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Most partitioning is bad, and this is inherently risky
Authored by: macslut on Dec 01, '04 01:51:46AM

Ok, not really bad, but I've seen waaaay too many computers partitioned for too many wrong reasons. There are some good reasons posted here, but people often get very carried away with perceived benefits and ignore all the problems and risks associated with partitioning.

The concept of using iPartition scares the bejesus out of me. This is precisely the kind of stuff you should not do. Back up, and reformat your drive...repartition if you must.



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Most partitioning is bad, and this is inherently risky
Authored by: robg on Dec 01, '04 10:47:11AM

Given how well it's worked on PCs for years and years, I'm not overly concerned with the safety of the operation. But I am paranoid, and I do have numerous backups. It's just much much faster to resize a partition than it is to reformat, repartition, restore from backup, and then muck about with all the stuff that invariably isn't quite right.

-rob.



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