On Nov 5, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Charles Davis wrote: > > Hi Wilton; > The problem was that you made the smaller partition as large as the > 'used' space on the 80G internal HD --- You forgot about things > 'growing' over time. IF you had made the partition 80GB to start > with, you would have been O.K. > > Chuck D. > > > On Nov 4, 2008, at 7:56 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I bought a 259GB external disk to use for backing up my internal >> 80GB HD on my eMac, which is using OS 10.5.5. One of my friends on >> the email circuit recommended that I divide the disk into two >> partitions, one the same size as my internal HD ( 80GB ) and the >> other what was left. They said I should connect the larger one to >> the Time Machine so it will be constantly up to date. I should >> backup the smaller one every month or so to bring it up to date. >> Imagine my surprise today when I switched to the smaller backup >> partition and got a message that I needed 42.4 GB and I only had >> 41.5GB, so I couldn't backup. >> Any suggestions? >> Thanks >> >> Wilton >> Wilton Shaw >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> I made the smaller portion a full 80 GB. The used area is 38.53 GB >> and the free area is 41.47 GB, which adds up to 80 GB. The message >> I got said I needed 42.4 so the Time Machine wouldn't work. I think >> 41.47 GB is plenty of space to make a few upgrades. Wilton
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