Hi Peter, 2009/8/26 Peter Tomlinson <[email protected]>: > Regarding the formatting of drives does that include all external drives?
Snow Leopard will continue to read and write external disks (and thumb drives, etc.). The GUID partition issue is only relevant for disks onto which you are installing Snow Leopard. This is because GUID enables an Intel computer to boot using Snow Leopard. Since you are using Time Machine for backups, this is not considered Installing Snow Leopard for GUID purposes. If you ever needed to restore your computer, you'd most likely to do so by booting from a Mac OS X installation DVD, hence you don't need to reformat your Time Machine disk. If on the other hand you were making a "live backup" directly onto your external disk for booting in an emergency, the GUID rule would presumably apply. (?) James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
