For anyone running a Linux-Windows dual boot setup, it quickly becomes evident that sharing files seamlessly between the two operating systems is an unexpected challenge. At first blush, it seems almost counterintuitive—for two OSes running on the same hardware, sharing RAM, CPU, and GPU...
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I wanted to resize the partitions on an external hard drive, so I installed Partition magic 8 on my brand new Windows 7 machine. I have used PM on XP and just wasn't thinking when I installed it that it wasn't compatible. Now my computer won't boot. I can't roll back to a previous time because I...