Partitioning External HDD

[OS X Dude]

Hi,

If I want to back-up my Vista machines and Mac machines, I know I have to create an NTFS partition to go with my HFS one for the Mac.

If I partition the external HDD in Disk Utility, I get the horrible feeling it will format ALL the external drive to do it..... is this true?


Thanks.

 

[iBookG4user]

Yes, it will format all of the information on the external hard drive. Back up the external hard drive before you format and afterwards put your data back on.

 

[OS X Dude]

Oh nuts I can't back it up (in any case, it's only holding 30.3GB of data from my MacBook after it's first back up so it'd only be a case of plugging it back in after partitioning).



Thanks

 

[OS X Dude]

ooo yeah just something I forgot to add...

If I have a Windows and OS X partition on the external drive, will Vista only see the Windows partition when I plug it in, and will OS X only see the HFS partition when I plug it in?


Thanks again.