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<blockquote data-quote="colmack" data-source="post: 1624769" data-attributes="member: 334352">I have a one TB portable HDD.I recently switched from Windows to Mac - this means I have a number of Windows files that I want to keep.I would like to partition the drive so that most of the it was one large partition (say, 800 GB) with which I could use the Mac's Time Machine for backup, and the other 200 GB was compatible with both Windows and Mac, so that I can keep a collection of movies (Mac format) which I do not require to be backed up, and also a handful of important Windows files from my old computer.I know that exFAT format is compatible with Windows and Mac, but when a drive is used with Time Machine it has to be formatted differently, and the only way of having two partitions is to have 2x 500 GB, one for use with Time Machine and the other suited only to Mac files.This is how I have things at present: the Time Machine partition is smaller than I want it, and the other partition (a) bigger than I want it, and (b) not compatible with Windows. Is there a way around this, preferably that does not involve buying software?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="colmack, post: 1624769, member: 334352"] I have a one TB portable HDD. I recently switched from Windows to Mac - this means I have a number of Windows files that I want to keep. I would like to partition the drive so that most of the it was one large partition (say, 800 GB) with which I could use the Mac's Time Machine for backup, and the other 200 GB was compatible with both Windows and Mac, so that I can keep a collection of movies (Mac format) which I do not require to be backed up, and also a handful of important Windows files from my old computer. I know that exFAT format is compatible with Windows and Mac, but when a drive is used with Time Machine it has to be formatted differently, and the only way of having two partitions is to have 2x 500 GB, one for use with Time Machine and the other suited only to Mac files. This is how I have things at present: the Time Machine partition is smaller than I want it, and the other partition (a) bigger than I want it, and (b) not compatible with Windows. Is there a way around this, preferably that does not involve buying software? [/QUOTE]

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