HD Toolbox question

[Piru]

You can do it but it's hazardous - ReOrg so the data is in the beginning of the partition; split the partition and quick format the new ones. Disksalv/undelete the new first partition and hopefully get the data back. I never tried, just bought new hard drives...

That will not work. Don't even bother trying.

FFS finds the root block by locating the middle block of the partition. If you resize the partition the rootblock cannot be found, and the filesystem will apear completely corrupt. Also, there are no guarantees that all filesystem blocks will be located at the beginning of the disk, even after ReOrg.

[Piru]

This is probably going down a blind alley but is that the same for PFS?

It's the same indeed.

A partition magic type tool for the amiga would be well worth the bounty I think.

Creating such tool would require it to support manipulating all filesystems that might appear on the resized partitions. This requires intimate understanding of the filesystem internal structures and how the filesystem algorithms work. Even though SFS and PFS3 are open source even adding support for these would be extremely difficult.

I find it highly unlikely anyone would be willing to take the challenge.

Of course such bounty could be created, but don't hold your breath.