Russ, thanks for the advice. i actually decided to just go ahead and do it the long way. I remembered that i could use my iPod, so i deleted the music on it, and deleted the music files on the Powerbook. between the two of them, there is enough free space to transfer everything from the external, reformat, and transfer back.
now i just need to import the "selected" songs back into my local (powerbook) library, and sync the iPod. not as easy as a resize partition program i would imagine, but what the heck? rick On Jan 18, 2006, at 2:36 PM, R. D. Preston wrote: > 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 > > Also try: > > <http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/ > ipartition.html> > > It's a demo version. Full version is $45. > -- like VolumeWorks, it, too, has dynamic repartitioning (resize > without erasing). > > Regards, > Russ Preston > > > > > | 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>
