren't included in the rescue disk version that are in . > the Windows version; however, for the most part, you can do anything with . > DOS that you can do with Windows. It's just not quite as nice-looking. . > The user guide includes information about creating and using . > PartitionMagic rescue disks. . > PowerQuest does not sell a version of PartitionMagic that is strictly for . > DOS. You need access to a Windows machine to create the rescue disks from . > a Windows version of the product. . > Jennifer Taylor . > Sr. Technical Editor . > PowerQuest Corporation
