[ale] GParted & unallocated space

[Greg Clifton]

Yes, but the problem is that the virus infects the restore partition as
well, so if you don't have an "offline" backup, you've still got big
problems.
GC

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Geoffrey Myers <
> lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
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>> On 09/28/2010 08:16 AM, Tom Freeman wrote:
>> > 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.
>>
>> I don't know why anyone would rely on a restore partition.  Worst case,
>> you should always have a backup.  The drive could go bad, or become
>> irreversibly corrupted.  Then what?
>>
>>
> In the windows world, virus'es/malware are feared far more than hardware
> failure.
>
> Sadly, it's a fear based on reality.
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