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iMac - Partition Problem, Experts Needed!!!
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 Member Since: Jan 27, 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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 Mac Specs: IMAC 500 GB 4 GB RAM
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08-04-2008, 07:10 AM
I've been cracking my head trying to figure this one out. I purchased an IMAC with Leopard OS installed about a year ago. I partitioned the HD and installed Tiger to run the music software, Pro Tools. Everything has been well for the year but I now want to make a 3rd partition. I go to disk utilities and go through the partition process with no luck: I tried to partition through the Leopard OS and it says: Partition Failed Partition failed with the error: Filesystem verify or repair failed. I went to the First Aid tab, clicked the 'repair disk permissions' and 'verify disk permissions' tabs and everything was repaired but still no luck. Then... I tried to partition through the Tiger OS and it says: This disk contains the start up volume and can't be partitioned. I'm out of ideas. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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Member Since: Jan 27, 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 3
Mac Specs: IMAC 500 GB 4 GB RAM
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08-04-2008, 07:34 AM
I've been cracking my head trying to figure this one out. I purchased an IMAC with Leopard OS installed about a year ago. I partitioned the HD and installed Tiger to run the music software, Pro Tools. Everything has been well for the year but I now want to make a 3rd partition. I go to disk utilities and go through the partition process with no luck: I tried to partition through the Leopard OS and it says: Partition Failed Partition failed with the error: Filesystem verify or repair failed. I went to the First Aid tab, clicked the 'repair disk permissions' and 'verify disk permissions' tabs and everything was repaired but still no luck. Then... I tried to partition through the Tiger OS and it says: This disk contains the start up volume and can't be partitioned. I'm out of ideas. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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08-04-2008, 08:22 AM
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