Firewire, Partitioning, and Windows

[Clusty]

I have an old computer with a 130GB Harddrive. Can I partition the harddrive to where half of it is Windows, and the other partition is(empty) for using as an external drive for MacBook? I'd be connecting via firewire.

 

[HLdan]

These questions really are to be posted in the "Windows on a Mac" forum since it's really a Windows question.

 

[Sijmen]

Yes. Here are two ways to do it:

1. Use Disk Utility to partition the drive. Use the MBR format so Windows can boot from the disk. Create two partitions, one NTFS for Windows, and one HFS+ for your Mac stuff. Then install Windows.

2. Use Windows Setup to partition the disk. Create a partition for Windows and install Windows on it. Leave space for the Mac partition. Then create a HFS+ partition using Disk Utility.

 

[Clusty]

Yes. Here are two ways to do it:

1. Use Disk Utility to partition the drive. Use the MBR format so Windows can boot from the disk. Create two partitions, one NTFS for Windows, and one HFS+ for your Mac stuff. Then install Windows.

2. Use Windows Setup to partition the disk. Create a partition for Windows and install Windows on it. Leave space for the Mac partition. Then create a HFS+ partition using Disk Utility.

Thank you.

These questions really are to be posted in the "Windows on a Mac" forum since it's really a Windows question.

This isn't "Windows on a Mac".

 

[HLdan]

Thank you.


This isn't "Windows on a Mac".

Oops sorry, my bad, I just re-read your question. Lately there's been so many questions on the Mac forum about just running Windows and people ignore the Windows section.
Again sorry about that.

 

[Clusty]

Oops sorry, my bad, I just re-read your question. Lately there's been so many questions on the Mac forum about just running Windows and people ignore the Windows section.
Again sorry about that.

I understand, no problem.


Another question, when you partition a drive, will it fully format it?

 

[Sijmen]

I believe that you can resize FAT and HFS+ partitions using Disk Utility without data loss, but changing the format to MBR will wipe your disk.

 

[Mechcozmo]

Another question, when you partition a drive, will it fully format it?

Assume it will. Safer for your data and subsequent sanity.