Can an external HD be partitioned into 2: one for OSX and the other for XP?
As the topic says, i got an external HD to backup all the stuff. But since I use a desktop PC as well as my macbook everyday, it would be nice to use the HD for both of them.
If the answer is yes, what program should i use? Thanks in advance.
A couple of things to be aware of for what you want to do:
1. File size: If you want to avoid the file size limitations of FAT32, then set one partition as NTFS and one as the OS X partition. Then, if you connect the external HDD to the Mac, you'll be able to read the NTFS partition but not write to it. The Windows PC will not be able to read or write to the OS X partition. Use FAT32 and both operating systems will be able to read and write to the FAT32 partition, but file size is limited to 4GB on the FAT32 partition.
2. Access the external HDD across a network, and the format is irrelevant--you can have an OS X (HFS) partition and an NTFS partition, and both operating systems can read and write to it. The reason is the SMB protocol, which does the translations for you, on the fly. For, example, I have several Mac and PC systems on a network, sharing is enabled on each computer, and two of the computers have an external HDD (one HFS, one NTFS) connected. From any computer on the network, I can access (read and write) any file on any other computer or external HDD.
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import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
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import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.tidy.Tidy;
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* Creates a new instance of HTMLDocumentProcessor
public HTMLDocumentProcessor() {
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private void initComponents() {
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} catch (IOException ignore) {
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import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
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import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
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I placed this code in the for loop before I posted the question :
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If you are willing to continue helping, here's what I found.
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I have a MacBook Pro 15" and my warranty just ran out! I partitioned my harddrive into two partitions, one with Snow Leopard and the other with microsoft.This morning I turned on my Macbook Pro and it will not boot into Snow Leopard. I shut it off took out the battery, reinstalled the battery. Then I put in the Snow Leopard CD and booted up to disk utility and The Snow Leopard partion would not show up?? I do see the microsoft partion.
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