SilverLining, by LaCie, in previous versions,
did have the ability to partition, and repartition,
without losing data.
I believe that the last version to do so was 5.8.3.
I utilized it many times under system 7.6.1.
> > If there's no Mac software to re-partition a hard drive without loosing the
> > data, then why does Norton Speed Disk have an option for defragmenting all
> > the files to one side of a hard drive, called "re-partitioning" or something
> > like that?
> >
> > Just wishful thinking on Norton's part maybe?
>
> Norton Speed Disk defragments, it does not partition or initialize. You can
> choose what "type" of defragmentation you want, and one of them moves all
> the files to one side of a partition. However, there is no program that can
> partition a drive without erasing its data first. If someone invented one,
> though, it could probably make them a lot of money.
>
> Eddie Hargreaves
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