Disk Utility - Partitioning an external HD

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  1. Eluzion, Oct 24, 2007

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    So I have an external HD that is currently one big partition (FAT32).

    I want to split it up into two partitions, one FAT32 and one Mac OS Extended. However, I have a lot of data on it now that I don't want to lose. Can I use Disk Utility to split the drive into two, creating a second Mac OS Extended partition without losing any data? Will it just resize the FAT32 partition and create a new Mac OS Extended partition, or does it format the entire drive then create the partitions?

    Thanks!
     
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  2. Eidorian, Oct 24, 2007

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    Disk Utility will destroy the current partition.
     
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  3. Eluzion, Oct 24, 2007

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    That's what I figured. Thanks.
     
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  4. ChrisA, Oct 24, 2007

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    "parted" can resize FAT32 partitions. Use it to shrink the current FAT32 and to add an HFS+. read more about it hare
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Parted
    The above page has links to other parttition editors
     
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