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.
<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>
<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>
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There are Windows programs that can do this for Windows drives.
Kind of like "it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end."
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!
<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>
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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>
4. Buddy calls Einstein Express to get yesterday's hard drive back.