any recommendations for Anti-Virus & Disk Partitioning ?

On Sep 1, 7:31 am, neutrino <stua... DeleteThis @bluebottle.com> wrote:
> I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the
> latest free Home Version which is supposed to be Vista compatible,
> but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and immediately turned off
> Avast, and system was ok.
> Same for another - Paragon Partition Manager - it came up and I got as
> far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then it hung!.. I
> managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would
> not get any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then
> wouldnt boot, tried tried and ended up reinstalling Vista !!!
> So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as the A/V
> program. even though both have been great on XP. any
> reccomendations for an AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista??
> t.h.a.n.k.s.

As for partitoning there's the one and only Acronis Disk Director
Suite. Has never caused any problems whatsoever, and it works great
with Vista.

//ceed

I run McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise v. 8.5.0i and it works perfectly.

//Ulv

"neutrino" wrote:

> I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the
> latest free Home Version which is supposed to be Vista compatible,
> but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and immediately turned off
> Avast, and system was ok.
> Same for another - Paragon Partition Manager - it came up and I got as
> far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then it hung!.. I
> managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would
> not get any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then
> wouldnt boot, tried tried and ended up reinstalling Vista !!!
> So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as the A/V
> program. even though both have been great on XP. any
> reccomendations for an AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista??
> t.h.a.n.k.s.
>
>

* neutrino:
> I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the latest free Home Version
> which is supposed to be Vista compatible, but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and
> immediately turned off Avast, and system was ok. Same for another - Paragon Partition
> Manager - it came up and I got as far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then
> it hung!.. I managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would not get
> any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then wouldnt boot, tried tried and
> ended up reinstalling Vista !!! So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as
> the A/V program. even though both have been great on XP. any reccomendations for an
> AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista?? t.h.a.n.k.s.

NOD32 and Acronis Disk Director.

http://www.eset.com/
ESET NOD32 Antivirus offers superior, comprehensive protection, the fastest scanning
throughput, and the least performance impact of any solution.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

Also, I recommend Acronis True Image.
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Those three, IMO, are essentials for any computer, and well worth
their price.


-Michael

"neutrino" <stuartr.TakeThisOut@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
news:1188649914.990927.300340@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the
> latest free Home Version which is supposed to be Vista compatible,
> but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and immediately turned off
> Avast, and system was ok.
> Same for another - Paragon Partition Manager - it came up and I got as
> far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then it hung!.. I
> managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would
> not get any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then
> wouldnt boot, tried tried and ended up reinstalling Vista !!!
> So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as the A/V
> program. even though both have been great on XP. any
> reccomendations for an AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista??
> t.h.a.n.k.s.
>

I am running avast AV and it has worked as it did on XP since I installed
it.
It would suggest that something else is causing you problems on your PC.
Vista has a built in partitioning tool.. what do you want to do that it
can't do?

On Sep 2, 1:31 am, "dennis@home" <den... RemoveThis @killspam.kicks-ass.net>
wrote:
> "neutrino" <stua... RemoveThis @bluebottle.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1188649914.990927.300340@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> > I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the
> > latest free Home Version which is supposed to be Vista compatible,
> > but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and immediately turned off
> > Avast, and system was ok.
> > Same for another - Paragon Partition Manager - it came up and I got as
> > far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then it hung!.. I
> > managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would
> > not get any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then
> > wouldnt boot, tried tried and ended up reinstalling Vista !!!
> > So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as the A/V
> > program. even though both have been great on XP. any
> > reccomendations for an AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista??
> > t.h.a.n.k.s.
>
> I am running avast AV and it has worked as it did on XP since I installed
> it.
> It would suggest that something else is causing you problems on your PC.
> Vista has a built in partitioning tool.. what do you want to do that it
> can't do?

YES! I agree with the Acronis software - excelent - I tested the
backup program.. clear and easy to use, I'd previously used Norton
Ghost,

I wanted to partition mainly for backup purposes (ghost or Acronis)
and have a partition to save it onto, as it's just a bit bigger than
will fit on a DVD, I'll also set that partition as the store location
for email, so even in a melt down of the os, and a restore - current
email will always be safe.
I'm very new to Vista - what and where IS the partitioning tool ?
This is all happening on a friends PC.. I'm assisting in some of the
setup, and advised a partition, a backup program, and ya just gotta
have an anti-Virus, and since I'd been using Avast for some time now -
I recommended it - curious though! I spotted another post here where
Avast was recomended by folk using it quiter happilly on Vista - so
yep.. must agree.. there must be something else troubling this
system! though even last night after I'd completed a full reinstal of
Vista, set up the email and 'net connection. all complete - I
thought.... wonder if there are any drivers to install for the video
card.. and popped in the CD that came with the system - soon as I
clicked the setup.exe - it stopped functioning ~ froze up! Aarrrggg!
not again.. but managed to terminate it, and all was ok - gave up at
that point trying to do any further installls, either the video
drivers (if any) , or Paragon Partition manager, or Avast - thinking
I better think of another way to accomplish this!
seems to be a bit of a sensitive system when it comes to putting in
new programs! but !?!?!? how and why, and how to figure out the
cause!?!?!