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External HD Partions w/ Disk Utility
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1552633" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>If you want different sized partitions - you would create 1 partition and set the size you desire for it.</p><p>Then create a 2nd partition from the free space - set the size you want for it.</p><p></p><p>You can also create the 2 (or more) partitions at the same time - then Disk Utility allows you to grab the line between the partitions and move it up/down to adjust the size of each partition.</p><p></p><p>If you don't make that manual adjustment, then the default is to make all partitions the same size.</p><p></p><p>You can check it out your self by highlighting the drive - go to the Partition tab, change it to 3 partitions - as an experiment - then try grabbing the line between partitions - it will not make any changes until you click on apply.</p><p></p><p>PS</p><p>Just to be clear - the "Erase" tab does not necessarily tell you anything about the current format of a partition.</p><p>Those are options for formatting after it is erased.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1552633, member: 24160"] If you want different sized partitions - you would create 1 partition and set the size you desire for it. Then create a 2nd partition from the free space - set the size you want for it. You can also create the 2 (or more) partitions at the same time - then Disk Utility allows you to grab the line between the partitions and move it up/down to adjust the size of each partition. If you don't make that manual adjustment, then the default is to make all partitions the same size. You can check it out your self by highlighting the drive - go to the Partition tab, change it to 3 partitions - as an experiment - then try grabbing the line between partitions - it will not make any changes until you click on apply. PS Just to be clear - the "Erase" tab does not necessarily tell you anything about the current format of a partition. Those are options for formatting after it is erased. [/QUOTE]
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