[ale] GParted & unallocated space

[Tom Freeman]

One idiot's opinion here. Most people don't just blow the "restore" 
partition away for a combination of reasons: lazy (me!! 8-(), lack of 
needed tech skills, and the personal knowledge that there is a 95% 
chance of losing the backup copy of the restore partition within two months.

Of course, I could be really wrong also.

On 09/27/2010 04:16 PM, Preston Boyington wrote:
> Jim Kinney wrote:
> <snipped>
>    
>> In general, it's a good idea to plan on blowing away the "restore"
>> partition for any dual-boot setup. It can't be used to "restore
>> functionality" to the machine anyway. Make a restore disk set instead so
>> you have original winders garbage and the extra bloatware it shipped
>> with parked elsewhere. Then _you_ have control of the drive structure..
>>      
> I don't understand why more people don't do this.  Most computers don't
> come with Restore Discs anymore and the Restore partition (typically)
> fits nicely on a DVD.  heck, even if people didn't go the Linux route
> they still have the option of returning the machine back to factory
> condition when they get rid of the thing.
>
> I've done this several times on laptops (no Win7's yet), when upgrading
> to a larger hard drive.  no problems with GParted and the resizing.
>
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