I don't see why not. However, if you do that, you'll always be left with a drive with 2 partitions. If that's OK with you, that's not a problem. Otherwise, you'll have to have something big enough to store what you have in both partitions and performa low level format to create only a single partition and reload your stuff.
Sherman On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:45:59 -0400, Fluxstringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >That's what I said! I would worry about seeing HFS and HFS+ later. > >Unless your friend partition your drive so 1/2 is HFS and the other > >1/2 is HFS+, you should only have 1 format on your HD. > > > >Sherman > > > >On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:07:03 +0200, J.M.P.Hissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 31-07-2004 22:43, flawed jai, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: > >> > >> > when i read this in the external firewire hard drive thread, it startled > >> > snip < > >> > or is an external OS, on cd, the only way to crack the blockade? > >> > -janet- > >> > >> Would say: Start as follows: Put in a known-good startup-CD. Start up and > >> hold C till you see the smiling Mac. See if your Mac will start up. > >> If no: Let us know, you'll get another recipe. > >> If yes: See if your HD is mounted. > >> Yes: Open it and see what's on it. > >> Report what you see and you'll get answer. > >> If you are not sure about, make (a) window-screenshot(s) (hold: > >> Cmd+Shift+CapsLock+4 and click) and send this/these privatly to me (as you > >> cannot attach to listmail). You'll get an answer. > >> No, not mounted: > >> 1) See what ASP says > >> 2) "Report and wait for answer". > > > Being curious. > > _____________________________________ > > Assuming one had only a single hard drive. Would it be possible, > given enough free space, to copy all data to the HFS+ partition and > then reformat the other partition to HFS + ? > > I have plenty of drives myself but have been in the position of > having only one. And I know many listers probably have this sort of > concern > not having a way to backup data. > -- > Adrian > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
