Hi, This can also be done on the fly without the need to erase the current data on the HD. Go into the Disk Utility, select the actual drive, not the specific volume, then select the Partition tab. Next, resize the current partition by entering a new size that is, in your case, 250 GB less than the current size. Then apply the change. Now, you’ll have dead space on your external HD. Press the Add Partition button and you can have this new partition use up the unallocated space on the HD. Thus, two partitions, and no need to copy data off the HD and totally reformat the drive. I’ve never had an issue with this although backing up data, if possible, is always recommended.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 7, 2015, at 11:14, jeff `greene <greenebo...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, the best way to do this is through disc utility. Bring up disc utility, select your external hard drive, select the partition tab and follow the instructions. It will ask you how many partitions and what sizes and formats you want. Hope this helps! Jeff On 2/7/15, Anouk Radix <radix.an...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have a 2 gb external hd which is now one big partition, its mac os x > extended journal format. > I want to preserve part of it for data storage and use a 250gb part for > carbon opy cloner. > What is the best way to go about this? > thanks, > Greetings, Anouk, > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
