Partitioning in Setup

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JasonBourneOSX

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jul 5, 2008

• #1

Hi all,

Im pretty new to OSX leopard and was wondering if there were an option to partition internal drives during setup (when OSX is being installed)


thanks in advance!

 

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trainguy77

macrumors 68040

• Jul 5, 2008

• #2

Yes you can. Using disk utility (its in one of the menus) As soon as the disk loads.

However, what are you attempting to gain by partitioning it?

 

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JasonBourneOSX

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jul 5, 2008

• #3

well its mostly a windows habit but I think it might help with organization. On macs do you put documents, photos etc in the home folder? (/home)

 

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trainguy77

macrumors 68040

• Jul 6, 2008

• #4

There is a user folder yes that has a home looking folder. Within it there is folders for documents,music, movies, pictures and a couple other things. You can of coarse make your own folders if needed. They do the same thing as partitions for organization except within locking hard drive space into a partition. Of coarse its not always locked in as you can resize them. But its better just not to have the issue in the first place.

 

phalewhale

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 6, 2008

• #5

JasonBourneOSX said:

well its mostly a windows habit but I think it might help with organization. On macs do you put documents, photos etc in the home folder? (/home)

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The only reason I did that under Windows was so that I didn't need to restore all of my old files each time I needed to wipe and reinstall Windows. Been a Mac user for 3 years now and I aint ever had to do that except when purchasing a new mac.