Re: [Staffslug] Fed6, Ubuntu, Mandriva or PcBSD?
On 03/01/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
My preferred in this case would be to save whatever files need
saving.
The important stuff that is irreplaceable. Then I'd wipe the disk
clean and repartition it properly - think carefully about what you
need.
TBH that would be my course of action.
Or, there are the open source tools such as QT parted which has a
lot
of the same functionality as Partition Magic. I'm willing to bet that
the latest will safely handle NTFS partitions. QT parted being free
of course and included on quite a few distros (SuSE springs to mind).
I know that there is a Gnome partition tool that has had some good
reviews lately but I cannot remember the name of it as I rarely use
Gnome.
The problem there, as I understood it, was he wanted to merge and faff
about QT etc are not 'Novice' freindly in the long run fdisk and
format is probably the best route. Starting from a clean slate is
always better than using a smudged one. :-)
--
Dick Turpin
"Stand and deliver!"