On Aug 3, 2006, at 11:46 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > I just got a LaCie External HD 160 GB since my internal HD is > getting full. > > I am supposed to use Apple's Disk Utilities to initialize this new > HD in Mac OS Extended however I can't figure out how to do so. I > see options for First Aid, Erase, Partition, RAID and Restore. I > assume what I want is probably in the Partition section but I can't > see where or what. > > Also I am confused as to whether I should use Mac OS Extended > (Journaled), Mac OS Extended, Mac OS (Case-sensitive, Journaled), > Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive), UNIX File System and Free Space. > The current format of the LaCie HD is MS-DOS File System. Again I > am assuming I want Mac OS Extended, but it keeps jumping to Mac OS > Extended (Journaled). > > What do these different formats mean and what do I want. Also how > do I get it? > > Too many options is too confusing. Any help will be greatly > appreciated. > > Anne Cartwright
You'll find what you need under "Erase", after you select the target disk/volume from the left panel in Disk Utility. Also, there's lots of info on this subject right there under the Finder's main menu [Help>Mac Help]. : ) " Mac OS Extended format is a hard disk format that increases the number of allocation blocks on the disk from previous disk formats used by the Mac OS. This format also allows more than 65,000 files on the hard disk. Mac OS Extended format optimizes the storage capacity of large hard disks by decreasing the minimum size of a single file. A Mac OS Extended volume can be journaled, which means that the operating system keeps a continuous log (journal) of the changes made to the files on the volume. This helps the operating system restore the volume to a usable state when a power failure or other problem interrupts the disk's operation and damages files. " Regards, Russ Preston | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 25 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>
