Erase First, Then Partition?

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  1. bob2131, Nov 8, 2009

    bob2131 macrumors 6502a

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    hi
    got an external drive (NTFS)
    I want to use it for mac.

    Do i just partition it into 2 partitions?
    Or do i need to ERASE it into one Mac Journalled volume first??

    Im erasing it now, it says its gonna take 12 hours. :)eek:)

    Or is erasing the first step.
    And then partitioning is the second step.
    Two distinct processes/operations, right?

    (i basically want two partitions on it, both OSX journalled. One for super super, and the other to maybe try sandbox or just storage or maybe time machine.

    cheers.
     
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  2. Tumbleweed666, Nov 8, 2009

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    The only reason to erase is to make sure no one else can access any data that was previously on there. If thats not a concern, just partition it.
     
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  3. bob2131, Nov 8, 2009

    bob2131 thread starter macrumors 6502a

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    thanks

    yeah just about to cancel now......11 hours?!?! forget that.

    just gonna partition then....
     
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