On Nov 5, 2008, at 9:23 AM, dc wrote:
>
> When you partition a hard drive you "lose" some of the space to the
> drivers that the system needs to install. Your back-up partition
> should be several gigs larger that your system to allow for the
> drivers and to allow for more files you might add in the future. Try
> re-partioning yuor 259 GB drive into something like 59/200.
>
> On Nov 4, 7:56 pm, Wilton Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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]
Is it possible to re-partition a disk without erasing everything and
starting over?
Wilton
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