dporvin Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Hi All. I just installed XP on a separate internal 160 GB hard drive. At first I tried using bootcamp setup to make a 32 GB FAT32 partition on the drive, which was Mac OS Extended. It failed to reboot twice (Disk Error), so I started over and formatted the whole drive as NTFS. XP then installed successfully. I'd like to now try to repartition the drive to create separate windows system/apps and media partitions - I usually do this on the Mac OS side (before install). Anyway, I have Partition Magic. Would this work from the windows side, or would it end up breaking bootcamp. Any other ways to do this, if at all possible? Thanks, -DP Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64068-repartitioning-after-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Are you on a real mac? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64068-repartitioning-after-install/#findComment-453340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dporvin Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 It's a MacPro Dual 3.0. Drives in 3 Bays. The XP install is in the 3rd Bay. Are you on a real mac? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64068-repartitioning-after-install/#findComment-453440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Yes you can create different partitions, you'll only be able to boot off of one through boot camp. Go into Disk Utility, and select the physical drive in the drive list. Then hit partition at the top and create the partitions you want. That should work, but I cannot guarantee the safety of the data on that drive. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64068-repartitioning-after-install/#findComment-453472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dporvin Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Hi. Thanks for the reply. Disk Utility erases all data when partitioning drives. Partition Magic actually moves data and can even change the format under Windows. I just don't know whether it will kill the dual boot record created by bootcamp in the process. Take Care, -DP Yes you can create different partitions, you'll only be able to boot off of one through boot camp. Go into Disk Utility, and select the physical drive in the drive list. Then hit partition at the top and create the partitions you want. That should work, but I cannot guarantee the safety of the data on that drive. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64068-repartitioning-after-install/#findComment-453497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Here is an article about how to do it: Resizing Volumes Apple added non-destructive when boot camp was released. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64068-repartitioning-after-install/#findComment-453616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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