Justin R. Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 I have a dual-boot system with Windows XP and x86. I was wondering if there is any method of deleting my NTFS partition from within Mac and creating a new HFS+ volume. I'm buying another harddrive for Windows, and I really need the space to install different applications inside Mac. Anyone know of a way to do this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1105-creating-an-hfs-partition-from-within-mac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Disk Utility Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1105-creating-an-hfs-partition-from-within-mac/#findComment-6713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin R. Posted August 24, 2005 Author Share Posted August 24, 2005 Tried it. Wouldnt let me do it. Maybe that is because I am stuck in safe boot? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1105-creating-an-hfs-partition-from-within-mac/#findComment-6715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorxd Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I think Mac OS X doesn't let you partition your current hard drive (not even create a partition in an empty space) boot with -s and do everything by hand warning: you loose everything on your NTFS drive 1- let say your NTFS partition is /dev/disk0s2 2-newfs_hfs /dev/disk0s2 3-Reboot without -s Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1105-creating-an-hfs-partition-from-within-mac/#findComment-6768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin R. Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 OK. Well... Short of it is. I just tried that and it still shows up as a Windows NTFS partition in Disk Utility except now I can't mount the NTFS partition. Do I have to have a blank partition for this to work? If so, could I delete it with a Partition Magic boot disk and try again? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1105-creating-an-hfs-partition-from-within-mac/#findComment-6773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aljen Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 try this diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ VolumeLabel /Volumes/MountedPart Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1105-creating-an-hfs-partition-from-within-mac/#findComment-8780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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