Trying to partition my new macbook pro 15" 320 gig hard drive... Taking a long time

[bliks]

I am trying to partition the drive to split the drive into a 35GB portion for all my music.

The disk utility has said modifying partition map for about 30 minutes... how long does this process usually take?

 

[TooSixy]

30 secs on mine.

 

[sehnsucht77]

the machine might be going over a bad sector. the process shouldn't take that long. i partitioned a terabyte in a few minutes.

 

[bliks]

I let it sit fror an extra 10 minutes then I had to leave for work.

I'll try again tonight, but what am I supposed to do for the partition... Can anything be done about this... or am I just SOL on the whole matter?

Thanks,

Cory

 

[alphaod]

If your drive is fragmented it takes a long time to repartition it.

 

[sehnsucht77]

I let it sit fror an extra 10 minutes then I had to leave for work.

I'll try again tonight, but what am I supposed to do for the partition... Can anything be done about this... or am I just SOL on the whole matter?

Thanks,

Cory

try running a disk error utility on it to identify if any bad sectors are present.

 

[bliks]

If your drive is fragmented it takes a long time to repartition it.

I just bought the computer though, theres no way it should be fraggmented?

try running a disk error utility on it to identify if any bad sectors are present.

How would I go about doing that?

I'm a mac newb if you couldn't tell, lol. Long time windows user and new mac convert

 

[sehnsucht77]

I just bought the computer though, theres no way it should be fraggmented?




How would I go about doing that?

I'm a mac newb if you couldn't tell, lol. Long time windows user and new mac convert

exactly. it shouldn't be a problem to partition a blank disk hence the conjecture about the bad sector.

break out your manual and read up on the Software Restore Disk that came with your computer. the thing should have a utility in there that functions like chkdsk on steroids. load the software on bootup.

if you've been a windows user for a long time, you should be able to load a windows boot prompt on the disk and do diagnostics that way from a bootable ISO. hope you've kept up with your DOS command skillz.....

 

[bliks]

exactly. it shouldn't be a problem to partition a blank disk hence the conjecture about the bad sector.

break out your manual and read up on the Software Restore Disk that came with your computer. the thing should have a utility in there that functions like chkdsk on steroids. load the software on bootup.

All right perfect!! thnank you so much!

Ill give it a shot when I get home.

-Cory