[X4U] Using external HDD

Neil Laubenthal neil at laubenthal.net
Thu May 26 06:16:22 PDT 2005


At 05:52 -0400  on 5/26/05, DZ-Jay wrote:

>Thank you, Alex.  One last thing.  The "FAQ" that came with this 
>particular drive, says:
>	Q. "Can I partition my external drive?"
>	A. "Not recommended."
>Any particular reason this is so?  My apologies if all my questions 
>seem so stupid; I feel like such a n00b asking questions in this 
>forum because the Mac environment is so alien to me.  The truth is 
>that I am an experienced UNIX/Linux user who's been trapped in 
>Windoze for the last few years, so I won't shy away from technical 
>explanations.


Sure . . . just partition as you like with Disk Utility. No reason 
not to do so with a Mac.


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