Does A Hard Disk Need To Be Blank To Partition
[19 byte] By [rbfoye] at [2007-11-15 7:56:32] 
Please let me know.
# 1 Re: Does A Hard Disk Need To Be Blank To Partition
No, it doesn't need to be blank to partition it, but as far as I know (unless you're willing to run really big risks), there's no way to re-partition a hard drive under any MacOS without losing the data on it. FWB Hard Disk Toolkit claims to do this, but I had such bad luck with that program that I wrote it off (note to self -- don't believe the claims in FWB promotional materials).There are Windows programs that can do this for Windows drives.
Osakans at 2007-11-17 10:41:25 >
# 2 Re: Does A Hard Disk Need To Be Blank To Partition
No. Contents are deleted while partitioning.murbot at 2007-11-17 10:42:33 >
# 3 Re: Does A Hard Disk Need To Be Blank To Partition
It's 6 of one, half-a-dozen of the other, but isn't it the necessary formatting AFTER the partitioning that actually wipes out the info.?Kind of like "it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end." :D :p <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
CosmoNut at 2007-11-17 10:43:31 >
# 4 Re: Does A Hard Disk Need To Be Blank To Partition
data will be lost if you partition your harddrive.but, as harddrive's get cheaper and cheaper i don't understand the point in partition's.
if the disk goes bad - the data on both partition's are lost.
unless... you own a imac... or a ibook... or a powerbook...
ok! ok!
forget it!
peve at 2007-11-17 10:44:37 >
# 5 Re: Does A Hard Disk Need To Be Blank To Partition
[quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:<strong>It's 6 of one, half-a-dozen of the other, but isn't it the necessary formatting AFTER the partitioning that actually wipes out the info.?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well, I was thinking along these lines:
1. Buddy clicks "Partition".
2. Buddy's data goes bye-bye.
3. Buddy scratches head. <insert flies buzzing>
:D
murbot at 2007-11-17 10:45:35 >
# 6 Re: Does A Hard Disk Need To Be Blank To Partition
Originally posted by murbot [quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:
<strong>It's 6 of one, half-a-dozen of the other, but isn't it the necessary formatting AFTER the partitioning that actually wipes out the info.?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well, I was thinking along these lines:
1. Buddy clicks "Partition".
2. Buddy's data goes bye-bye.
3. Buddy scratches head. <insert flies buzzing>
:D
4. Buddy calls Einstein Express to get yesterday's hard drive back.
GardenOfEarthlyDelights at 2007-11-17 10:47:35 >
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