I tried out this product some time ago, in 2007, I cannot possibly recommend it for any sane person; and I will tell you why.
Accepting the developer's word that this program could be used to partition, or repartition a hard drive, without having to reinitialize the disk, and without losing any of the current data on the disk, I took the plunge and attempted to do some work on a 120 GB disk which was loaded with data.
I am not stupid. I have been a Mac user since 1990, so while I may not be very Unix savvy, I do consider myself experienced in normal everyday Mac OSX operations. I carefully followed directions. Imagine, to my shock and horror, when I discovered after the program had completed its tasks, that ALL of my data on the disk, every single darn byte, was lost, including the startup system. I had to do a total reinstall of everything. Thankfully, I had a lot of my personal programs and files backed up, but not all of it, so I did lose some important things.
Well, I am sure you know where this program immediately went. Thanks, but no thanks. This is a dangerous and unreliable program, regardless of the developer's claims to the contrary.
iPartition
Disk partitioning without initializing or reformatting.
Version: 3.1.4
Erased All My Data!
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: Sophya Thursday, January 24 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
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Comments
Erased All My Data! - Sophya
Excuse me, but I didn't blame the developer for losing data; I blamed him for a product which, (at least at that time in its development), did not work as advertised. Learn to read. And it is "losing", not "loosing". Learn to spell as well!Friday, September 19 2008 @ 03:43 PM PDT
Erased All My Data! - Sophya
And also, it's "precautions", not "precausions". :)Friday, September 19 2008 @ 04:15 PM PDT
Erased All My Data! - ivanssahba
Your grammar and spelling might be top notch; your claim to be an EXPERIENCED user of Mac or any other I/O device is not. Attempting to do what this program does without a full back up of ALL data is the worst mistake you could have committed.Considering that the program documentation DOES warn you to backup negates your ability to read as well.
This program works fine when you use it correctly and wisely.
First- Back up ALL data.
Then- run utilities to make sure ALL the files on the drive (all partitions) are structurally sound.
Running a defrag utility is also a good idea.
Personally I would do another backup (if possible).
Then you can change the partition without fear. : )
Tuesday, December 02 2008 @ 11:52 PM PST
Erased All My Data! - Stimpson
Trying to partion your hard drive without doing a full backup first? No matter what a developer claims, taking such a dangerous step without taking precausions is asking for trouble. Don't blame the developer for loosing data.Reply to This
Thursday, January 24 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST