Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it

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From: Ben Lovejoy
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 00:00

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gordon@glaurie.demon.co.uk (Gordon Laurie) wrote:

>Next time you're up here, I'll back up your HD onto a CD for you and then
>you can partition the thing, you can buy the beer while we're waiting.
>How's that?

Sounds like an excellent idea, though at CD speeds that could be an awful
lot of beer. :-)

I've just bought the new SyQuest EZ Flyer 230 for the ridiculously cheap
price of 109 quid plus VAT, so even with 700Mb used to date it shouldn't be
too much of a task to backup to several 230Mb cartridges and then copy
back, but ...

How does this business work in regards to the System Folder? Can I delete
it, format and partition the drive, reboot from a SyQuest/CD and then just
copy the System Folder back?

Ben

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