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to partition or not to partition? - 2007/07/24 00:57my new g4 powerbook arrived today. i'm trying to decide whether or not to do any partitioning before i start migrating files. (i think i read somewhere that you can partition after installing the os.)
it is running 10.4.
i've always had partitions. i seriously think i would get very confused with everything on a single disk. but, this is a g4, and 10.4...does partitioning even make sense any more?
any advice out there from those of you with more experience on these "modern" machines?
thanks,
michelle
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Cacicedo
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Re:to partition or not to partition? - 2007/07/24 09:10If you need a scratch disk for some reason, then partitioning would be good. Otherwise, I don't see the need. By the way, to partition you need to erase the HD, so doing it before you have a lot of things you want to save is a good idea.
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krowmagnum
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Re:to partition or not to partition? - 2007/07/25 19:09If you want to boot into OS 9 it's probably a good reason to partition. And as mentioned you would want a scratch disk for Photoshop.
People also add a partition with a System folder and utilities to do maintenance. You can do the permission repairs and Disk Utilities like DiskWarrior and TechTool without having to boot from 3 different disks to do the same thing.
I only partition on a Laptop for the scratch disk because of the single drive set-up but other than that I never partition anything anymore.
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