Hmm interesting. Looks like I'll have to do it in the other platform but not sure on that one. Might email apple about it later. Maybe theyhave a suggestion. I don't wan tot buy a piece of software I'll only use once. lol!
On Dec 3, 2010, at 19:51, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > oh yeah. the computer management/local hard disks interface is mostly > graphical. I am not sure the button would be visible. > > -Eric > > On Dec 3, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Ok this is odd. I went to partition my 2tb external drive and I can't find >> the partition button that the articles say should be there. Um? what the >> heck? I did format it to be ntfs though >> On Nov 30, 2010, at 6:22 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >>> ok, >>> a 32 bit OS will not be able to properly address a 2 TB drive without some >>> special drivers or perhaps making the cluster sizes (in windows) overly >>> large (in order to keep the cluster count within the supported addressable >>> range). I am not sure what OS X uses for this as I have never had to put >>> more than a 60GB drive in my machine. >>> >>> -Eric >>> >>> On Nov 30, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> I am using a 32 bit OS for both mac and windows. >>>> On Nov 30, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >>>> >>>>> unless you have some significant issues, >>>>> you can single partition that drive (assuming you are using a 64 bit OS). >>>>> otherwise, I'd slice it down into 4 500 GB partitions. that generally >>>>> makes the cluster sizes a little smaller, and thus allows for better data >>>>> storage. >>>>> >>>>> -Eric >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 30, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm just worried that it will be unstable in windows. I don't feel like >>>>>> loosing 2 tb of data. Ok about 720 gigs but yeah. >>>>>> On Nov 29, 2010, at 11:39 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Oh snaps, well that means you can partition your hardrive at your will >>>>>>> :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
