[wellylug] laptop advice sought

[Cliff Pratt]

Nick Jensen wrote:
> On 7/22/05, Wayne Koorts wrote:
> 
>>Whatever you do, try to use Windows-based partitioning software and
>>preferably Partition Magic if you can. I have had a bad experience
>>with a bug in the common Linux resizing software used in most distro's
>>which will make your Windows drive unable to boot unless you
>>re-format.
> 
> 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.
> 
I've used PM literally hundreds of times with no problems - 
well maybe one or two. But I've never had it destroy a 
partition unrecoverably that I can remember.

Sometimes you are lucky/unlucky, I guess.

Cheers,

Cliff