homers Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Hi I have a Western Digital MyBook Digital Essential 500GB external hard drive that is formatted as NTFS. I was wondering if I could create a new HFS+ partition on it for around 100GB so that I can have 1 partition for my data transferred on my Windows system and another partition for data to be transferred from my Leopard system. Would this be possible and would it be 100% safe? as I have very important data on this external hard drive. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/81390-two-partitions-on-external-hard-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 You could just load Paragon's NTFS software to access the drive in NTFS mode, i've been running it now for 4 months and it has been very stable! that way you only have one partition and you can still use ALL of it in the "real world"! SticMAN Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/81390-two-partitions-on-external-hard-drive/#findComment-577383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
homers Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Thanks, that software looks great. EDIT: I just want to ask another question. How do i change the icon on my External hard drive? I go to Get Info and I have the image I want copied. I select the image and then paste but I just get a ICNS logo instead of the MyBook logo. it works properly on a folder but not this. What can I do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/81390-two-partitions-on-external-hard-drive/#findComment-577396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 If by the "ICNS logo" you mean the one that looks like a apps logo with the pen, pencil and rules, it only means that the icon you used to replace the old one with is not compatible! You get various types: folder icons, desktop icons, app icons, you should look for what works, or use a program that does it for you! I use "Micon" it does most of what I want it to! SticMAN Thanks, that software looks great. EDIT: I just want to ask another question. How do i change the icon on my External hard drive? I go to Get Info and I have the image I want copied. I select the image and then paste but I just get a ICNS logo instead of the MyBook logo. it works properly on a folder but not this. What can I do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/81390-two-partitions-on-external-hard-drive/#findComment-578834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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