[X4U] Using external HDD

[Alex]

On May 25, 2005, at 18:41, DZ-Jay wrote:

> I bought a new external HDD [...] My internal drive is 80GB and my new 
> external one is 160GB.  Is there a "recommended" way of partioning the 
> drive?

No.

> Should I move my Home directory to the new drive

Not difficult to do, but I don't think it's a good idea. You could run 
into all sorts of obscure issues (e.g., MS Office X had strange quirks 
if ~ was not on the boot drive). Here's what I'd do: Keep the internal 
drive as boot device, and keep the home folder on it. Create two 
partitions on the external drive. Use one to mirror the boot volume. 
Use the other to store the big items -- the iTunes music folder, iPhoto 
library, iMovie projects, etc. -- that used to be in your home 
directory. This way, you should be able to boot from the external drive 
if anything goes wrong with the internal, and have enough space to play 
with.

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