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<blockquote data-quote="MediumTealBlu" data-source="post: 709917" data-attributes="member: 64422"><p>I have a MacBook that I purchased about 2 years ago and it came with a 100gig (I think) hard drive. Well, recently that one had a "Fatal Error" and crapped up. Wasn't worth sending it to the apple store or warranty stuff (which warranty is currently nonexistant) so I purchased a 320gig Western Digital Hard Drive and installed myself. Also purchased leopard and upgraded; Everything works like a charm. </p><p></p><p>I got time machine and it hit me; I've never really used up a lot of space. On my old 100gig harddrive, I had at least 50gigs left because I always delete what is not needed (and also lost a lot of important things). Now, I have 200gigs of open space I won't use.</p><p></p><p>Question is; <strong>Can I partition my Mac Hard Drive and use the new partition to put my backups from time machine on?</strong> Would mac freak out or would it be fine? and also, If I can do this, <strong>Can I use boot camp to partition so I don't have to reinstall everything?</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MediumTealBlu, post: 709917, member: 64422"] I have a MacBook that I purchased about 2 years ago and it came with a 100gig (I think) hard drive. Well, recently that one had a "Fatal Error" and crapped up. Wasn't worth sending it to the apple store or warranty stuff (which warranty is currently nonexistant) so I purchased a 320gig Western Digital Hard Drive and installed myself. Also purchased leopard and upgraded; Everything works like a charm. I got time machine and it hit me; I've never really used up a lot of space. On my old 100gig harddrive, I had at least 50gigs left because I always delete what is not needed (and also lost a lot of important things). Now, I have 200gigs of open space I won't use. Question is; [B]Can I partition my Mac Hard Drive and use the new partition to put my backups from time machine on?[/B] Would mac freak out or would it be fine? and also, If I can do this, [B]Can I use boot camp to partition so I don't have to reinstall everything?[/B] [/QUOTE]
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