OS X :: Partition Single Physical Drive With Two Tables?
Jun 29, 2009
I have a 250GB firewire drive. I have a G5 iMac and an Intel iMac. I'd like to make bootable clones (about 60GB each) of each for off site backup, so two logical partitions. As far as I can see, the partition table scheme is determined at the physical drive level. But I need the logical drives to be Apple for the G5 partition and GUID for the Intel partition (please correct me if I am wrong) in order for them to be bootable. Is there any way around this, or do I need two physical drives after all?
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Jul 30, 2009
I've been running Fusion for quite a while and have a VMDK (XP) that is fully configured and running all the tools I need. My question is - is there a way to convert the VMDK over to a Boot Camp partition? I'm trying to avoid reinstalling all the tools I have on the VMDK.
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Sep 7, 2010
Got my first MacBook Pro about 2 months ago and I have been enjoying it to full effect, installing programs such as logic studio and photoshop cs5 on it. Recently, however, I decided that I would like to access some of my windows based programs when I am on the road and don't have my desktop pc with me. So I bought a fresh copy of 32-bit Windows 7 Ultimate and sat at my macbook, put the disc in and then loaded up Boot Camp. I went through the menu options, decided that I wanted a 50GB partition, leaving my Mac OS drive at 182 GB with 83GB to spare. However, when I started partitioning, after about a minute it stopped and this error message appeared: "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.".
I tried cleaning all my temporary files and deleting some files in my downloads that were quite large and I restarted my machine. The problem persisted. Is there a solution to this problem that does not involve doing all this rubbish with a fresh install of Mac OS? I don't have any method of backup apart from a couple of 4GB flash drives..
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Aug 4, 2009
I wiped out my hfs+ partition (don't ask me how, suffice it to say that me, the computer nerd, made a STUPID mistake). I have my Tiger install disc. I need SOME way (possibly from a Windows partition?) to format only a SINGLE partition to hfs+ (I already have the unallocated space ready to be formatted) without losing any other data, as I no longer have a way to re-install Windows if I wipe it out, and I need Windows (I just don't want to ONLY have Windows!)
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Apr 14, 2009
I bought a 320Gb external HDD which was to replace my internal 160Gb drive in my Unibody Macbook.
I used SuperDuper! to copy my original disk on to the new one, then swapped the disks. My 160Gb is no loger working, which is fine, but I want to install a fresh OSX on to the new hard drive. I can use the Disk at the moment but the mac can't boot from it. I need to hold down the option key and select it at startup, I presume because of the format/partition type.
When I try to do a fresh install of OSX, I get an error saying cannot install on this disk because of partition type (GUID Tables).
I'm not allowed to do anything to this disk because I can't 'unmount' it, so, can I run disk utilities from my install DVD? before mounting the disk?
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Feb 13, 2012
I've studied the forums & there's lots of discussion about having to install SL, then download Lion (again) then other thread says to copy the downloaded Lion (in the Apps folder) to an 8gb thumb drive, etc, etc. I'm installing a new 512GB SSD in bay-4 so that's where I'd like to move Lion. Is RE-INSTALL really necessary to simply move it to another drive?
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Jan 4, 2010
Does the Macbook Pro and the Mac Mini use the same type/size hard drive? (Looking to take a hard drive from a macbook pro and put it in the mac mini as a replacement)
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Jun 5, 2012
How can i make a single partition on mac book pro? My bootcamp is not working properly,so i need to return back to a single partition .
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Oct 28, 2009
I would like to uninstall windows from my i-Mac and revert back to a single partition hardrive. Unfortunately I installed Windows about three years ago (never to use it really) and now when I go to uninstall in Mac OS X it says my Boot Camp beta has expired.
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Jun 30, 2012
I frequently have to repartition my drive and reinstall OS X (mainly because I work with multiple OSes that keep changing). In order to simplify the process, I'd like to create a disk image of my system partition that I can simply restore after repartitioning. However, is that even going to work if the new partition (the destination partition) has a different size and is at a different place? What about the boot sector? Will I be able to boot from the restored image?
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MBP
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Nov 22, 2009
I've got a mac mini running SL and W7, but I only ever use W7 on it. Is it possible to have a single partition on it running only Windows 7? Is it even possible to boot from a Windows & install disk *without* going near boot camp? I ask because it's only a 320gb hdd and I'd like to maximise the disk space on it - this isn't a yawnsome debate of W7 v SL
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Jul 2, 2010
Now, I set up a partition to run Ubuntu on my MacBook, but now I want to remove that partition to make room for Windows XP. When I go to Boot Camp Assistant, I try to click 'Continue' but it gives me this: I thought I could fix the problem using Disk Utility, but I couldn't understand what I could do. I thought it would work by erasing them, but I may have made the problem worse. Here is what it looks like: I tried booting the Ubuntu disc as I read I could remove the partition using that, but I don't understand how that would work.
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May 28, 2012
As soon as I start the Bootcamp assistant I get this message on the screen that asks for download of the windows support files - ie right at the start.The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Aug 22, 2014
Is it possible to reformat a single partition of a disk w/o reformatting the entire disk?Or must one reformat the entire disk? In DU, If I click on the volume/partition in question, I do NOT get the tab “Partition.” If I click on the disk, not just the volume/partition in question , then I do get the tab “Partition.” Also, does using DU to secure erase a volume by overwriting with 0s, cause a format issue? Some details on my other post:Create a bootable clone using Disk Utility
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), 4 GB RAM, Win XP Pro-Boot Camp
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May 27, 2010
I'm a graphics professional taking the plunge into a Mac Pro. After some research, this is my notional drive setup:??GB SSD Boot Drive in the optical bay2 x 1TB 7200rpm SATA in RAID0, partitioned for 1.Data and 2.Scratch (therefore <2TB data)I obviously need to make sure that RAID0 is safely backed up. I've got an online backup service in case my house burns down and I'll be backing up individual projects onto optical media, but I will of course want to Time Machine the Data partition of the RAID.Now, for that Time machine drive I can either create another RAID0 from the same kind of drives (with the risk that entails), or for about the same money get a 2TB 5400rpm (leaving a drive bay free for future use, possibly another backup).
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Dec 31, 2010
I have just recently deleted my Bootcamp partition in Disk Utilities, and now im trying to increase the partition size of my Macintosh HD drive. When i go to the partition map and try to increase the size. The same error always appears. "Could not modify partition map because filesystem verification failed" I have attached an Image of what my partition map looks like right now.
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Aug 4, 2009
My current setup consists of my boot drive (250GB), a striped RAID (500GB) for storage and a 1TB Time Machine Drive.I have recently bought a new 1TB internal drive and would like to replace the striped raid with this drive, thus freeing up two 250GB drives - 1 which i will keep internally and the other will go into a external enclosure My question is can i just copy the files from the RAID to the new internal or do i have to use software to clone it?
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Jan 30, 2010
Im looking into a dual or 4 bay hard drive enclosure that has the following specs i.) quiet fanii.) feature each hard drive to be seen separately as single drive, NOT as 1 big driveiii.) firewire 800
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Mar 18, 2010
I'm still working out the details on purchasing a new MacPro. My Apple sales rep tells me that I can greatly increase the launch speed of applications and the system OS by purchasing 2 hard drives and using Disk Utility to stripe them together into a "software RAID". They claim it will be faster and more reliable than a single SSD. I know I've asked this question before, but the answers were over my head. I don't know anything about SATA raid cards, or SSD's except for their benefits. But I'm pretty sure I can stripe two drives together and make a software RAID.
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Feb 12, 2009
I am trying to format my external drive to have (2) partitions. A NTFS for backing up my Windows computer and a HFS for backing up my MacBook Pro.
This is what ive tried:
1.) Create 2 partitions on my Mac in Disk Utility. 1 partition HFS, 1 partition FAT32. After doing this both show up in OSX but neither one shows up in WinXP. I was hoping the FAT32 would show up in WinXP so I can convert it to NTFS.
2.) Create 2 partitions in WinXP using Disk Management. 1 partition is NTFS and 1 is FAT32. Connected the drive to my MBP and both partitions mounted in Finder. I then opened Disk Utility and tried to "Erase" the FAT32 partition to HFS. The process seemed to be working but then it changed the name of the partition to disk1s1 and nothing else. The partition doesnt mount in Finder or WinXP.
3.) Create 2 partitions in WinXP using Disk Managment. Both partitions as NTFS. Connected to MBP and both partitions mounted in Finder. Opened Disk Utility and tried to "Erase" one of the NTFS systems to HFS. Same thing happen as #2, renamed the partition but didnt do anything else. The partition doesnt show up in Finder or WinXP.
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Jul 30, 2009
I had my hard drive partitioned into 2, where one was mac the other windows xp. I received this macbook as a gift from my sister so i wanted to reformat everything into mac. I popped in the Mac OS x install cd and just installed it. Now there is two hard drives and I am not able to re-partition it where i can bring it back to one again...I was suppose to delete windows first before re-formating my macbook.
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Jun 23, 2010
So here the deal. I have a single hard drive in my MacBook Pro. Its made up into 2 partitions (one for os x and the other for data). I want to make the OS X partition into 2 separate partitions (so I'll have a total of 3) without erasing any data. I want to use that new partition to install windows. When I select the OS X partition, and set it to format at NTFS, it says the size cannot support the filesystem (25GB in this case). What size does it have to be then? Or should I format as FAT32?
I know FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit so I don't want to do that because I want to install some games on the Windows partition. How should I go about doing this?
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Aug 31, 2009
I'm trying to set-up a partition on my drive but I keep getting an error telling me there isn't enough room on the drive when clearly I have plenty of room. Pic attached.
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Apr 8, 2009
Is it possible to mirror a RAID-0 array to a single drive?
For example, I will be setting up 3x1TB on a RAID-0 (striped) array and i want to mirror it to one 1TB drive. Is that possible or do i have to resort to Time Machine ... ugh
and YES i've already STFA! no answers as of the start of this thread
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-edit i assuming Time Machine backs up the "volumes" and not the "drives"
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Sep 8, 2009
I'm having a hard time deciding what to do with my two open HDD bays in my Mac Pro.I know I want to add more storage, but I'm not sure if I should use Raid0 or not.I store most of my media on a server but wanted to store the following in my MacPro and would need more hdd space.Bootcamp - obviously can't store in serverScratch drive - would write handbrake encodes to this then transfer to serverIn all I'll need around 1.5tbI already have a 1.5tb drive and would only consider buying another to put them into raid0. Should I bother with raid0 for the increased speed or just use the 7200RPM 1.5tb drive I already have?
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Sep 22, 2010
I'll be going with the OWC SSD(s) ExtremePro for the boot drive................ either a 2x60 OSX SW RAID 0 or single 120. I'd rather err on the side of safety but always looking for more umph If going RAID 0 would it be advised to go with a dedicated controller?My data drive will be 2x1T RAID 0.
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Dec 31, 2008
Compatible to PCI-e 2.0
Boot to Mac OS X with Mac Pro (2006-2008) Models
Boot to Single Drive or RAID Array
Well,finaly it's bootable and raid bootable.Does anybody know is ti bootcampable?I just come back from windows,I find I lost so much,I can't even use foobar2000 and my 9800gt.
I hope it will be a positive answer
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Jan 27, 2009
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Mar 30, 2009
I'm working on my project in PP, but i'm tired of having to set all the tables with the same style.
Is there a quick and easy way to save a current "look" of one table, save it as a certain style, then click on the other tables in the file and they will all look the same?
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Aug 16, 2009
I have been sent a job application form in pdf and have been asked to fill in the relevant boxes and return electronically. The easy solution would be to print, hand write and then scan. However, I just wanted to know if there is a clever way to convert the application form into a word.doc and then insert text and edit? I have looked at various free downloads however, they don't seem to be able to retain the table format of the original document. Does anyone have experience/knowledge of doing this.
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