OS 10.5 - Time Machine?

immaculate · immaculate #1 (**permalink**)

01-14-2008, 08:38 PM

Is there anyway I can use my hdd without reformatting it? I have no place to put 122GB.

bubba · bubba #2 (**permalink**)

01-14-2008, 08:52 PM

The drive has to be formatted HFS in order for Time Machine to work. So, if it isn't formatted HFS then you can't use it for Time Machine until it is.

immaculate · immaculate #3 (**permalink**)

01-14-2008, 11:19 PM

Will I still be able to use it as a mass storage device as well?

Kash · Kash #4 (**permalink**)

01-15-2008, 12:07 AM

If you format it as HFS, it'll wipe your drive clean, so that's not exactly an option for you.

I believe Disk Utility is a non-destructive partitioning program. You should be able to create an HFS partition on your external drive while leaving your data intact. You can then direct Time Machine to use this newly created partition for your backups.

However, I'm not 100% certain if Disk Utility will leave your data intact. I would wait on confirmation by somebody who has actually done this before going ahead and doing it yourself.

BigSexy135 · BigSexy135 #5 (**permalink**)

01-15-2008, 10:31 PM

yeah I had the exact same problem when I upgraded to leopard and I was not expecting it! I was lucky enough to have space on my iMac's 250 gb hd to temporarily place the contents of external harddrive while i formatted it. I would suggest just getting rid of some of the stuff you don't need if you can, and then copy the rest to your internal drive.

Kash #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	01-15-2008, 12:07 AM If you format it as HFS, it'll wipe your drive clean, so that's not exactly an option for you. I believe Disk Utility is a non-destructive partitioning program. You should be able to create an HFS partition on your external drive while leaving your data intact. You can then direct Time Machine to use this newly created partition for your backups. However, I'm not 100% certain if Disk Utility will leave your data intact. I would wait on confirmation by somebody who has actually done this before going ahead and doing it yourself. June 2007 July 2009
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Member Since: Nov 04, 2007 Posts: 25	01-15-2008, 10:31 PM yeah I had the exact same problem when I upgraded to leopard and I was not expecting it! I was lucky enough to have space on my iMac's 250 gb hd to temporarily place the contents of external harddrive while i formatted it. I would suggest just getting rid of some of the stuff you don't need if you can, and then copy the rest to your internal drive. iMac 20" 2Ghz 2gb RAM (10.5) + 500gb WD Mybook Pro
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immaculate #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 06, 2007 Location: i'm here, there, everywhere i can't be seen i'm all over nah meen? Posts: 52 Mac Specs: 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo	01-14-2008, 08:38 PM Is there anyway I can use my hdd without reformatting it? I have no place to put 122GB.
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bubba #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 05, 2007 Posts: 502	01-14-2008, 08:52 PM The drive has to be formatted HFS in order for Time Machine to work. So, if it isn't formatted HFS then you can't use it for Time Machine until it is.
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