Not really. But then again Mac OS 9 does the same thing. You can click on any partition on the Desktop and then choose "Initialize" from the Special Menu and without a single word or warning the partition is initialized!
doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tuesday, December 25, 2001): >On Tue, 25 Dec 2001, Doug Lerner wrote: > >> Maybe a warning dialog first like: "This will delete your entire >> partition and all your data will be lost. OK?" >> >> Call me crazy, but if I accidently hit the wrong button I would like at >> least one chance to take something like that back. :-) > > >I think you actually still can at that point - just so long as you haven't >actually hit "Done." And when you do this, you get a pop-up saying that >it's going to write new partitioning scheme to disk. So, there you go. >Feel a little more secure now? ;-) > > >> >> doug >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tuesday, December 25, 2001): >> >> >On Monday 24 December 2001 16:58, you wrote: >> >> >> >> I started with two partitions on my hard drive: one for Windows 98 and >> >> one for Windows 2000. I decided I could get along with just the Windows >> >> 2000 partition and so at the partitioning stage I clicked on the Windows >> >> 98 partition, selected delete and then auto-allocate. >> > >> >What exactly do you expect will happen when you select an option called >> >"delete"? Maybe ... that that particular partition will be deleted? >> > >> >-- >> >Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm >> >This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC >> > >> >f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn >> > >> > >> > >> >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> >> >> >> > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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