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HELP: Question about partitioning external drive
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1582285" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>I would assume your external drive is 500 GB (vs mb).</p><p></p><p>You def need to get some free space on that drive and defrag it at this point - if you're going to keep it in the machine.</p><p>No reason to be unsure - If you create a 200+ GB partition on your external that already has 400GB of data out of 500 GB - you will lose all the data on that drive.</p><p></p><p>Frankly, there does not exist a real solution for you that does not involve spending some cash. By real solution, I mean having plenty of free space on your internal drive so that the operating system can function properly and having all of your data backed up to at least one place. You simply do not have enough drive space for the amount of data you want to keep - it's time to get more.</p><p></p><p>What I would do in your situation - particularly in light of your ever growing music collection - replace the internal drive with a WD Black 750 GB drive - just get the WD7500BPKX version - $70 at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DSUTX3O/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. Clone your existing drive to it and pop it into your MBP. You'll also find it faster than the drive that came with your MBP.</p><p></p><p>The above is a minimum - that gives you all your music on your computer and over 50% free space which should keep you going for awhile. Keep using TM to back up to your existing external and use the drive you've removed from the MBP to create a 2nd backup of your music library.</p><p></p><p>As your library grows, you will need a new and larger external drive(s) for your backups.</p><p></p><p>When your library starts reaching 500GB or more, at that time you'll have to start looking at keeping your music/videos on external drives.</p><p>Typically meaning looking at RAID set ups or a minimum of 3 external drives in order to keep everything backed up adequately.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and never let your system drive - the one that you are booting the computer from go under 15% free space - and if you want to keep the OS running as fast as possible, you need 30% free and defrag the drive on occasion as the free space becomes fragmented.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1582285, member: 24160"] I would assume your external drive is 500 GB (vs mb). You def need to get some free space on that drive and defrag it at this point - if you're going to keep it in the machine. No reason to be unsure - If you create a 200+ GB partition on your external that already has 400GB of data out of 500 GB - you will lose all the data on that drive. Frankly, there does not exist a real solution for you that does not involve spending some cash. By real solution, I mean having plenty of free space on your internal drive so that the operating system can function properly and having all of your data backed up to at least one place. You simply do not have enough drive space for the amount of data you want to keep - it's time to get more. What I would do in your situation - particularly in light of your ever growing music collection - replace the internal drive with a WD Black 750 GB drive - just get the WD7500BPKX version - $70 at [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DSUTX3O/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]Amazon[/URL]. Clone your existing drive to it and pop it into your MBP. You'll also find it faster than the drive that came with your MBP. The above is a minimum - that gives you all your music on your computer and over 50% free space which should keep you going for awhile. Keep using TM to back up to your existing external and use the drive you've removed from the MBP to create a 2nd backup of your music library. As your library grows, you will need a new and larger external drive(s) for your backups. When your library starts reaching 500GB or more, at that time you'll have to start looking at keeping your music/videos on external drives. Typically meaning looking at RAID set ups or a minimum of 3 external drives in order to keep everything backed up adequately. Oh, and never let your system drive - the one that you are booting the computer from go under 15% free space - and if you want to keep the OS running as fast as possible, you need 30% free and defrag the drive on occasion as the free space becomes fragmented. [/QUOTE]
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