Hello-I'm wondering if this should matter or not. I changed the HD on my Pismo
a year ago,and put in a Seagate 80 gig model. When installing it, the Pismo
told me I needed to partition it, and asked how many I would like. I settled on
2 (I really didn't care); it told me I should choose more than two, so I chose
more. I tried four, six, eight, and so on. Each time, it told me that the
partition would be too large, so choose a higher number for a lower amount of
space in each one. The Pismo settled on 10 partitions,which puts each one at
just under 8 gigs each.
There was never much trouble from all this; I re-installed 10.39 (it's all I
had), and enjoyed the new HD. I've been told since.... that 10partitions is
strange, or stupid, or may be contributing to the slower and slower operations
(it's all about beachballs, all the time). I've only filled one partition now,
with programs and files and such (I think number 2 has a few things on it, but
all the rest are empty).
I use it only for internet; I have hardly anything else stored on it except
iPhotos.There are probably 70 gigs still free.
Will information retrieval spill over from one partition to the next
seamlessly, or do all these partitions confuse the Pismo? The Internet is all
beachballs... (firefox, safari, or Camino); and iTunes (4)is almost unusable,
stuttering and skipping. I know I should upgrade to 10.4.11at least, but I
haven't got a disk, and I can't afford Apple's price for one (what, $300?)and
I'm unwilling and too lazy to seek one out on the sly.
I check and repair disk permissions constantly; I know the iTunes problem is a
separate issueperhaps, so I'll just ask about all the partitions first. Is it
normal?
Oh, and the Seagate HD is wonderfully quiet; much more so than any Apple HD
I've had.
thanks,steve
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