Creating a new partition

avin7000 · avin7000 #1 (**permalink**)

05-05-2011, 11:07 AM

HI all ! Newbie here

So currently I have 400GB Mac Partition and 100GB windows NTFS.

Now I want to create another partition from 400GB. So it should be

100GB Mac HD
100GB Windows NTFS [OS]
300GB New NTFS created from Mac HD

Thanks a lot

MightyGem · MightyGem #2 (**permalink**)

05-05-2011, 01:59 PM

Is it an internal or external drive? What OS have you got?

chscag · chscag #3 (**permalink**)

05-05-2011, 02:03 PM

You're going to need something like "iPartition" in order to non destructively create another partition from the existing one. It's a bit pricey at $44.95 but well worth the cost.

avin7000 · avin7000 #4 (**permalink**)

05-05-2011, 02:09 PM

It is an internal drive. I am on 10.6.6.

But anyways I figured it out myself. All I needed to press that + button

Mac Noob here

chscag · chscag #5 (**permalink**)

05-05-2011, 02:21 PM

OK, great. Thanks for posting back and hopefully you didn't lose any data in the process. Normally, Disk Utility will work if the drive has plenty of empty space. But keep in mind that if you have lots of data, you'll need intelligent partitioning software. Keep iPartition in mind.

avin7000 · avin7000 #6 (**permalink**)

05-05-2011, 02:24 PM

No I didn't lose any data. First googled and got iPartition, but without a bootable DVD it's of no use, did I get right ?

avin7000 · avin7000 #7 (**permalink**)

07-29-2011, 03:16 AM

Thanks for replying ben, but I no longer have this problem

bobtomay · bobtomay #8 (**permalink**)

07-29-2011, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by avin7000

Thanks for replying ben, but I no longer have this problem

And he's gone now. That particular company is always trying new ways to get links to their software posted in forums.

avin7000 · avin7000 #9 (**permalink**)

07-29-2011, 06:28 AM

btw isn't that companies data recovery tools are good ? I read about them in Chip magazine.

bobtomay · bobtomay #10 (**permalink**)

07-29-2011, 06:35 AM

??? I personally refuse to use any software whose developers resort to spamming. And as long as they're spamming, their software will not touch one of my machines.

The most highly recommended would probably be Data Rescue 3 and Disk Warrior.

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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,978 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	05-05-2011, 02:21 PM OK, great. Thanks for posting back and hopefully you didn't lose any data in the process. Normally, Disk Utility will work if the drive has plenty of empty space. But keep in mind that if you have lots of data, you'll need intelligent partitioning software. Keep iPartition in mind. Community Guidelines
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avin7000 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 05, 2011 Posts: 54	05-05-2011, 11:07 AM HI all ! Newbie here So currently I have 400GB Mac Partition and 100GB windows NTFS. Now I want to create another partition from 400GB. So it should be 100GB Mac HD 100GB Windows NTFS [OS] 300GB New NTFS created from Mac HD Thanks a lot
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MightyGem #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 29, 2010 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 1,296 Mac Specs: PPC Mini, 10.4.11. Intel Mini, 10.6.8. White MacBook, 10.6.8. iPhone 3GS.	05-05-2011, 01:59 PM Is it an internal or external drive? What OS have you got?
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avin7000 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 05, 2011 Posts: 54	05-05-2011, 02:09 PM It is an internal drive. I am on 10.6.6. But anyways I figured it out myself. All I needed to press that + button Mac Noob here
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avin7000 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: May 05, 2011 Posts: 54	05-05-2011, 02:24 PM No I didn't lose any data. First googled and got iPartition, but without a bootable DVD it's of no use, did I get right ?
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avin7000 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: May 05, 2011 Posts: 54	07-29-2011, 03:16 AM Thanks for replying ben, but I no longer have this problem
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avin7000 #9 (permalink)
Member Since: May 05, 2011 Posts: 54	07-29-2011, 06:28 AM btw isn't that companies data recovery tools are good ? I read about them in Chip magazine.
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