On Jan 4, 2009, at 10:51 AM, D Stubbs wrote:
> > > I just got in a new 500G Firewire 400 HD from OWC, (their WD > Neptune), I haven't had a large HD before so I first tried > searching this forum's archives - but didn't quite find an answer > to my question. > I see 3 possible ways to go before I put this to use. > My first unededucated thought is to make five folders, one for > backup, one music, one pics etc. > However, because of its size, is there any good reason to make say > 5 partitions of 100G each? > Or perhaps one 30G with Apps and System clones CCC'd as a boot > backup, and one 470 for everything else? > Thanks, Del > Glorious Sundogs and -21F this morn. > > Sawtooth 500Mhz > 1280Mb Memory > 160G (128) Seagate HD > OS10.4.11 > FW400 OWC 500G External HD > What I would do ----- Is to partition with 3 160GB partitions, and use the small partition left for OS9 (if you are still using OS9). Otherwise I'd just let Disk Utility make 3 equal size partitions out of it. That way any of the partitions will accommodate a 'clone' of your initial system. Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
