[wellylug] laptop advice sought

[Donald Gordon]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:34:25 +1200, Wayne Koorts <wkoorts at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  I don't agree with this. Partition Magic is expensive, and the only time
> > I've used it it destroyed my Windows Partition. I've never had a problem
> > with Linux partioning tools when resizing or creating partitions.
> 
> "expensive" is relative.  How expensive will it be if you lose your
> data that you didn't back up?  Also, I've been using PM for many years
> and have not had a single problem.  Results will vary on both
> platforms depending on many factors.

Why not just back up, then?

donald

who has learnt that particular lesson several times