Re: Partitioning; Xy out of box

[Mimi Gauthier LeBien mgnola@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks, Patricia, for all of the great tips you have taken the time to
put together for me.  I don't think I'm near as (computer) savvy as
many on this list, though this is probably a result of having given up my
seniority to Win and M$ programs too early in the game.  From the
feedback so far about parTItioning, it seems Partition Magic (with
System Commander) is probably the way to go for me.  I will surely
write in the next week or so after I buy the programs and attempt to get
back "down and dirty" with DOS.


best,

mimi


At 05:00 PM 11/3/2001, Patricia Godfrey wrote:

I've used both Partition Magic and
System Commander (on other people's

machines; for myself, I always buy no-name clones, partition the
drives

with an older DOS, and then install whatever OS I'm going to use),
and

prefer the latter. I belive the latest version includes a
partitioning

module, but it may not work with XP yet. (Micro$oft, of course, makes
it

very difficult for such utilities to work with its OS, because it

absolutely doesn't want anyone using anything it hasn't made.)



        By the by,
I agree entirely about the necessity of being able to get

down and dirty with DOS. The A+ exam still requires one to know all
about

fdisk and format, and even EMM386.EXE and allocating conventional
memory.

Patricia




Mimi Gauthier
LeBien    

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