fady212 Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 How can i create a third partition on my macbook pro? I have read other topics in the forum but I am still confused. i want to create 3 partitions (one for os x, another for windows and another to store my data files on). I tried reinstalling OS X first and tried to partiton the hard drive under disk utility to create one os X partition (30gb) and one data partition (FAT32 to be accessible to both OS's). However when i try to install windows during bootcamp it wont let me with the extra partition. How can I create a third (FAT32) partition to be used by both OS's? Thank you for your help. i appreciate it!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16617-creating-an-extra-partition-for-bootcamp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxidize Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 If you have already partitioned using bootcamp the easiest way would be to backup and start over. If not (and you have 1 large HFS+ GPT partition), then you are in luck. Your partition table should look someting like this (type diskutil list in terminal): w400-2222:~ root# diskutil list /dev/disk1 #: type name size identifier 0: GUID_partition_scheme *74.5 GB disk1 1: EFI 200.0 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_HFS Firewire Drive 74.2 GB disk1s2 w400-2222:~ root# That's my firewire drive. So If i wanted to create 1 HFS+, 1 FAT32 (later formated to NTFS if desired), and another FAT32 for storage i could just do a diskutil resizeVolume: sudo diskutil resizeVolume disk1s2 40G "MS-DOS FAT32" WinXP 20G "MS-DOS FAT32" Storage 20G From an 80Gb Drive that would resize the HFS+ partition to be 40G, give you a 20G FAT32 for Windows and another 20G FAT32 for storage. But if you have already used Bootcamp. I would create an ASR image for restore of your HDD so you can restore it later then (booting from a bootable CD/DVD/firewire drive/etc.) run the command in terminal: sudo diskutil partitionDisk disk0 3 HFS+ OSX 40G MS-DOS WinXP 20G MS-DOS Storage 20G Change the sizes acordingly. Then restore the ASR image to your OSX partition and install Windows. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16617-creating-an-extra-partition-for-bootcamp/#findComment-112713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fady212 Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 Thanks for your help oxidize Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16617-creating-an-extra-partition-for-bootcamp/#findComment-114174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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