> > On Apr 5, 2009, at 9:30 AM, George R.Hozendorf wrote: > > > I'd like to split an internal HD into Mac OS Extended and NTFS, but > > Disk Utility only gives me the format option of Mac OS Extended > > (Journaled). Is there any way to do this without losing the data on > > the Mac partition?
Firstly, I'd recommend a complete backup before playing with the partitions on your hard drive. I believe the proper term for this is "non-destructive repartitioning". To the best of my knowledge (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) the Disk Utility GUI will not allow you to do this. For that operation, you will need the command line utility "diskutil" with the "resizeVolume" parameter. Or perhaps, "splitPartition" would work better. At any rate, once you're done with "diskutil" you'll end up with your data on a shrunk HFS+ (aka OS X) partition, with a new blank HFS+ partition. With NTFS-3G and MacFuse (I believe Bruce mentioned this) installed, you should then be able to erase the blank HFS+ and reformat it as NTFS. I've not tried it with a Mac, but the GParted LiveCD has worked beautifully for me on PCs. Supposedly it can move and shrink HFS+ partitions, but not make them larger. I'm also not sure if it can work with GPT drives or not. However, if all else fails you might want to give it a spin. Eric --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
