larini Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I start time machine and choose a fat32 partition in my second HD. In this HD I had a ext3 partition and a fat32. It says me "ow, I need to format this..", Ok. This peace of s.h.i.t format all my hard disk, erasing all my data! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Well what do you expect when it says it's going to format the disk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nintenno Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 im sorry, but formatting does erase your disk besides, time machine only works with HFS+ formats, so FAT wouldn't work my only advice is read before you click! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larini Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 ok, but I choose a partition.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nintenno Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 to partition, did you go into disk utility? or did you just click format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larini Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 Time machine shows me all my partitions, including ones that it can`t recognize (ext3 partitions). I simply choose one of then (a fat32) to be formated to hfs (in time machine). All blows out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attempts Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 i'm not too good at this, but i think since you had a fat32 and ext3, time machine may have formatted the entire hdd for the sake of makin an hfs. so both partitions fell =( if ever you see the word 'format' in a prompt, pretend like it's guaranteed to lose all the data on all partitions of that hard drive, because if that worst case scenario happens, at least you'll be prepared for the consequences, unlike me on many, many occasions^^; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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