thanks. i may end up having to go that route, but i was trying to avoid it because i have more stuff on the external than will fit on the frees pace on my powerbook. i guess i'll just have to burn everything to a dvd and then reimport it, but i was hoping to avoid such a thing.
and i'd rather not spend $60 on a program that i would (most likely) only use once. rick. On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Jerry Freeman wrote: > VolumneWorks, is $60. I would just drag the contents to your HD's, > repartition the external, and draggem back...jf > > http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php? > main_page=product_info&products_id=6 > > On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:09 AM, b3 wrote: > >> Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the >> partitions on my external drive? >> >> I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had partitioned >> into two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for >> full copy bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and >> such. >> >> Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd like to >> change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB >> for backups, 80GB for extra storage - >> >> i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives, as i >> have my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only >> keep a portion of my music on the portables, and use an >> applescript to make iTunes check at startup to see if the external >> library is present, saving space and time). >> >> so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't have >> too, as this is a one time deal. >> >> rick >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
