Bootcamp with Separate Data Partition

I want to create a Bootcamp partition for Win7, and a 3rd partition on the internal HDD for Data. After testing so far, ExFAT is the only format that I've found that both Win7 and OSX can read/write. Is there any reason this setup wouldn't work? Any recommended alternatives? Thanks.

Thanks. Any comments on these posts: https://discussions.apple.com/message/16041384#16041384, https://discussions.apple.com/message/16041377#16041377 and http://www.techparaiso.com/90-steven-paul-jobs-apple-inc/apple-mac-osx/apple-mac -devices/100-best-way-to-setup-osx-mountain-lion-windows-8-data-partition-on-ma c book-air-pro-tutorial? It seems that others have stated that it can be done.
Also, are there tools to make each partition read/write available to the other. Really what I'm trying to get around is having an external drive as a common datastore. I want to keep it all on the internal drive instead.

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V570 - Has too many partitions - Can I nuke one? I need a separate Data Partition!

Hi,
I convinced a Buddy to buy a V570 two days ago. (I've used a Lenovo Laptop for work for a year, and it's been rock solid.) The box was delivered to his house a few hours ago. He lit it up and put his name on it, and then brought it to me, as I help his family out with their computers. (Our Wives are best friends.) I'm a bit geeky and usually know my way around these boxes. But I'm a little stumped on this one.
Normally on laptops they come with tons of bloatware, and it's usually faster to go up to the OEM's site, download all the latest drivers and utilities, then back up the original image before blowing it away, and installing a fresh Windows OS. One of the other main issues is most lappys have one big partition for the OS and Data. So if you get a Trojan or virus => it can nuke all of it. So I always divide the drive, and have a Data partition, so you don't lose everything if (when) something nasty occurs.
But in this case the Box really doesn't have too much bloatware, so I thought make the Factory backup disks, then uninstall the few unwanted programs, partition the C Drive, and create a Data drive in that space. I didn't even look at the hidden partitions so when I went to Create the Data partition I was warned Windows 7 64 Pro doesn't support more than 4 partitions on the operating system drive! If I go into Disk Management I see the typical small Win7 recovery 200 MB partition, a 654 GB C partition, a empty (?) 29 Gig Lenovo partition, and a 14.75 OEM partition. I'm used to the first 2 partitions but what's the rational for the last two from lenovo? One is the "factory" image, and I assume it's the OEM partition, so what's the Lenovo partition for? Can I shrink C, and enlarge the Lenovo partition, so it can become the Data Drive => without affecting the lenovo drives function?
I thought I may have to go with the new Windows install but I can find all the drivers /utilities software at the Lenovo Sites. So I'm a bit stumped and would appreciate your help.
Thanks for the assist.
Regards,
-Jim-

Jim,
     In one word, no.
     I would strongly advise you to just leave it alone, unless you want to spend hours on the phone to your friend, trying to fix all the problems your friend will encounter, with his "new" modded system.
     Please, I'm not trying to be nasty, or unkind. Those 4 partitions are the key to Lenovo's One Key Recovery. Lenovo has spent a lot of time, and engineering to make their systems as user friendly, and trouble free as possible. They built in the Enhanced Experience 2.0, and customized the Windows 7 software for fast booting. Just because you "can" repartition the drive, doesn't mean you "should".
     These forums are filled with users who messed around with their drive structure, used a modded BIOS, or just plain screwed up their programs and hardware, just because they "could". Then they want some urgent help for their machines that went wacky. The moderators on these sites have a hard enough job, keeping track of the various systems "as shipped", to do any troubleshooting on those systems that the user has repositioned the drive, or deleted the programs that Lenovo has included for recovery.
     As you've said, there's not a lot of bloatware on Lenovo's machines. You shouldn't have to reload a "fresh Window OS". If you do, some of the Lenovo's Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Win 7, and some other functions will be toast. That's why you don't see all of the Windows drivers on their site. Lenovo only includes the drivers that have been modified for your V570. Stick with them.
     So, in the end, yeah you can mess with the partitions, but you shouldn't. See this thread to know what you are getting in to, and be ready for your friend's late night phone calls.
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-and-Z-series/new-disk-partioning-and-one-key-recover-featur...
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Separate Date and Time report parameters in SSRS 2012

Hi Forumers'
I m trying to design a report in SSRS with Separate date and time parameters
I would like to have four parameter StartDate,EndDate,StartTime and EndTime.
reports should be filter on all four parameter.
can any one help me on this. i am using stored procedure to fetch data from db.
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER PROCEDURE[dbo].[GetIVRTime]
@StartDate varchar(50),
@EndDate varchar(50),
@StartTime Varchar(50),
@EndTime Varchar (50)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Names VARCHAR(8000)
BEGIN
Select Convert(varchar(12),timestamp,105)As Date,CONVERT (VARCHAR(12), timestamp, 108) As Time,
Count(cli)As TotalCall,
SUM(case when ivrsuccess=1 then 1 else 0 end)as IVRSuccessfull,
SUM(case when ivrsuccess=2 then 1 else 0 end)as IVRunsuccessfull,
SUM(case when exitreason=1 then 1 else 0 end)as PBOTransferred,
SUM(case language when'ENG'then 1 else 0 end)as EnglishCall,
SUM(case language when'HIN'then 1 else 0 end)as HindiCall
From tbl_ivrmaster
where callstartdatetime>=@StartDate and callenddatetime<=dateadd(dd,1,@EndDate)
and callstartdatetime>=@StartTime and callenddatetime<=@EndTime
group by Convert(varchar(12),timestamp,105),CONVERT (VARCHAR(12), timestamp, 108)
END
END

Hi Nirmal,
I have tested on my local environment that as Visakh16 mentioned that you can use function like DATEADD(dd,DATEDIFF(dd,0,@StartDate),@StartTime)
to get the date/time value based on the date and time parameter you have selectted.
There is also anoher method to add filter in the dataset but not in the query.Details information below for your reference；
Please change the datatype of the @sartdate and @enddate from text to date, if you don't specify an availbel value for these two parameters, you will get an calender picker to select the date.
I assumed the two time parameters will enter the value which format like:hh:mm or hh:mm:ssYou can conver the datetime field in the table to string and then compare with the conbine of the date and time field to filter the data
like below:
Filter add in the dataset like:
Expression:=FormatDateTime(Fields!DateTime.Value) (String type)
Operator: Between
Value:
=Parameters!StartDate.Value &" "&Right(TimeValue(Parameters!StartTime.Value),8)
=Parameters!EndDate.Value &" "&Right(TimeValue(Parameters!EndTime.Value),8)
Preview the report:
If you still have any problem, please feel free to ask.
Regards,
Vicky Liu
Vicky Liu
TechNet Community Support

Tutorial - How to triple boot OSX, Linux and Windows 8.1 with a shared Data Partition without any third party Win / OSX softwares

This is not a question, but rather a personal guide that has proved to be running successfully.
I would like to thank numerous sources, including Christopher Murphy's suggestions at:
Re: Repairing Boot Camp after creating new partition
Before proceeding, there are certain concepts needs to know:
Why Boot Camp does NOT allow further partitioning of drives after Windows has installed?
Answer: Because the way Apple configures the Mac to be recognized as non UEFI capable system on Windows.
Quote from Christopher Murphy based on the above line:
However, Windows on Macs right now use CSM-BIOS mode in Mac firmware that presents BIOS to Windows rather than EFI. Windows thinks it's on a BIOS computer, and therefore mandates the use of MBR for boot disks, rather than GPT. So that's why we have this hybrid MBR+GPT approach on Mac with Windows on it. You inherit the limitations of MBR, which is four primary partitions.
So what does it means?
It means that OSX + EFI + Recovery HD + Boot Camp partition = 4 primary partitions and thus any attempt to modify the disk will render booting issues of either system.
For more info on GPT (GUID Partition Table disks VS Master Boot Record or MBR in short, you may visit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn640535%28v=vs.85%29.a spx)
So, how to overcome it?
The general guideline is to install ALL GPT ready OS first then create a Data partition, before installing Windows (Which is again, NOT supported GPT due to EFI configuration by Apple where end-users are not able to modify it).
Interestingly, since Mac Pro 2013 Late supports only Windows 8 and above, thus it is not known if this CSM-BIOS applies to it or not.
Do take note that GPT disks in Windows can only be booted when the system meets the 2 requirements:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn640535%28v=vs.85%29.a spx#gpt_faq_win7_boot
1) Windows x64 version (Which is a must for newer Macs. If you cannot go to Boot Camp 5, then you need Windows 7 x86 or 32bit version)
2) UEFI system. However, Windows sees all Macs (With the possibility of Mac Pro 2013 Late is an exception. To be determined) as BIOS, or rather NON-UEFI system.
In short, booting on GPT disks is not possible for Mac in Windows.
Summary,
It is tested that a combination of the following will not work:
- OSX + Windows + Linux
- Windows + OSX + Linux
- Windows + Linux + OSX
Usually it can create the system un-bootable or OSX refused to install due to the system does not recognize such partitions and / or Disk Utility refused to format a free space. An example screen-shot is provided below:
The error message is shown as
Title: "Failed to erase volume" Message: "Failed to wipe volume, as an error occurred: MediaKit has reported that the device does not have enough free space to execute the requested operations."
The second thing is about the preparations we need.
1) 1X Windows 7 or 8 DVD or USB thumbdrive
1A) If you uses a DVD to install, you will need another thumbdrive to load the BootCamp drivers for Windows as well as may requires an external DVD drive for newer Macs
2) 1X Linux DVD of your choice. Personally I choose Fedora 20.
So ready? Let's go.
1. Using Disk Utility, shrink the OSX's partition size to what is needed. For me, I give OSX 150GB. Do NOT create any new partition.
Disk Utility should see something like below whereby only OSX partition is left with desired disk space. The remaining space are to be unused disk space for the moment.
Note: Click on the top most item that should start with the size of your HDD / SSD. Then clicked on "Partition" and specify the desired OSX size. Hit "Apply" after that.
2: Download Boot Camp drivers only via Boot Camp Assistant. The USB thumbdrive shall be used later after Linux's installation.
Boot Camp Assistant should see this:
I have only selected "Download latest Windows Support Files from Apple"
3. Insert Linux DVD, reboot Mac into EFI mode (The left most first "EFI mode").
Note 1: Before rebooting, please plugged in an Ethernet adapter because Wi-Fi drivers is not installed.
Note 2: For Thunderbolt adapters, it must be plugged in before reboot as hot-swapping is not supported under Linux. More on the tips at the end of this article.
Note 3: Press and hold "Option" after the screen turns black. Release Option key after you see the image as below:

For the unfortunate part that did not make it on time to edit the images:
9. Install the Windows Support software from your CD/USB drive to gain full functionality of your computer. Reboot and go to Windows again.
Note 1: You may choose to eject disc at this point of time. For Apple SuperDrive users, you will need to wait until the drivers (i.e. Boot Camp support files) is installed and rebooted before ejecting is reasonably possible (As I failed to figured out how to right click without the drivers)
Note 2: Unlike Windows 7 on KBase article TS4599 Keyboard/trackpad inoperative, black screen, or alert messages when installing Windows 7, USB stick can be plugged in after the Windows installation is done. This is because Windows 7 (And probably Windows 7 with SP1 DVD) does not have a built in USB 3 drivers when it was released back in 2009 where USB3 has not arrived then.
Note 3: Due to TPM, Bitlocker is not supported without the use of thumbdrives.
10. Using Disk Management to determine the given drive letter for the DATA partition (DO NOT DELETE and RECREATE partition or else you can goodbye to booting Linux and OSX). Disk Management will not allow you to format it as exFAT / FAT32 in graphical way.
Note: You may remove or modify some of the disk letters in Disk Management. However, do NOT remove / modfify the drive letter for the partition with 200MB size in HFS. This is because it will disallow booting of Linux and neither could Windows nor OSX can do anything EXCEPT to reinstall Linux only.
11. Open Command Prompt in Administrator Mode (Important!!), and key in the following command:
format F: /FS:exFAT
Give this volume a label after it has successfully formatted before hitting "Enter" again.
Note: Mine Data partition was assigned as F drive. Please make necessary adjustment to "F:" should your Data partition is assigned to other letters.
12. After that, Setup your Data partition structure as you like.
Tip: Minimally create the important folders such as:
- Music
- Documents
- Movie (Videos)
- Downloads
- Pictures
All these folders are commonly used by the 3 OSes. I do NOT recommend changing of /home (OSX and / or Linux) and / or user home directory (Windows) either partially or as a whole.
This is because of compatibility issue.
On a side note, iTunes Media Library used in OSX and Windows are NOT able to be use interchangably due to hard-coded path used.
13. Useful troubleshooting in Fedora / Linux:
With references to these:
http://chaidarun.com/fedora-mbp
http://anderson.the-silvas.com/2014/02/14/fedora-20-on-a-macbook-pro-13-late-201 3-retina-display/
http://unencumberedbyfacts.com/2013/08/16/linux-on-a-macbook-pro-101/
I would like to highlight a few important points:
1) Wi-Fi driver:
http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
Note 1: The sound driver should be installed at Out of Box Experience. However, the Wi-Fi is not.
Note 2: Install both free and non-free repository. By the way, some other software like VLC can only be found after the Free Repository is installed.
Search for "akmod-wl" in Gnome-Package-Installer in order to install Wi-Fi drivers
Note 3: For those who do not have Ethernet adapters and their Mac does NOT have a built-in Ethernet port, it is recommended to get one. This is because Fedora 20 does not have a good support for iPhone USB tethering. Unsure for Andriod / Blackberry / Windows Phone users.
2) Grub Menu:
It will show several options to boot into OSX, even of the capability to boot into x86 or x64 mode. However, neither of them is bootable except Linux and the rescue.
Hence, it is recommended to remove the items by hand in this file:
/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
Command to be used:
"sudo gedit /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg"
Parts to be removed:
- For any extra kernels, delete the target entry by locating the line "menuentry" under "/etc/grub.d/10_linux" sector to one line above the next "menuentry".
It is recommended to keep one main kernel, and one recovery at the minimal.
- For other OS, delete all the entry (Since neither it can works) under "/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober" sector without removing the lines starts with ###.
Auto Mount exFAT partition:
- After installing extra packages for exFAT support (Since it is not supported by Fedora 20 from a default installation), you may wish to edit "/etc/fstab" in order to mount the exFAT partition during boot time.
Command to be used:
"sudo gedit /etc/fstab"
Add the following line in gedit:
UUID=702D-912D /run/media/Samuel/DATA exfat defaults 1 2
Note 1: For DATA partition, OSX & Boot Camp partition, Fedora defaults mounts under: "/run/medua/<Username with case sensitive>/<Partition Label Name>"
Note 2: UUID is unique ID. You can find out the UUID by:
Step 1: First determine the DATA partition number:
"sudo gdisk /dev/sda"
Step 2: Determine the UUID of this partition number:
"sudo blkid /dev/sda8"
Reference 1: http://manpages.courier-mta.org/htmlman5/fstab.5.html
Reference 2: http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/short-tip-get-uuid-of-hard-disks/
3) Overheating CPU
Solution is to issue the following command in Linux terminal: su -c "echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo"
4) System resumes immediately after suspend
Solution is to issue the following command in Linux terminal: su -c "echo XHC1 > /proc/acpi/wakeup"
5) What does not works well out of box:
- Both GNOME and KDE's fonts are too small to be readable for out of box experience. Additional configuration is a need. (Some of the info can be found on "More Tips" later)
- Thunderbolt hotplugging is NOT supported under Windows and Linux so far. Neither FaceTime HD camera works as well.
- The red light in Headphone jack is always on. I do not have luck in switching off the light without losing the sound.
Note 1: It is determined that the module "snd_hda_intel" is used by both cards (HDMI and normal output)
Note 2: It is also known that blacklisting it can switch off the redlight at the price of muting the system.
Note: Based on this article, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1574
A Mac (Except Mac Pro) needs servicing when there is a red light while the system fails to detect internal speakers. However, this article does NOT applies to this issue.
5A) More Tips:
Install gnome-tweak-tool for more customization
Search for: "gnome-package" to install:
Install Gnome Package Installer for advanced package repository
Install Gnome Package Updater for advanced updates to be install (Whereby Fedora's App Store alike might not show the relevant updates)
14. Verify if disk is still GPT:
Use Gdisk to determine if the disk is pure GPT:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1742682
Command: sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda (The entire hard drive)
You should see the MBR is "Protective" instead of anything else.
15. Congrats, the system is ready for triple boot. (I forgot to eject my Windows DVD when the photo was taken)
Note 1: You cannot set the default startup disk in Linux due to the lack of Boot Camp Control Panel in Linux.
Neither is changing startup disk recommended in Windows due to the inability to display correctly.
For me, I click "Cancel" whenever I am on this tab (Feel free to make other Boot Camp adjustments in other tabs).
Only OSX I know that can show the startup disk options correctly.
Note 2: For some reason, OSX likes to auto mount the EFI partition everytime it boots up. It is not known to have any issue for ejecting other disks or mounting disks via Disk Utility.
Note 3: It is not determined if any Firmware or System upgrades will cause issues. It is only known that all 3 OS's regular updates should not be an issue.
System Updates excludes Mac OSX 10.9.3 updates to OSX 10.9.4 type as I had done it on a OSX 10.9.4 Mac or Windows 8.1 to Windows 8.1 Update 1 since my Windows DVD comes with Update 1.
System Upgrades refers to OSX Mavericks to Yosemite, Fedora 20 to Fedora 21, Windows 8.1 Update 1 to Windows 8.2 / Windows 9 for that matter.
Note 4: Reset SMC and / or PRAM will NOT affect your ability to boot any of the OS (OSX, Recovery HD, Fedora & Windows 8)
Yup, that is it!

Dual-booting with other Linuxes; shared data partition

I've got two entirely-blank 320GB hard drives on my computer, and I'd like to dual-boot Arch and Debian on it (and potentially others later). How should I set up GRUB (or GRUB2-- the wiki says that it's a better option when dual booting with other distros) for each OS in order to have both of them able to boot, as well as retaining the capability of adding other distros? (Assuming that Arch's GRUB(2), not Debian's, will be installed to the MBR.)
In addition, I'd like to keep my config files and data separate (with a shared data partition on HD 2).
- What is the best way to set this up separately from the /home partition, i.e. mount /data on startup and be able to access it quickly from a filemanager or the commandline? I venture a guess that I'd edit /etc/fstab and add a symlink to /data within /home/USERNAME...
- What is the right size for the /home partition in this setup?
A tentative partition scheme is as follows (note that I have 4GB RAM, since that factors into swap size):
HD 1
4GB shared swap partition
256MB ext3 Arch /boot partition
20GB ext4 Arch / partition
? ext4 Arch /home partition *see note above*
256MB ext3 Debian /boot partition
20GB ext4 Debian / partition
? ext4 Debian /home partition *see note above*
(free space)
HD 2
320GB shared ext4 data partition
Last edited by DrKillPatient (2012-06-20 18:38:01)

Most of it is a matter of opinion I think, but since I have a similar setup I'll throw in my two cents.
DrKillPatient wrote:I've got two entirely-blank 320GB hard drives on my computer, and I'd like to dual-boot Arch and Debian on it (and potentially others later). How should I set up GRUB (or GRUB2-- the wiki says that it's a better option when dual booting with other distros) for each OS in order to have both of them able to boot, as well as retaining the capability of adding other distros? (Assuming that Arch's GRUB(2), not Debian's, will be installed to the MBR.)
I use GRUB (legacy). Adding a distro in the grub menu is just a matter of finding the kernel and initram image of the distro and adding an entry. OS's generally either have a fixed location/name for the kernel and image or have a fixed link, so there are no problems on updates. I really don't like GRUB 2 and don't see the point of using it unless you are using something exotic that GRUB doesn't support.
DrKillPatient wrote:I
In addition, I'd like to keep my config files and data separate (with a shared data partition on HD 2).
- What is the best way to set this up separately from the /home partition, i.e. mount /data on startup and be able to access it quickly from a filemanager or the commandline? I venture a guess that I'd edit /etc/fstab and add a symlink to /data within /home/USERNAME...
- What is the right size for the /home partition in this setup?
I just mount the data partition in /mnt/data and make symlinks from my home partition. In my case the data partition is ntfs, since I also use windows. My home partition contains 1.2 GB, of which 600 MB source code. So if you only keep configs in them it probably won't reach 1 GB.
DrKillPatient wrote:
I
A tentative partition scheme is as follows (note that I have 4GB RAM, since that factors into swap size):
HD 1
4GB shared swap partition
256MB ext3 Arch /boot partition
20GB ext4 Arch / partition
? ext4 Arch /home partition *see note above*
256MB ext3 Debian /boot partition
20GB ext4 Debian / partition
? ext4 Debian /home partition *see note above*
(free space)
HD 2
320GB shared ext4 data partition
In my opinion a seperate boot partition is only useful for the OS of which the bootloader is installed to the MBR.

Help setting up bootcamp + mavericks + data partition

Hi there,
I am trying to install Windows 8.1 on my MBP using Bootcamp! I currently have one partition containing my OSX 10.9.3 installation. After using bootcamp to divide the partition into two, the installation procceeds as normal and is successful. However, once I rezise my OSX installation to make space for the extra data partition, windows will no longer boot (selecting Windows when I hold the option key upon startup would just lead to a black screen with a flashing white underline at the top left of the screen). Is there a way for me to successfully get this system to work?
Please help me!
Thanks.

Thanks for the prompt response.
I disagree that it's not going to work - I did it before but I can't remember how to.
I was using this 3 partition system ever since I was running lion. And everything was done using boot camp and disk utility. Only recently did I realize that I was running out of space for my windows partition and I decided to reinstall windows completely and re assign the partition sizes only to run into this problem. And based on what other posts there seems to be people who are able to do it as well but I just can't figure out how to.
Please continue to help me!!
Thanks!

The guide to bootcamp assistant states that bootcamp can only be installed on a drive with a single partition. New Macs with Lion preinstalled have two partitions - the second is a recovery partition. How do I install Bootcamp?

Late in August 2011 I took delivery of a new 27" iMac with Lion preinstalled. I need to run Windows as well. Following Apple's written suggestion, I printed off the then current 12 pages of the document "Bootcamp Installation & Setup Guide" which clearly stated that the hard drive you were going to install on had to have on it, before install, a maximum of one partition. Using finder and disk utility I determined that there was only one partition. Unbeknownst to me, there was (is) an additional hidden (from those two pieces of software) partition on the disk. As of machines delivered new with Lion preinstalled, Apple has begun to include a "recovery partition". In that partition there is a copy of the software necessary to reinstall Lion via a download from the Apple App Store. Not knowing the partition was there, I cranked up "Bootcamp Assistant" which nicely offered to repartition my hard drive creating a "Bootcamp Partition" in addition to the existing. I told it how big to make each and hit the do it button, subsequently destroying my operating system. Oh, it very nicely told me, after the damage was done, how many partitions were REALLY on the disk and that I could not install Bootcamp cause there were too many partitions.
Luckily the the Recovery Partition, which at that point I knew existed, was not harmed and after doing some research on another compter, I used it to once again download Lion from the App Store and reinstall. So, I have recovered but am still stuck with the problem: how do I install Bootcamp in this new environment?

First you need to seriously back up your Mac.
A clone is an exact duplicate of your existing Mac HDD. Merely copying and pasting a drive will not make a bootable backup. In case of problems you can boot from an Ext HDD clone and use the utilities to repair, reformat, or clone the Ext HDD back to the internal Mac HDD. While Time machine back ups are easy you can not boot from it. The best thing to have for any kind of problem is a bootable clone backup on an external drive. Some even have two external backup drives in case one fails. There are two good apps for cloning named SuperDuper and Carbon Copy Cloner.
In dealing with the recovery partition a simple approach is to clone the Mac partition to an external disk then re-partition the Mac to a single partition (GUID partition table) . Then clone the external disk clone back to the Mac. You will now have only one Partition and Boot Camp assistant sould not object.
Some have recommended getting rid of the recovery partition while others have advised not to do this. If you have the Lion USB Thumb Drive you do not need a recovery partition so can discard it without concern. There is another way to get rid of the recovery partition if you decide to do it but first be sure to have a backup of your Mac ( I know I sound like a nagging mom but many dead computers have been saved by this simple precaution).
Use Disk Utility.
1) Make the Recovery visible in Disk Utility by using a program like Secrets:http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/27025/secrets or MacPilot:http://www.koingosw.com/products/macpilot.php (15 day free trial).
2) Highlite the Recovery partition and Control click it and select Mount the partition.
3) With the Recovery partition highlited, erase the partition, you'll get an error message, ignore it.
4) Now highlite the top identity of the hard drive and select the partition tab.
5) Highlite the Recovery partition and press the minus sign.
6) Click and hold on the bottom edge of the partition above and drag it to the bottom, if it doesn't go there automatically, the press apply.

HT4157 I have an iPhone with a data plan through AT&T. I just got an iPad. Do I need to set up a separate data plan, or can I use my iPad under the plan I have set up for my iPhone?

I just got an iPad, and am trying to figure out how to get it going. I have an iPhone with a data plan through AT&T. Do I need to set up a separate account for the iPad, or can I use it under my existing data plan?

You need a completely different data plan for your iPad which you set up on the device itself and it is billed to a credit/debit card. You cannot share other plans and the iPad account will not appear on your iPhone or any other AT&T account.

RAID partitioning with existing data

Hi,
I'm planning on resizing my OWC Mercury Elite Qx2 (RAID 5, 8TB( 6TB)) to 1TB partitions each in order to avoid the FW800 issue, which slows the port speed down. Only problem is, there's a fair amount of data on the drives (approx. 65% used space).
Now I'm not sure, whether it is safe or not to repartition with the data on it. I got a backup of all the files, but all on different drives. Recopying them to the RAID would be a pain.
I tested the above with a 2TB (half full) drive creating three partitions. The speed increased significantly up to 20%. Do you think I could achieve the same with a RAID5 or are there other issues involved I haven't thought of?
Any hint would be greatly appreciated.

There are lots of workarounds:
Use Disk Utility running from a DVD.
Use Disk Utility running from an external drive.
Use Disk Utility running from another Mac using FireWire target disk mode.
Split the source mirror, remove one source drive and copy from one instead of the Mirrored pair.
Copy the mirrored pair onto a backup. Remove the pair and restore from the backup.
depending on which Mac model you have, use Optical drive connectors (2009 or later) or "hidden" ODD connectors to add an additional drive.

Partitioning is possible with data(1 lakh records) or with out data

partitioning is possible with data(1 lakh records) or with out data...if with data, its compulsory to stop database..and its not possible to stop, but i want to partitioning my table for increase the performance...what can i do please help me.

"lahk" is not an internationally recognised term. Please use terminology that is recognised internationally.
You could create a table with partitioning, copy your data into it, then drop the original table and rename the new one to the old name (bear in mind any indexes on it), though this isn't ideal if you have primary/foreign keys etc.
Also, ensure you are licenced to use Partitioning. It is installed as part of the database as standard, but you have to have additional licence to actually use it in production.

Moving a VM with an RDM Data partition

We'll be moving a VM that has an RDM data partition. The RDM partition is not moving, just the OS partition, which is a virtual disk. If I understand the process I can do this by using the migrate function in VCenter. As long as I leave the VM powered up, I should be able to migrate the OS leaving the RDM attached to the VM through the move. Is there anything I am missing? We're using VCenter version 4.0. Thanks in Advance.
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I have used repos.py to make a new cluster from the partition with the VM's on, and set it as root but I'm afraid that if I add the server while creating my pool in the Manager it will initialize it (ie. delete the VM's that are already there).Take a backup of the VMs first, but it shouldn't reformat/delete anything. Creating a pool with an existing repository just initializes that repository. It doesn't erase/format anything.

My iPad 1 has suddenly started to sync Events from my iPhoto library incorrectly. It seems to break down Events to separate dates - so if an Event was photographed over 2 days, it is showing as 2 separate events with the same name.

My iPad 1 has suddenly started to sync Events from my iPhoto library incorrectly. It seems to break down Events to separate dates - so if an Event was photographed over 2 days, it is showing as 2 separate events with the same name.

Posted this before I realised there is an update for the iPhoto app 9.1.3 which sorts the problem.

Data partition for Windows

I have just gotten MacBook Air and am learning how to use it. After my getting familiar with OS X I am planning to install Windows 7 using the BootCamp.
My question is if I can create a separate data partion other than the one for Windows 7 as I am doing for my Windows machine.
Could anyone enlighten a Mac newbie on the above?

Hi Churin,
The Boot Camp Assistant allows you to perform a "live" partition on your internal drive that puts it into an acceptable file format for windows. (FAT32/NTFS) During the process you choose how large you want to make the Windows partition but I'd recommend at least 20 GB, if not more. Otherwise you'll severely limit yourself to program installation space on the Windows side.
You can install Windows outside of the Boot Camp Assistant by manually partitioning the HD but there's no advantage to this, the assistant virtually automates the process. The only caveat is multi-boot volumes. For example, on my MacBook Pro (500GB) I have four bootable volumes. The Boot Camp Assistant will only work if the original volume is one contiguous volume.
So if you want to do three volumes, you'd be better served by manually performing that action via Disk Utility when not booted to the local volume (booted to the installation media).

BootCamp on a double partitioned drive

So the hard drive in my MBP is partitioned into two separate partitions. One for OS X and the other for all my data. I want to install XP for some games and so I would like to use bootcamp to do so. My question is, is the drive that bootcamp will partition limited to the one with OS X already on it? Or can I use it on my other partition that has all my data.
And second, should I want to revert back and delete the windows partition, will everything go back to the way it was? Or will I have to format and re-partition anything.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
the BootCamp Assistant (BCA) in OSX will only partition the harddrive when it is a single OSX volume with only one partition on it.
With your harddisk layout the BCA won't do anything.
Nonetheless, have a look here for ways to do what you have in mind http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071101065229169
When using the BootCamp Assistant for the partitioning, you can use it again later for completely removing the WIndows partition and assigning the diskspace back to OSX.
When using the other solutions you have to do that on your own with Disk Utility.
Regards
Stefan

Create data partition

Hi,
I've just bought a Mac mini and I'm trying to migrate all my stuff from an old Panasonic toughbook. I've created a bootcamp partition (60 GB) and installed Windows 7 pro. I now want to create a data partition and import all my documents from my Panasonic. My question is the following: what kind of partition is best to create? I've noticed that I could format a partition in five different formats:
Mac OS Extended (journaled)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
MS-DOS (FAT)
ExFAT
Free Space
Which one would be best? I also intend to keep a back up on an external HD. I'd also like to be able to use the files I've previously created on Windows. And, in the future, I'd like to use files created with either Window or Mac with both OS. Would that be possible?
Thanks

Keep Windows files and OS X files in separate partitions.
The Windows partition should be formatted as MS-DOS (FAT), the OS X partition as Mac OS Extended (journaled).
Partitioning a hard drive:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html
To resize (or delete) an existing partition without losing data, you will need to use, for example, iPartition:
http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iPartition.php

Bootcamp with Separate Data Partition

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