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On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:39:17 -0800 |
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"Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Dude, I'm getting a Dell! |
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> It's gonna come with Vista, and I have to use it that way for work. |
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> But I want to |
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> put a Linux partition on there. So I need to repartition. |
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> Having learned to be cautious, I'm wondering if there is a good |
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> open-source way to back up about 300GB of NTFS such that I can |
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> restore fairly smoothly. It has to be fairly fast, so file-by-file |
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> copies are probably going to suck. I'll have 100MB |
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> ethernet to a big-enough drive. |
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> Then, I'm wondering about partitioning tools. I can use |
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> PartitionMagic 7.0. I've heard |
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> of gparted, but not used it. Any advice? |
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Um, I thought Vista could resize it's own partitions... |
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Also, if it's a new machine, use the re-install disk for your back up ;) |
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RobbieAB |
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