From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7d6b0cfdf0f4e74f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-26 02:42:00 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!darwin.sura.net!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!not-for-mail From: dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Interesting OS/2 product for GNAT users.... Date: 26 Nov 1994 04:40:07 -0600 Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Message-ID: <3b73a7$c2d@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com Date: 1994-11-26T04:40:07-06:00 List-Id: I've come into contact with a lot of people who would use GNAT on OS/2 if they could run it under a normal FAT partition. This isn't very reliable, since the install expects an HPFS partition (Robert can correct me on all this). Anyway, I know several that simply can't move to HPFS because of the labor invilved of moving their data off the hard drive to repartition it. Well, I think I found an answer. Below is an excerpt from an announcement about a product called PartitionMagic. I think it will be useful to those folks. To be fair, I've never used this product, and _definitely_ don't profit from anything they sell, it just seemed like a really cool utility. I'll be picking up a copy soon, so you can e-mail me in about six weeks to ask me how I like it. Anyway, here it the press release (Ctrl-L inserted in case you want to hit "n") ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerQuest Announces "PartitionMagic" Utility Shrinks/Expands Drive Partitions like Magic! November 14, 1994, Orem, Utah -- At the 1994 Fall Comdex in Las Vegas, PowerQuest Corporation announced "PartitionMagic," a unique software utility that allows computer users to dynamically shrink or expand FAT and HPFS disk partitions while keeping all files and data intact. Partition Magic also converts FAT partitions into HPFS, which is of particular interest to OS/2 users. "PartitionMagic is a radically new program, not a 'Me-Too!' product," said Eric J. Ruff, President of PowerQuest Corporation. "Until now, computer users could never resize disk partitions without resorting to the tedious and time-consuming process of backing up all files and drives, running FDISK to create new partitions (which destroys all data), then running FORMAT, and finally reinstalling the operating system and restoring all the files. With PartitionMagic, you just click with the mouse and wait a minute. Our simple graphical user interface is the same for OS/2, DOS, and Windows." PartitionMagic has been thoughtfully designed with Power-Failure- Proof(tm) management, which means that, in case of a power failure, no data will be lost while performing any PartitionMagic operation. In addition to being extremely fast, PartitionMagic is designed to preserve the user's files and data at all costs. Ruff explains one simple use of PartitionMagic: "Imagine a user with a 400MB disk divided into two drives (C: and D:) of 200MB each. This configuration, typical of many installations, is not optimal since any free space is divided between the two partitions. With PartitionMagic, I can shrink C: to eliminate its free space and then expand D: to combine the free space into one much more usable block -- and this entire process will take only a few clicks of the mouse and a few minutes of my time. I don't have to back up any data, and I don't need to run FDISK or FORMAT!" PartitionMagic for OS/2 will ship January 1995. Although PartitionMagic is initially targeted toward the OS/2 user, a 32-bit DOS executable version of the program will be included with the product so users who want a separate partition for OS/2, or any operating system, can shrink partitions first to make room for the new partition. PartitionMagic will retail for $129.95. PowerQuest provides site- license pricing for volume users and special quantity-bundle pricing for OEMs. Special discounts are available on orders placed before January 15, 1995. PartitionMagic may be ordered through Indelible Blue at 1-800-776-8284 or (919) 878-9700; or direct from PowerQuest at 1-800-379-2566 or (801) 226-8977. -- Proud (and vocal) member of Team Ada! (and Team OS/2) ||This is not your Ada -- Very Cool. Doesn't Suck. || father's Ada For all sorts of interesting Ada tidbits, run the command: ||________________ "finger dweller@starbase.neosoft.com | more" (or e-mail with "finger" as subj.) |"Quitting C++ isn't so difficult, provided you show as much | | persistence stopping as you did starting." dweller |