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I have searched for the answer to this, but have been unable to find it. My apologies if it is posted somewhere else.

 

My current system setup includes three (3) HDD. The first, which is where OS X 10.4.5 is installed, is a 200GB drive partitioned into two sections: a 128GB partition (HFS) and a 58GB partition (NTFS). The second is a 160GB partitioned into two sections: a 128GB a partition and a 21GB partition, both NTFS. And the third, is a 120GB drive with no partitions and formatted in NTFS.

 

My goal is to be able to format the remaining partition on the first drive (the system disk) to HFS so that I may use it for storage. Or to delete this partition altogether and fold the free space back into the first partition.

 

While booted into OS X, I can use Disk Utility to see the full capacity of the drives, but unfortunately I cannot make any changes to the system disk. When I boot using my OS X DVD, Disk Utility only recognizes the first partition of the drive (on both drives) which are 128GB. I cannot see the other partition or the rest of the free space on the drive to make any changes.

 

I am using an AMD Sempron 2800+ on an Asus K8V-M mobo. I remember about a month ago using a fix that I found on the forum to get OS X to recognize the full capacity of my drives, but that fix only works when the OS is loaded, which prevents me from making any changes to the system disk. I'm assuming that when I boot from the DVD, the fix isn't loaded, hence me being able to only see the first 128GB of the drives.

 

Catch-22? Is there a way around this?

 

Any and all help is appreciated.

 

Thanks.

That is very odd. I can't say that I can explain it since Disk Utility sees the full size of my 160GB drive.

 

Do you mean that Disk Utility sees your entire drive when you boot from the install DVD or when you are looking at it while in OS X? While in OS X, I can see the full drive (in two partitions), but can't do anything with it because it is the system disk.

 

Do they make Partition Magic for Mac? If not, can Partition Magic for Windows format a drive using HFS?

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