I would used GParted from a Linux live CD (Ubuntu perhaps???) I have used it in the past and have had no real issues. But, be sure to make backups first, just in case.:)
I don't think that two 1TB drives will fill one 2TB drive for backup unless the whole of both 1TB drives are full and no compression is used. But if you are worried, you can always get an inexpensive NAS with three 2TB drives in a RAID 5 setup, thereby giving you 4TB of usable and redundant...
Actually, with FireFox's Web Developer extension you can remove cookies for various sites and even edit their contents, if you wish. The are other extensions for cookies too. One name CookieKiller where you can remove cookies from specific sites etc.
Not an outrageous price. Yeah, you can go the cheap route, but buyer beware there, since you don't really know what you'll get. At least you know the guy and I don't think he is trying to take advantage of you. Since you are a construction developer you should know the value of time and what...
I suppose if you don't have the code or even access to it, and can't control the domain, it makes it hard to do much of anything technically.
Maybe you can contact the Better Business Bureau or a local newspaper to shed light on the kinda shady practices this web host/developer employs...
You could try virtual hosting.
set up subdomains as DNS A record for each lawyer: joesmith.lawyers.com , for example
Then set up a virtual host in the web server to point to a directory SERVER_ROOT so joesmith.lawyers.com would look the same as www.lawyers.com
in code you could sniff...
Yep prototype.js would work too:D
function swapImage()
{
switch (intImage)
{
case 1:
$('id_of_img_element').src = "images/stories/demo/frontpage/front_cover.jpg"
intImage = 2
return(false);
case 2:
$('id_of_img_element').src...