Never use this product! I tried to resize a non-boot volume from 76 GB down to 67 GB. I repaired the drive before the process with the Disk Utility, until there were no problems, and when i started the volumeworks process, it said: Defragmenting. I went away and came back some hours later. It seemed that everything just went fine! No error message and the new size was here! I was happy with the new 9GB partition, installed YDL and everything seemed fine.
But later I found out, nearly half of the data on the disk is destroyed! Every second file doesn't open anymore or has false content! I guess it has moved some files, without correcting the folder-tree, or whatever it is called. Or it didn't move the data, but changed the "folder-tree". In any case is the result, that the real file position doen't match the file position in the node-tree, folder-tree or whatever it is called. That's a BIG BUG and makes the software crap!
Beware of using it! IT WILL DESTROY YOUR DATA! Make a Backup before trying it out! (then you can use Disk Utility too, so this app makes no sense). It should be called alpha version or something like that and needs a lot of testing and fixing! I read a test and it seemed they had no problems, but maybe they didn't really test the files on the drive! My mistake is a warning for you! Hope this helps someone...
VolumeWorks
resize partitions without erasing.
Version: 1.5
CAUTION! DANGEROUS!!
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: stuepfnick Monday, July 12 2004 @ 12:54 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
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CAUTION! DANGEROUS!! - bakerman2033--2008
Just what do you all think "Beta" means? It means that the software pretty much is in a "Test", that's T-E-S-T Mode, and to proceed at your own risk with your suggestions requested. It's kind of like being a taster for a brand new cereal on the market, some like it, and some don't. Mikey liked it, I don't. It doesn't mean you will or you won't. Calling it "Crap" is a bit harsh. Anyone with an idea needs to try them out. If Edison didn't believe in the lighbulb, who know's how many years longer it might have been in the "timeline" before you or anyone else would have this thing we call a computer.Reply to This
Saturday, September 04 2004 @ 11:42 AM PDT