So much for playing with my tablet (and yes, that apparently -is- what they're calling it these days).
I've been wanting to install Linux on my laptop for several years now, and I finally got the time, clarity of mind and installation disk recommended by a friend. Not wanting to completely negate my purchase of CS's 3 and 4 (yeah yeah, bit torrent, blah blah blah I'LLLAUGHWHENYOU'REINPRISON), I'm keeping XP on the machine. To do this, I'm using GParted to repartition my hard drive.
This is all fine, good and how the smart people do it.
My friend cautioned me that the partitioning process might take some time, and GParted itself warns it