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How to Partition external HD

by jhopp Jun 9, 2005 2:43AM PDT

I'm running XP on a Compaq Presario 6027 with an 80GB HD. I also have an external Mextor 120 GB HD that I use for "One Touch Backup" (Retrospect) .

I'd like to partition the external HD into 2 drives (i.e. 60GB each), one for backup and the other for MP3, jpg files.

The directions within Disk Management says to right click on the unallocated space, which in my case is only 2GB's, the balance (111 GB) is allocated space.

How do I partition the extermal drive into two 60GB drives?

Joe

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How to Partition external HD

by jcrobso Jun 17, 2005 3:14AM PDT

You wil have delete the parition that is there, then create 2 new parations, ALL data will be lost. OR!
Patirion Magic will do the job. Resize the current partion and create new one and fromat it.
I have used this on internal drives but never tried it on an externial drive. John

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Thanks - another question

by jhopp Jun 19, 2005 4:14AM PDT

Is there any real benefit to reformating the external drive into two separate physical drives?

Joe

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