how many of you create different partition for a mac?
i am using 120GB one, not sure partition or not to partition it ...

i created 4 partition


1 = main OSX partition
2 = backup partition (personal files)
3 = windows partition ( i will clear this partition later ..no need windows space in my mac )

4. = windows partition ( same thing like no. 3 )

good practice ===> the main OSX partition needs more space , in order the system to use the swap , incase needed by machine .



This post has been edited by kevler: Jun 4 2007, 02:54 PM

I have:
Main drive 250GB non-partition
Second drive 320GB Mac & Bootcamp partition (backup 1)
Third drive 80GB Mac & Bootcamp partition (testing purpose)
External RAID-0 Partition for Mac 250GBx2 (backup 2)

Main Drive 250GB
Second Drive- 250GB Backup
- 250GB Parallels

hey ..
let's say ur 3rd and 4th deleter ..
will it join back to the 2nd partition ?
or will it be 1 2 3 4 partition , just the content inside 3 n 4 deleted .

i got 2 partitions, 1 for mac, another 1 for bootcamp

huhu..if i were u ..i will join it into my OSX slice .


for that .. i just remove all the files within the partition

keyword = boot the Mac using CD , then use Disk Utility to do the re-partition ...that's all

only 1 partition....

and i have an external hdd for backing ups....

means u back up all files and reformatt it ?

i got 2 partition on my iMac.. i did it because.. the iMac doesnt support up to 250GB hardisk.. if not mistaken only support up to 160gb.. so..if i dont partition it, it wont shown up as 250gb but only up to 160gb.. so.. i got to partition it using other pc ( the 250gb hd as a slave) into 2 partition.. so one partition is about 120gb each la...

Thanks, I didn't know that.

My 2-sens :
1. iMac - 80GB - 2partitions (one for OSX the other for my job folder)
2. Ext HD1 - 250GB - 2 partitions (one for other files and imac bckup, the other for jobs backup only)
3. Ext HD2 - 250GB - 2 partitions (both for music - different genres)

if its a notebook harddisk, then I'll just keep it all to a single partition. the penalties when copying or moving files between different partitions on a slower disk can be a big big pain.

but for the faster desktop harddisks, then the partitions would depend on the disk size lar.

2 partitions for me:

15GB - system
15GB - rest of the data

old notebook maaaa....my xbox 360 ate up all my new macbookpro budget. hehehe