[HLUG] Hard drive partitioning

[David Shorthouse]

I Would do a full system backup.(acronis rules)
run scandisk and defrag your drive as well then do the install..

If anything happens you will be safe.

Dave
On Thursday 28 February 2008 13:23:50 george at dicenews dot com wrote:
> first backup to an external hard drive..
>
> second back up again...
>
> i use acronis from a pc cover disk,
> i think the ubuntu install also repartitions
> if you press the right button at the right time!
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "daniel beer" <danielbeer2 at gmail.com>
> To: "hereford lug" <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:58 PM
> Subject: [HLUG] Hard drive partitioning
>
> > Hello, I am sending this to find out if anyone knows how to partition a
> > hard
> > drive on a windows XP laptop without having to reinstall all the files on
> > it
> > afterwards?
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