Hey Brian, et al, I work with a couple of mixed networks of many, many Macs Windose and SGIs. Although everyone has their own way of doing things, I cannot imagine an operating instance were partitioned, fixed storage is not the best way to go. Chances are...if you bought your drive recently, it's of a fair size. If you have a Mac running under OS_X, but that will boot into OS_09, all's the better! Use one partition for OS_09 and you can forget about wasting time with "Classic". If you don't still revert to OS_09, on occasion, use one partition for a "System/apps drive" and one for "documents". I have high-end Macs that are used to edit News for a National TV Network. I have a "sys/app" drive and a large "media" drive, partitioned into seven partitions, one for each day of the week. That way, as the weeks turn over, I erase one partition at a time and all the video stays on-line for a week. If I do have a problem with a partition, I don't lose all the other data. I just went through his with a friend who called me to save them from a catastrophic Windose crash. They had only one partition for all their stuff (three years of digital photos). ....and Windose would not reload. "Game Over". Off to the shop for an expensive, time consuming work-around. My opinion?.....Don't worry, be happy, that you have a storage cabinet with more than one drawer. d
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 8:25 PM To: Mac Canada Subject: Re: Hard drive problem I've used iPartition for messing around with partitions without reinitializing the drive (and had success with it), but I certainly would not recommend doing so without making a full backup. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23828 AD On 26-Feb-05, at 8:01 PM, Dr. Brian Ferris wrote: > I bought an external HD for my G4 a while ago and foolishly > partitioned it into 4 sections. Not surprisingly, now I wish I hadn't. > Does anyone know of a way I can recombine them without a total removal > of all programs and then reformatting? Is there any program capable of > this. I'd like to spare myself the hassle of reinstalling every single > software and then updating every one that has been updated since, > individually. -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
