[wellylug] laptop advice sought

[Wayne Koorts]

> > >  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?

As you'll see in my first post, I did say to make backups first. 
Sometimes (more often than you may think) people neglect to do that.

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Regards,
Wayne Koorts
Registered Linux User #330079
www.wkoorts.com