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Moderated partition managers?
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Gene Warner
Hi!
I need to do some work with hard drive partitions. Does anyone know of one that is accessible through JAWS? Thanks! Gene... |
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K0LNY
Have you tried windows disk management?
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If you tap the windows key and type in disk, either it will be the first choice, or you can down arrow to it. HTH. Glenn ----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...> To: "JAWS support list" <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 1:43 PM Subject: partition managers? Hi! I need to do some work with hard drive partitions. Does anyone know of one that is accessible through JAWS? Thanks! Gene... |
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Mike B.
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Hi Gene,
Partition Assistant is a good one to go with. Below
are a couple of emails talking about it.
From: "David Ferrin" <
owner@...> I had to go to the jaws cursor some but only to select the drive I wanted to modify. After that everything was in tab order and behaved nicely. It might be a good idea for me to write up some instructions. The fact is the program works where partition magic failed me in a couple of places. David Ferrin From: "chris hallsworth" <
christopherh40@...> Hi David and all. Same here. You need to use the JAWS cursor. They say you need to select the disk or drive. Actually right clicking is enough to bring up a context menu containing items to do with the disk or partition. I'm thinking we could all give feedback to the developers and request they incorporate standard list view controls or whatever, just so that we don't have to use the JAWS cursor. But I'm thinking if we have to use the JAWS cursor in other applications, what's the point. What do you think listers? Should we request improved accessibility to the developers or leave it as it is. From Chris Stay safe and take care. Mike. PSA Folks: You can still get gas for under a dollar fifty at Taco Bell! ----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Warner
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 11:43 AM
Subject: partition managers? I need to do some work with hard drive partitions. Does anyone know of one that is accessible through JAWS? Thanks! Gene... |
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Gene Warner
Hi Glenn / Lenny!
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I know of Windows Disk Management and use it whenever I can, but it is rather anemic in what it can do, for example it cannot copy or move partitions and that is what I need to do. But thanks for the suggestion anyway! Gene... On 6/27/2022 3:12 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
Have you tried windows disk management? |
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Gene Warner
Hi Mike!
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The last time I tried to use that program I found it rather confusing, but that was several years ago, hopefully things have improved since then so I'll try it again. I still lament the loss of Partition Magic, it is in my humble opinion the best partition management software ever written. It and several other programs I can think of that were acquired and then buried by Norton/Symantech and is the primary reason, among others, why I will not buy anything from them. Thanks for the suggestion! Gene... On 6/27/2022 3:13 PM, Mike B. wrote:
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John Covici
Diskpart is very good, I am not sure whether it will copy/move
partitions, but its nice and very accessible since its command line and has lots of help. On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:18:34 -0400, Gene Warner wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@... |
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Gene Warner
Hi John!
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I agree that diskpart is very good, I use it for things that disk management can't do, but it is almost just as anemic as disk management is in some areas, copying or moving partitions in particular, and that is what I need to do or I'd use either one of Microsoft's tools. Thanks! Gene... On 6/27/2022 5:35 PM, John Covici wrote:
Diskpart is very good, I am not sure whether it will copy/move |
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K0LNY
Although I've used the CLI version, I feel more comfortable using the GUI
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version. Glenn ----- Original Message -----
From: "John Covici" <covici@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 4:35 PM Subject: Re: partition managers? Diskpart is very good, I am not sure whether it will copy/move partitions, but its nice and very accessible since its command line and has lots of help. On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:18:34 -0400, Gene Warner wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@... |
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K0LNY
For copying a partition, I find the DD command in Linux the easiest.
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Glenn ----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 4:42 PM Subject: Re: partition managers? Hi John! I agree that diskpart is very good, I use it for things that disk management can't do, but it is almost just as anemic as disk management is in some areas, copying or moving partitions in particular, and that is what I need to do or I'd use either one of Microsoft's tools. Thanks! Gene... On 6/27/2022 5:35 PM, John Covici wrote: Diskpart is very good, I am not sure whether it will copy/move |
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Gene Warner
Me too, however there things that diskpart can do that disk management can't...
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On 6/27/2022 6:57 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
Although I've used the CLI version, I feel more comfortable using the GUI |
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Gene Warner
Maybe so, but my only experience with Unix/Linux was in the late 80s when my uncle gave me an AT&T Unix PC. That was a great machine and it ran full Unix, but I haven't touched Unix/Linux since then...
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On 6/27/2022 6:58 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
For copying a partition, I find the DD command in Linux the easiest. |
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Gene Warner
If by Partition Assistant you mean Aomei Partition Assistant, I tried that program and found the current version totally unusable. On top of that, the free version will not transfer partitions that contain an operating system. I ended up using Macrorit Partition Expert and got help from Aira to use it.
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Gene... On 6/27/2022 3:31 PM, Gene Warner wrote:
Hi Mike! |
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