Partition of C drive
Sir my lenovo thinkpad L530 C drive has 390 gb please kindly provide how do I shrink its volume into different drives and also tell how do I recover windows 7 OS .Thanking you
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Not able to create More than 1 Partition in USB Drive using kernel32 and DeviceIoControl
I have successfully created 2 or more partitions in USB drive using DeviceIoControl in C++. Now I am trying to convert this code into C# using kernel32 and DeviceIoControl. But I am not getting more than 1 partition. Can anybody tell me what is wrong
with this code?
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace PartitionWrapper
public class IOWrapper
public static bool CreatePartitions(string selectedDrive)
bool RetCode = false;
try
bool bSuccess = false;
uint dwBytesReturned = 0;
IntPtr hDisk = OpenVolume(selectedDrive);
if (hDisk == null || hDisk == FSConstants.INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
RetCode = false;
goto FINAL;
bSuccess = FSStructures.DeviceIoControl(hDisk, FSConstants.IOCTL_DISK_DELETE_DRIVE_LAYOUT, IntPtr.Zero, 0, default(IntPtr), default(uint), ref dwBytesReturned);
// Get the partition information
uint PartitionInfomations = (uint)(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(FSStructures.DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_EX)) + 3 * Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(FSStructures.PARTITION_INFORMATION_EX)));
byte[] DBuffer = new byte[PartitionInfomations];
GCHandle handle = GCHandle.Alloc(DBuffer, GCHandleType.Pinned);
FSStructures.DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_EX pDriveLayout = (FSStructures.DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_EX)Marshal.PtrToStructure(handle.AddrOfPinnedObject(), typeof(FSStructures.DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_EX));
IntPtr pDriveLayoutPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(pDriveLayout));
Marshal.StructureToPtr(pDriveLayout, pDriveLayoutPtr, false);
// bSuccess = FSStructures.DeviceIoControl(hDisk, FSConstants.IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX, default(IntPtr), default(uint), pDriveLayoutPtr, PartitionInfomations, ref dwBytesReturned);
pDriveLayout = (FSStructures.DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_EX)Marshal.PtrToStructure(pDriveLayoutPtr, typeof(FSStructures.DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_EX));
if (bSuccess || dwBytesReturned != PartitionInfomations)
RetCode = true;
else { RetCode = false; goto FINAL; }
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry = new FSStructures.PARTITION_INFORMATION_EX[0x16];
pDriveLayout.PartitionStyle = FSStructures.PARTITION_STYLE.MasterBootRecord;
pDriveLayout.PartitionCount = 4;
pDriveLayout.DriveLayoutInformatiton.Mbr.Signature = 0xA4B57300;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0] = new FSStructures.PARTITION_INFORMATION_EX();
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0].PartitionStyle = FSStructures.PARTITION_STYLE.MasterBootRecord;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0].Mbr.BootIndicator = true;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0].Mbr.RecognizedPartition = true;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0].Mbr.PartitionType = 0x0B;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0].PartitionNumber = 1;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0].StartingOffset = 32256;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0].PartitionLength = 3221225472;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0].RewritePartition = true;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[0].Mbr.HiddenSectors = 32256 / 512;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1] = new FSStructures.PARTITION_INFORMATION_EX();
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1].PartitionStyle = FSStructures.PARTITION_STYLE.MasterBootRecord;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1].Mbr.BootIndicator = false;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1].Mbr.RecognizedPartition = true;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1].Mbr.PartitionType = 0x0B;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1].PartitionNumber = 2;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1].StartingOffset = 32256 + 3221225472;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1].PartitionLength = 2147483648; //2147483648;//3221225472;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1].RewritePartition = true;
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[1].Mbr.HiddenSectors = 32256 / 512;
for (int i = 0; i < pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry.Length; i++)
pDriveLayout.PartitionEntry[i].RewritePartition = true;
try
bSuccess = FSStructures.DeviceIoControl(hDisk, FSConstants.IOCTL_DISK_SET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX, ref pDriveLayout, PartitionInfomations, default(IntPtr), default(uint), ref dwBytesReturned);
catch (Exception ex)
if (bSuccess)
RetCode = true;
else { RetCode = false; }
bSuccess = FSStructures.DeviceIoControl(hDisk, FSConstants.IOCTL_DISK_UPDATE_PROPERTIES, IntPtr.Zero, 0, default(IntPtr), default(uint), ref dwBytesReturned);
if (bSuccess)
RetCode = true;
else { RetCode = false; }
FINAL:
// Close the disk handle.
if (hDisk != null && hDisk != FSConstants.INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
FSStructures.CloseHandle(hDisk);
catch { return false; }
return RetCode;
private static IntPtr OpenVolume(string DeviceName)
try
IntPtr hDevice;
hDevice = FSStructures.CreateFile(
@"\\.\" + DeviceName,
FSConstants.GENERIC_EXECUTE | FSConstants.GENERIC_READ | FSConstants.GENERIC_WRITE | FSConstants.FILE_SHARE_READ | FSConstants.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
FSConstants.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
IntPtr.Zero,
FSConstants.OPEN_EXISTING,
0,
IntPtr.Zero);
if ((int)hDevice == -1)
throw new Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error().ToString());
return hDevice;
catch { return FSConstants.INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE; }
internal static class FSConstants
public const uint FILE_SHARE_READ = 0x00000001;
public const uint FILE_SHARE_WRITE = 0x00000002;
public const uint OPEN_EXISTING = 3;
public const int GENERIC_EXECUTE = 0x10000000;
public const uint GENERIC_READ = (0x80000000);
public const uint GENERIC_WRITE = (0x40000000);
public static IntPtr INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = new IntPtr(-1);
public const uint IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX = 0x00070050;
public const uint IOCTL_DISK_SET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX = 0x7C054;
public const int IOCTL_DISK_UPDATE_PROPERTIES = 0x70140;
public const int IOCTL_DISK_DELETE_DRIVE_LAYOUT = 0x0007c010;
public const int IOCTL_DISK_CREATE_DISK = 0x7C058;
internal static class FSStructures
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", EntryPoint = "CreateFile", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr CreateFile(
string lpFileName,
uint dwDesiredAccess,
uint dwShareMode,
IntPtr lpSecurityAttributes,
uint dwCreationDisposition,
uint dwFlagsAndAttributes,
IntPtr hTemplateFile);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern int CloseHandle(IntPtr hObject);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool DeviceIoControl(
IntPtr hDevice,
uint dwIoControlCode,
[Optional]ref DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_EX lpInBuffer,
uint nInBufferSize,
[Optional] [Out] IntPtr lpOutBuffer,
uint nOutBufferSize,
[Optional] ref uint lpBytesReturned,
[Optional] IntPtr lpOverlapped);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool DeviceIoControl(
IntPtr hDevice,
uint dwIoControlCode,
IntPtr lpInBuffer,
uint nInBufferSize,
[Optional] [Out] IntPtr lpOutBuffer,
uint nOutBufferSize,
[Optional] ref uint lpBytesReturned,
[Optional] IntPtr lpOverlapped);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_EX
public PARTITION_STYLE PartitionStyle;
public int PartitionCount;
public DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_UNION DriveLayoutInformatiton;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, ArraySubType = UnmanagedType.Struct, SizeConst = 0x16)]
public PARTITION_INFORMATION_EX[] PartitionEntry;
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct PARTITION_INFORMATION_EX
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)]
public PARTITION_STYLE PartitionStyle;
public long StartingOffset;
public long PartitionLength;
public int PartitionNumber;
public bool RewritePartition;
public PARTITION_INFORMATION_MBR Mbr;
public PARTITION_INFORMATION_GPT Gpt;
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct PARTITION_INFORMATION_MBR
public byte PartitionType;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U1)]
public bool BootIndicator;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U1)]
public bool RecognizedPartition;
public uint HiddenSectors;
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public struct PARTITION_INFORMATION_GPT
public Guid PartitionType;
public Guid PartitionId;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U8)]
public EFIPartitionAttributes Attributes;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 36)]
public string Name;
[Flags]
public enum EFIPartitionAttributes : ulong
GPT_ATTRIBUTE_PLATFORM_REQUIRED = 0x0000000000000001,
LegacyBIOSBootable = 0x0000000000000004,
GPT_BASIC_DATA_ATTRIBUTE_NO_DRIVE_LETTER = 0x8000000000000000,
GPT_BASIC_DATA_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 0x4000000000000000,
GPT_BASIC_DATA_ATTRIBUTE_SHADOW_COPY = 0x2000000000000000,
GPT_BASIC_DATA_ATTRIBUTE_READ_ONLY = 0x1000000000000000
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
public struct DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_UNION
[FieldOffset(0)]
public DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_MBR Mbr;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_GPT Gpt;
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_GPT
public Guid DiskId;
public long StartingUsableOffset;
public long UsableLength;
public int MaxPartitionCount;
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_MBR
public uint Signature;
public enum PARTITION_STYLE : int
MasterBootRecord = 0,
GuidPartitionTable = 1,
Raw = 2Hello,
in the links below you can found many informations to help you:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365730(v=vs.85).aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/696388/Recover-Data-From-Corrupted-Drives-File-Systems-FA
http://www.functionx.com/vcsharp/fileprocessing/drives.htm
http://forums.codeguru.com/showthread.php?548305-partitioning-USB-Falsh-drive
http://forums.codeguru.com/showthread.php?548169-USB-Flash-drive-Partitioning -
MacBook Pro 15-inch, Mid 2010
Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 MB
Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
I have an external hard drive:
2 TB Seagate Backup+Desk Media
Partitioned:
1TB - Windows NTFS
1TB - Mac (sorry I can't remember the formatting, whatever Mavricks asked me to use...)
What happened:
I was erasing 3 old backups from the Apple partition and my laptop crashed part way through emptying the trash. (it has done this many times before, where parts of the screen are frozen in square blocks displaced all over the screen. Screenshot not possible unless I use a separate camera).
When I force restarted my computer (holding down the power button) neither side of the drive was accessible. After running the Disk Utility and Verifying and Repairing the Disk Permissions and the Disk Itself (for the Windows side) I was able to access the Windows partition. However, upon attempting to do so with the Mac partition it tells me that it cannot be repaired. I have found many forums discussing SIMILAR situations but none with the same and here is why:
Up until this happening I could access ONLY the Windows partition when the drive was connected to either my Apple laptop in Bootcamp Windows 7 or my HP laptop in Vista, while my MacBook could access both sides of the drive. HOWEVER, after this crash, BOTH my Windows 7 and Vista can access both sides of the drive (so My files are still all there and accessible) but my MacBook Pro swears that the Apple partition is doomed.
Since the Apple side of my laptop is my primary workhorse I really want to figure out how to fix my drive.
So Questions:
1. Anything else I can provide to the experts out there to help me get this fixed?
2. Can I custom fix this via accessing the drive on either of the Windows systems?
3. Why would it suddenly show up in Windows when it became unaccessible to Mac?
Thanks All!UPDATE:
It has been maybe a month since this happened.
After I made this post and was checking emails, walking away from computer, and then came back my Mac partition of the External Drive has shown up on the Desktop...
So, in the ever immortal way of asking the tech to come check the issue and the issue resolving itself, perhaps I should posted on the forum sooner...
NOTE: The disk still shows up as unusable in the Disk Utility and it appears that the files are read only (cannot make a new folder on this side of the external drive)
I still consider this a volatile issue because I do not want to lose the files on this half of the partition and I have not gotten a replacement drive yet (too much data to move to my computer and then format the current drive) -
"Unable to determine destination partition, disk or drive" when Media deployment is used
We are heavy users of MDT 2013's "media" deployments -- in fact, once we finish testing a new image build on our lab server, media is created and is the sole method we use to deploy new systems due to many limitations.
We ran into the following issue lately when using USB sticks or hard drives for our deployment media. Deployment of an OS image fails at the "Inject Drivers" stage. The hard disk inside the computer is formatted properly, but the TS fails with
the error "Unable to determine destination partition, disk or drive".
I dug into the logs, and it appears that "Inject drivers" does a check for where the \Drivers folder should be placed. The problem is that most USB hard disks and many higher-end USB sticks show up as "hard drives" rather than "removable
media" when plugged into the machine. Adding another physical disk that appears as a fixed disk with an NTFS partition apparently confuses MDT and you get this error message. I think any "ReadyBoost enabled" USB stick has to show up on the system
as a fixed disk rather than removable, so if you use these you might have this problem.
The only workaround is to explicitly specify the disk number and partition number to use when you invoke "Install Operating System." The drivers step must take this information when determining where to put the driver store.
Is there any other explanation for why this would be happening? We're stuck with media deployment for the foreseeable future, and until Microsoft fixes the problem with handling of split WIM files, we have to use NTFS formatted disks/sticks...this might
be making it harder for the MDT logic to determine where to put the OS.MDT should be smart enough to know that it should Skip USB drives.
However if you have a USB 3 Hard DIsk (not a USB Flash Disk), that might be the problem
1. Try using only Flash Drives.
2. Try plugging the USB Hard Drive into a USB 2.0 port
3. Additionally try not to use USB Hard Drives that are *Larger* that the internal hard drive.
If you still have problems, can you copy your Bdd.log file to a public site like OneDrive and share the link?
Keith Garner - Principal Consultant [owner] -
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Basic Question: How to partition an external drive and then set up TM?
Hi. I am going to be using an external hard drive (Western Digital - 640GB) on my MacBook for the first time and I think that I'd like to partition it so that part of it is for Time Machine and part of it can be used to just manually drag and drop my files (like any other USB external drive).
1. How to I partition the external drive for Mac?
2. If I insert my drive (not yet partitioned) in my MacBook for the first time and the MacBook automatically asks me if I want to use it for Time Machine, I'm assuming that I need to say "no" so that I can first partition it, right? If yes, then after partitioning it how do I set up the one partition for Time Machine?
3. If I have 640 GB external hard drive space and my MacBook has about 100GB of space, how much of the 640 should I allocate for Time Machine?
Thanks! Happy New Year!coffeecoffee wrote:
Hi. I am going to be using an external hard drive (Western Digital - 640GB) on my MacBook for the first time and I think that I'd like to partition it so that part of it is for Time Machine and part of it can be used to just manually drag and drop my files (like any other USB external drive).
1. How to I partition the external drive for Mac?
select the whole drive (the model, not the name) in disk utility and click on the partition tab. set the number of partitions. set the partition scheme to GUID in options. set the format to mac os extended journaled. hit apply.
2. If I insert my drive (not yet partitioned) in my MacBook for the first time and the MacBook automatically asks me if I want to use it for Time Machine, I'm assuming that I need to say "no" so that I can first partition it, right? If yes, then after partitioning it how do I set up the one partition for Time Machine?
in system preferences->Time machine.
also see TM 101 for basic usage instructions.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
3. If I have 640 GB external hard drive space and my MacBook has about 100GB of space, how much of the 640 should I allocate for Time Machine?
it depends on your computing habits but it's generally recommended to have TM drive to be at least 2-3 times bigger than the total amount of data you are backing up.
Thanks! Happy New Year! -
Can a use a partitioned external hard drive to create a disk image? I tried, doesn't seem to work using disk manager.
OK, it's very bad computing to use a backup disk for anything but a backup. The reason being is if/when the HD crashes you will have lost not only all your backup but the data files. While I commend you for wanting redundant backup, you really need separate EHDs for doing so. Format each EHD using Disk Utility to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) using the GUID parttition. When you connect, OS X will ask if you want to use that drive as a Time Machine backup drive, select yes and then let it backup. On the second EHD format the same way however do not use TM as a backup, this time I'd suggest an app such as SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to make a clone of the internal HD. Leave both EHDs connected and TM will backup new or changed files automatically on a hourly basis. The clone you will need to set to backup on the schedule you want. For example I have my SuperDuper EHD set to backup only changed or updated files at 2AM every day.
The advantage of a clone is that if the computers internal HD crashes you can boot from a clone and continue working, TM will not do that but it's great for keeping an archive of all files. So if you want a version of a file from many months ago, TM will help you locate and restore it. -
Should I create a partition on external drive for iTunes music?
...or will it create it's own space outwith my backup stuff?
(Secondary question: would moving my iTunes music from internal to external drive noticably improve performance of my Mac? I'm using about 135GB of a 250GB drive, 60GB of which is in iTunes Music folder)Should I create a partition on external drive for iTunes music? or will it create it's own space outwith my backup stuff?
I see no good reason to create a separate partition unless you're backing up with Time Machine. TM prefers to have it's own volume, so in that case partitioning would probably be a good idea.
would moving my iTunes music from internal to external drive noticably improve performance of my Mac? I'm using about 135GB of a 250GB drive, 60GB of which is in iTunes Music folder.
No, probably not. As long as you're not getting the drive too full - opinions vary but about 20GB remaining should be plenty for most uses - you probably won't see any overall change in performance just from moving the iTunes content.
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer -
I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro with Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion installed, but my CD drive inside my computer is damaged*, and it's far cheaper to buy an external CD drive than to repair it entirely. Before I do either, I would like some grasp of whether or not it's worth my time and money, as I've yet to order the external drive or make a genius bar appointment.
Also, the reason I'm choosing Windows 8 (Beta) is because it's free.
*I dropped my computer once two years ago. I haven't even used my CD drive until recently when trying to install Windows 8. I assume the drop was the issue. I've used compressed air to remove dirt/dust as well as resetting the PRAM multiple times and nothing seems to work, but I'm not worried about it.
Thank you.Can I partition my hard drive to hold Windows 8 (Beta), instead of Windows 7, and can I do this with an external CD drive?
No and No.
1: Apple only supports Windows 7 at this time in BootCamp (direct install into a bootable partition) because Win 8 is in Beta and no Mac hardware drivers are available yet from Apple for Windows 8.
2: You can't install Windows from a external cd drive into BootCamp, it has to be a internal one far as I know, perhaps a USB will work I don't know.
Yes:
1: You can download and install Windows 8 Beta into a the free virtual machine software called VirtualBox, which Windows 8 will run in a window in OS X. This is better as it's still in Beta and Windows Beta releases will expire. Plus Windows 8 is a pain in the behind and you will want to be able to have VirtualBox or OS X be able to regain control over the computer.
http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/03/try-windows-8-consumer-preview-virtualbox/
Windows in BootCamp or Virtual Machine? -
I have Windows 7 Premium Home and I have downloaded the Drivers and when I click Boot Camp Assistance to partition my hard drive, it says, "The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved. Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again." I can't do any backup really because I don't have an external hard drive to work with. I tried repairing disk permissions but that did not do anything. I really need a lot of help with this with some easy, step-by-step tutorials or something. I believe I have a 2006 version of Macbook Pro(4,1).
Once you have obtained an external drive and connected it you will 'clone' your internal drive to it.
Download Carbon Copy Cloner (it is not free but there is a fully functional trial version which is). Use it to clone your internal drive to your external drive. When that is done you will reboot from the clone and use Disk Utility to erase the internal drive (choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)) as the format (this is normally preset, but check). Make sure to give the external drive a 'distinctive' name, don't want to get drives mixed up in this process.
Once that is done you will use Carbon Copy Cloner (from the clone) to restore the external to the internal. -
I had created a password protected partition on my drive and unfortunately have lost that password. Please guide me if the drive can be partitioned? To give some more details - I had created 3 partitions, one is main start up drive, then 2nd partition which was password protected and the 3rd partition without password again.
I have used some of the tips Kappy had given on one of the earlier discussion but that has not worked either. Help PlsMicrosoft Office 365 is a subscription - based service. You have to pay for it... and keep paying for it... and paying for it... as in 365 days a year... or lose your hard work.
Office Home Premium is a mere $10 a month, but a convenient annual subscription is only $100 a year. This is a substantial discount to Microsoft's Office 365 business products ($150 / employee / year).
Such a deal! Are you not absolutely thrilled?
Here are some slightly more reasonable alternatives, all of which are compatible with their Office equivalents:
LibreOffice (donation-supported)
NeoOffice ($10 but older version is free if you can find it)
OpenOffice (completely free)
Numbers ($19.99)
Pages ($19.99) -
I've just bought a new iMac with 2 TB hard drive. Can I partition the startup drive?
I've just bought a new iMac with 2 TB hard drive. Can I partition the startup drive?
Glenfern wrote:
The reason I'm considering partitioning is - I'm going to transfer about 50 GB of family photos & music to the iMac. Over time the photos & music library is going to grow. My idea was to point the iphoto & itunes library to the new partition so that the application programs (that will will reside in partition 1), will not get congested with photos & music over time & degrade performance. Also, I dabble a little bit with the music editing program LOGIC & Sound Track Pro, which creates lots of little music files in the process.
In your case I would strongly recommend against partitioning, as dwb mentions a drive loaded with data on an
O SX system doesn't equate to performance loss. However partitioning does. If you were going to tell me you were partitioning to load different OS's on the computer then you would have a good reason to think about partitioning. My suggestion is do not partition.
What I would also recommend is getting some high quality high speed external HD's to store your photo and music libraries on. This helps keept the 2GB drive available while maintaining performance. I have 3 external HD's attached to my iMac, two are backup drives (1 Time Machine & 1 Bootable Clone) the third drive is for storing my my music, photo & movie libraries on. If you go this route the 3 drives I'd recommend are:
http://g-technology.com/products/g-drive.cfm
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10330
Personally I use the Lacie's however OWC or G-Tech would also be welcome on my desk.
Again if you want to take this path Apple has instructions for how to move the libraries to EHDs, if you want those links let me know. -
Do I need to partition my hard drive to use Airport to back up my files on my iMac intel?
Airport Utility was pre-installed on my iMac (Intel) and I don't know how to use Time Machine with Airport. I want to backup my hard drive and thought that Time Machine would do this. I receive a message to select a Backup Disc. Do I have to partition my hard drive to have the backup on my iMac? Alternately I could purchase an external hard drive with USB 3.0. Would Time Machine detect the USB external drive so that I could select that as the Backup Disc? Are there any cons for Apple wireless hard drives?
The idea with Time machine is to use it to back up to an external drive. Once connected you would tell Time Machine to use that drive.
However before you do that, connect the external drive and open Disk Utility
1. Click on the external drive
2. Click on the Erase tab and select Mac OS extended, Journaled.
3. Click Apply
When finished it will be formatted correctly and then open Time machine and tell it to use it as the Time machine backup disk.
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Do I need to partition my hard drive on Mac as I used to on my old PC?
Kindly provide me with your advise. On my old Windows OS pc it was a good practice to partition my hard drive to (e.g. C: and D:) where C: was for system and D: for data (pictures, music, documents etc.). If anything went wrong with the system (virus, any other issue) I simply reinstalled C: from my last restore point done by my back up software (from an external HD) and all was fine. Data on D: were not harmed at all.
DO I NEED TO CARRY THIS PRACTICE OVER TO MAC OR CAN I SIMPLY JUST HAVE ONE DRIVE(NOT SPLIT TO TWO OR MORE)?
PS: I know there are almost no viruses or malware for Mac so no need to point that out. Thank youThank you for both of your answers. At the same time I am back to square one
David, yes I do know back up. I have Time Machine running and backing up to my external HD as I type. I am also considering starting to use CCC to create an alternative to TM (as there seems to be a bit of confusion as to how it works, what it keeps and what it eventually dumps. It appears to work in a way where if you want to make sure your data is REALLY backed up you have to have the file on your primary HD at least 8 days so they make it to the weekly back up which stays until your back up drive fills up).
Anyone, any thoughts on the partition on Macs? Go for it or do not worry and keep just one? -
How do I partition my hard drive on the MacBook for 2 operating systems?
I am looking to partition the hard drive on my MacBook, so that I can use Leopard on half, and Windows on the other half. However,I don't know how to do this?
I personally would like it to be all Mac, but as my work applications and operating system is windows, I need to be able to do my work in windows...Help!
Also, I am looking to buy a new internal hard drive for my MacBook, somewhere between 250 GB and 500 GB. I wonder where I could get a good quality, and affordable MacBook hard drive from? It must be an internal hard drive, and must be a good quality product that doesn't hurt my machine.
All help and thoughts are appreciated!
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As far as windows goes, you need to decide how you're going to run it on your machine. Duo-boot like BootCamp or virtualization like Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion. Once determined, they each have their methods for allocation of disk drive space for windows. BootCamp works you through partitioning your drive while Parallels and VMWare sets up a virtual drive in the size you determine.
From experience, you will need less space for windows than you think. I made a 30GB virtual drive for xp and ended up cutting it back to about 8GB.
-GDF -
How do I partition my hard drive for boot camp?
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro1,2
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP12.0061.B03
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Okay so this is my machine. I want to run Boot Camp and to install Windows XP onto the machine as I need to use certain windows programmes for my business as well as the Mac stuff.
I have no idea how to partition some of my free 26gb space to create a drive to install windows onto?
Can any help please?dpx wrote:
If you do really want to partition your hard drive then you need to look in your utilities folder for disk utility.
Once this is open, click on your hard drive image in the left hand column and then you will see a partition tab. Here you can split your HD into two partitions. Call one of them XP or something like that so that you know where to install windows.
It's quite safe and you can always go back to one big partition if things do not work out.
Remember though to backup first...
To the OP
Do not heed this advice, you should use Boot Camp Assistant to create the partition for Boot Camp, do not use Disk Utility. -
How to Backup & Partition Internal Hard Drive
I have a macbook pro 2.4ghz. I need to partition my hard drive to have a separate volume for photoshop scratch disk. How do I actually back up the drive prior to the reformatting? Do I create a bootable clone to restore the main volume.
Specific steps would be very helpful. ThanksSo, using Carbon Copy Cloner I first do a full copy of my internal drive (the one I will partition). This will copy any data files as well, correct? I then format the internal drive, creating the partition I need (making sure one is adequate to hold my back up/full copy). How do I then restore the full copy from the external drive to the internal partition? Does this include the OS or do I need to reinstall that and run for all of the updates, etc?
The basic thing to keep in mind is if you want to clone a complete, bootable copy of your drive, the +target partition+ (regardless of how big whole drive is) has to be at least as large as the items on the partition you are copying. With this mode of copying it is all or none but you need to use it to get the bootable option.
Cloning will copy your data files, OSX, OS9, updates, etc., everything. It makes a _complete, bootable duplicate_ of your internal drive when used in full copy mode. So you need to start off with the external firewire empty, or not care about anything on it because it will all get erased.
First, repair permissions on your internal and make sure it is in a healthy condition. Then use CCC as I instructed in an earlier post and clone your internal to the external. Run Disk Utility and verify the external drive just to make sure there weren't any problems while cloning. Then go into your System Preferences, Startup Drive, select OSX that should now appear on your external, and restart. This does double duty of making sure that your clone really is bootable, and you are now working off your external drive so you can work on your internal drive from the external drive (no need for startup disks). Things should look pretty much identical to how they looked when you were working off your internal except your external drive will probably be positioned in the upper right hand corner instead of your internal.
Oh, if you have like 90 GB of files this can take quite a while.
Once you have established the external drive is working you can start up Disk Utility and partition your internal drive. Unless you need me to I will have breakfast now instead of doing a blow-by-blow account of that. Just keep in mind that if a "get info" of your external drive says you have xx.xx GB of stuff then you need to make sure one of your internal partitions is at least that size. Oh, it is probably a good idea to make the first partition on your internal drive the one to which you will re-clone (if that is a word) your original drive contents; the one with the operating system.
Once you have partitioned, you run CarbonCopyCloner and again use full copy mode to copy the things on your external onto one of the internal partitions. Run verify on the internal partition just to make sure all looks good. Use Startup disk to choose the internal's copy of OSX as startup and reboot.
At this stage you have one bootable internal partition with everything that used to be on that drive, and an external drive that is bootable. I find the latter very handy because Disk Utility requires you be booted from a different drive that that which you are repairing and using startup disks is slow.
You also now have a backup of your internal drive. If you want to, in future you can use CCC in non-full mode to backup your main internal partition. It will just copy off modified files, but you can read the details in the CCC Readme.
Brian
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