bamhsc Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I have Vista right now and I partioned out 15 gb for Leopard. But I went back and read some guides then tried it myself and realized I have to use Disk utility to make the partion readable by Leopard. (I think) So my question is: Is there a way to create a partion that can be used for Leopard without deleting my current partion with the my OS on it? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104291-creating-partions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolshed Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 You should be able to select the 15GB partition during install. Use Disk Util and redo it just to be sure No need to touch the Vista partition Boot loader/OS selection is another thing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104291-creating-partions/#findComment-743316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamhsc Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 But there is only an option to create a certain amount of partions or whatever in Disk Utility. So when I do it it asks if I want to delete my other partions, which I don't. Thanks for replying. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104291-creating-partions/#findComment-743487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGOvoruhk Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 GParted to the rescue! http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php It can pretty much do everything partition related Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104291-creating-partions/#findComment-743516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamhsc Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 So this can partion my hard drive so that I can keep my current partion and make one that can be used with Leopard? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104291-creating-partions/#findComment-743551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 So this can partion my hard drive so that I can keep my current partion and make one that can be used with Leopard?The function you are referring to is PARTITION, not PARTION. And yes, you should be able to do a non-destruction repartition with gparted. However, you should first use an imaging program like Ghost to image your Vista partition so you can restore it just in case something should happen. No partitioning software is 100% guaranteed to not cause a glitch so better safe than sorry. It takes 10-15 minutes to image a 50gb partition and only about 5 minutes to restore it. Much better than the days it would take to tweak everything to exactly the way it was. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104291-creating-partions/#findComment-743858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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