marknicholls said:
can anyone shed any light on the differnce between Journaled and not Journaled? i really dont know what to use on my backup cartridge
Journaled mode is a form of protection for the drive. Basically, the journal keeps a log of all changes to the drive, and if something goes wrong, the journal is used to revert the drive to a known good state. I recommend enabling journaling for Mac OS backup volumes.
marknicholls said:
Hey
Also, which option do i choose? Zero All Data? or 8 way random write format? whats the difference??
I was thinking of partitioning my HDD on my mac, to leave a partition for OS and programs, and a partition for my home (my docs etc) how would i do this on a mac? i have looked in the disc utlity program, and i cant partition the HDD.....in windows i would partition the HDD and drag the my documents folder over......how do i do this on a mac?
Thanks Guys
You don't need to choose either option unless you want to make sure all traces of the old data are gone after the format, and you're prepared to wait several hours for the format to complete.
To partition a Mac OS disk, open Disk Utility, select the disk you want partitioned (the disk is the thing that starts "(capacity)(manufacturer)", for example "100 GB Maxtor"; as opposed to the volume(s), each of which has a name like "Macintosh HD"), and click the Partition tab. The Partition tab won't appear if you select a volume instead of a disk. Once you've got the Partition tab open, select the partitioning scheme you want, then click Partition. WARNING: This will format the disk, erasing all data. Make sure you have anything you want saved backed up before partitioning.