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." <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
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.