Thank you, Russ, for that thotful reply. Disk Utility normally will make three partitions, but not four.
First, I encrypted this disk. Then, I erased it (several times) but do not know what, I did to the separate encryption pass phrase area. Then I tried to partition it. Disk Utility would make two, but not three partitions I just tried partitioning a different disk into four, and Disk Utility will not do it, which leads me to believe that there is now an invisible encryption partition. —> On two other disks, I believe I have three partitions, one of which is encrypted, suggesting four partitions. Perhaps the fourth is cut out of the encrypted original three. When prepping to partition, I’m confronted with Options, Revert, and Apply. I believe kliking Options showed me nothing. But, I do remember looking for and not finding a GUID option. Now, all I have to do is find and eliminate the special encryption area. > On Jan 2, 2015, at 6:22 AM, R. D. Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > My experience is limited on this, but I’ll try to help. > > I went through the motions on a 2TB disk to change options > from a one to a three partition setup, and got no such warning > when selecting “3 partitions” from the [Partition Layout] pull- > down menu. Disk Utility did allow selection of 3 partitions > for setting up a disk and naming each as ‘untitled _’, however, > since the disk contains lots of stored personal data, I could not > follow through with an actual re-partitioning of the disk. > At present, I don’t have an empty disk to attempt re-partitioning > on this disk, but have successfully done it in the past. > > —— > > Question: > In the past, did you wipe/destroy the encryption partition as well > as the encryped rest-of-disk? This is a [separate] area that holds > the encrypting pass phrase for the rest of the disk to be encrypted > or decrypted with. > > Also: > Describe what was done just before the “…into two.” message > the app gave when you were using [ Disk Utility > Partition ] > onto the ‘root’ of the disk. > > -russ > > >> On Dec 31, 2014, at 1:55 AM, Nelsn Helm <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Partitioning a hard disk drive with Disk Utility, >> >> The hard drive was once encrypted, but is no longer. >> >> It has been erased several times in my efforts to partition into three >> volumes >> >> I read >> You may only split this partition into two. To do this, klik + >> >> Help >> _____________________ >> Nelsn Helm >> 4112 Massie Av 3 >> Louisville, KY 40207-2179 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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