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Swissknife
I have always been a big fan of hard drive management programs but I’ve
never seen a good one for free. Having a partition management program
can really get you out of a jam, help speed things up, and even give you
a better understanding of the current status of your drives. Not to mention
that these programs can take a lot of the confusion and apprehension away
from such tasks that the common end user may even find a bit overwhelming.
Most drive management
applications give you an interface in which you can use to control different
aspects of your computer's hard drives. However with SwissKnife,
today's Download of the Week, you are not limited to just your internal
hard drives you can also manage removable drives as well. It is a great
way to keep track of all these new USB storage devices such as: hubs,
readers, external hard drives, and card reader/writers that we all have
plugged in anymore. I know that with all my gadgets plugged in I’m
pushing over 20 drives and believe me this is when it’s nice to
have a program that can create a convenient environment in which to oversee
the big scheme of things.
Before SwissKnife
I would use My Computer to view and perform basic drive
procedures depending on the Operating System. If you have either XP or
2000 operating systems then you can use the Administrators Tools
to manage a good deal of these drive management functions, however, in
any other Windows Operating System you don’t have this option. SwissKnife
can create, delete and format partitions on your hard disk drives almost
effortlessly. Not to mention that Swissknife can be used interchangeably
between several different Operating Systems.
Here’s a list of what SwissKnife can do for you:
- Formats faster
than the OS (click on chart for details)
- Allows change of
cluster size during Full format or Quick Format
- Divides a single
hard drive into one or more partitions
- Supports Hi-Speed
USB, PCMCIA, SATA, SCSI, USB 1.1, and FireWire® external drives
- Supports Fixed
and Removable disk formats
- Supports FAT, FAT32
& NTFS systems
- Allows creation
of a single partition of up to 2048GB of FAT32 or NTFS file systems.
- Full format or
Quick Format of existing partitions
- Selective partitions
can be modified for optimum flexibility
Supported Operating
Systems:
- Windows XP (Home,
MCE, Professional and Server edition, all service packs)
- Windows 2000 (Professional
and Server edition, all service packs)
- Windows NT 4.0
Workstation and Server
- Windows Me
- Windows 98 (First
and Second Editions)
- Windows 95b (OSR2
Edition)
So there you have
it - a quick and easy way to deal with those “mounting” number
of drives (that’s a geek joke). Anyway, I hope you find the program
useful and if so then I have done my job. Now, however, I am sad to say
that I must go as there are downloads out there waiting to be discovered
and delivered onto you, our fantastic Worldstart Readers. So, I bid you
adieu until next week and wish you all Happy Holidays.
~Chad Stelnicki
SwissKnife download:
http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm
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