HD partition question

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BenWakin

macrumors member

Original poster

• Sep 19, 2003

• #1

I want to split my HD so I can use half of it to put all my music and the other half for all my other applications. When I open up Disk Utility and select my HD, it won't let me partition it. Why not? If this info helps, I'm running 10.2.6 on an iBook.

 

bousozoku

Moderator emeritus

• Sep 19, 2003

• #2

Make sure you're booting from the Mac OS X CD-ROM because you can't format the drive from which you're currently booted.

 

FattyMembrane

macrumors 6502a

• Sep 19, 2003

• #3

to partition your hard disk, you would have to erase it, you can't partition a formatted disk. you could back up everything, reformat your disk with two partitions and re-install your things, but it might be more trouble than it's worth.

 

crazzyeddie

macrumors 68030

• Sep 19, 2003

• #4

I dont really see why you would want to do that, since the music folder is in your home folder, and tends to work better on the same partition...

 

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BenWakin

macrumors member

Original poster

• Sep 19, 2003

• #5

Thanks for the info. Just wanted to know for future references.