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    Hard disk - format a partition

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by snl, Nov 27, 2006.

  1. snl

    snl Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have just deleted the linux partition from the dual-boot Powerbook G4 so now I have an unallocated partition. How can I format this partition to HSF+ without touching the OS X 10.4 partition?

    Thank you.
     
    snl, Nov 27, 2006
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    You need a non-destructive partition utility. Here are two:
    Drive Genius
    iPartition
    Can't say how well they work, but both have free trials. HTH!
     
    cashmonee, Nov 27, 2006
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    M@lew Notebook Evangelist

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    Why couldn't Disk Utility be used? Or could it but those programs are just better?
     
    M@lew, Nov 27, 2006
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    you could prolly use disk utility to partition it, but you wouldn't be able to merge it with your current partition.
     
    RadcomTxx, Nov 27, 2006
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    Exactly. Disk Utility will want to format the OS X partition in order to merge them. There is a way to make Disk Utility merge them without formatting, but it is part of Boot Camp, which PowerPC cannot use as far as I know.
     
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    I have managed to format the partition to FAT32 using Ubuntu LiveCD. The partition shows up in disk utility, can I use disk utility in this case without touching OS X partition?

    Thank you.
     
    snl, Nov 28, 2006
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    If you just want to format it as HFS+. If you want to combine the paritions, I am not certain that Disk Utility will do that.
     
    cashmonee, Nov 28, 2006
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    I have got ipartition installed now and also have deleted the FAT32 partition. Can anyone teach me how to use ipartition to create HFS+? I have unlocked the hard disk in ipartition and it shows the free space but I cannot figure out how to convert it to HFS+.

    Thank you.
     
    snl, Nov 29, 2006
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