if you want to create partitions, it's all part of the formatting process...the disk utility with OS X makes this a breeze... you can not create the partitions on top of the existing formatting. > Thanks. The EZquest Cobra comes preformatted for Mac/Windows. EZquest > recommends mac users to do a low level (zero level) formatting. Should I do > this using Apple's disk utility: first a low level formatting, then create > partitions. Or can I just create the partitions on top of the Mac/Windows > formatting?