2012/12/27 Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. <eoconnor25(a)gmail.com>:
WOW!....so much information to digest! Thanks to one and all, but
after
reading the responses, I think the Clonezilla way might be for me, I'm not
too familiar with the Terminal and the command lines and such....although I
think it would be AWESOME to be able to do such tings strictly from a
terminal....I'm also afraid since this is the only "working" laptop I have
that connects me to the outside world...and I would hate to lose all the
info and files on here.....maybe I'll find some old drives and do a "test"
run first....just to be sure I've gotten the hang of it! Thanks again
everyone!
EGO II
Backup. You *need* backup. Now.
From what I understand, you are going to perform an operation on a
disk containing the sole copy of data which you'd "hate to loose".
Backup this data now.
Any rearrangement of a disk bears an inherent risk of thrashing the
disk. A backup is easy to make with Fedora (e.g. using deja-dup), will
reduce your stress level during the operation and making your first
backup may get you into a good habit ;).
Besides, I agree with your conclusion, that Clonezilla may be the best
way for you. I used it and I like it.
Paweł