You can use "dd" to copy/restore partitions and whole drives. You can even do so over a network when necessary, although it's quite a bit slower. Knoppix works well for this in any case. Eric Cope wrote: > regarding changing a windows partition... > 0) defrag (several times if necessary) > 1) make copy of partition using Acronis (buy it on sale, its worth it) > 2) erase partition > 3) make new partition > 4) use Acronis to restore backup > > That is what I do when ever I have windows problems (often). I just > restore the image... > > Eric > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Jerry Snitselaar > wrote: > > On Saturday 13 September 2008 01:08:20 am der.hans wrote: > > Am 13. Sep, 2008 schwätzte Dan Lund so: > > > > moin moin Dan, > > > > > Okay, I'm pulling the pistol away from my head now, but I'll need to > > > use Windows on my desktop in order to play Spore now that it is > > > > Spore looks really, really cool. The DRM crap looks really, really > evil. > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/10/spore_drm_amazon_effect/ > > http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/07/amazon-reviewers-clo.html > > > > Wow, they really got some people to post against them. > > > > 5 star: 3% (73) > > 4 star: 2% (50) > > 3 star: 0% (21) > > 2 star: 2% (57) > > 1 star: 90% (2,018) > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000FKBCX4/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt/002 > >-5356881-7975207?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 > > > > Hmm, that negative review makes it sound like they dropped out > some of the > > cool features as well :(. > > > Yeah. The DRM isn't cool. Luckily they were cool about it when I ran > into it > with the Creature Creator and gave me another activation with no > questions. > > As far as reviews of Spore go, I think there will be mostly 3 types. > > One will be people who are trashing it just because of the DRM, > which I have > seen quite a few of and having nothing really to do with the game > itself. > Then there will be those who love it, and those who hate it. It is > definitely > geared towards mass appeal, and the different modes are fairly > simplified > compared to other games that fit those genres. So there are hardcore > gamers > complaining that it isn't detailed enough and is too easy. You have > other > people saying it is too hard. I have played lots of games over the > years, and > I have actually enjoyed it so far. It is fairly simplified, but that > doesn't > mean it can't be fun. I think that if they had added the complexity > that some > people want, you would never be able to complete a game. As it is > now it will > probably take hours upon hours to expand from your homeworld to the > center of > the galaxy. What people need to understand is the game's main > audience is the > masses of people that bought 'The Sims', not the gamer who loves > Warcraft > III, Age of Empires, and such games. > > I think that as a piece of technology it is amazing. As a game it is > decent. > It is almost like a concept car. I think they have presented a lot > of things > that hopefully others will use to further advance games. > > Hopefully they will add some features back in with the expansions > that will > most certainly appear. > > It does seems to crash every once in a while, and there is no autosave > feature, which is someone I really don't understand. It doesn't take > long to > save though, so make sure you do it often. I've only experienced > crashes in > the space stage. > > Re: resizing a Windows partition (someone else in the thread asked > this). I > would defrag the partition prior to resizing it. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss