Dj Scream Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hi, can someone say me maybe how to convert a FAT32, BTFS or Linux/Swap partition to HFS+?? I tryed with mac drive 6 to convert an ntfs partition di HFS+, but it doesn't work... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 with your favourite tool (partiton magic, diskpart, fdisk, whatever) delete your chosen victim partition & create a new one in its place, type AF, unformatted if neecessary, then format it with macdrive (Ive never done that, but I believe it works) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-57773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Scream Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 I tryed to do it with acronis disk director suite 10, transmac 7.3 ans mac drive 6, but it doesn't work... I have an unformatted partition of 25gb now, but i don't know how to select de type of partition to put AF.. I can't do it with those softwares... Do you know maybe how can i make it with diskpart??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-57823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbjonas Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 there was a great set of instructions for doing it inside of XP with diskpart. its on the wiki though, and I don't remember the details as I only used it once... You can wait as the wiki is supposed to come back up ASAP, or maybe you can find it elswhere - maybe google 'diskpart help AF' ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-57827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfn Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 IIRC, it goes like this: diskpart list disk - shows you your disks select disk 0 - or whichever drive you want to use list partition - shows you the partitions, verify that the empty space is there select partition 2 - or whichever you want to delete delete partition - now it's unallocated space create partition primary id=af - makes a new parititon in the unallocated space with type AF (you can add "size=XXXX" for XXXX megabytes") Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-67971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrunix Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Cfdisk with a Unbuntu linux live CD does it. "Nobody does it better" The Spy Who Loved Me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-68000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fOZf8 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Acronis can also make the AF offset...just right-click the partition, go to 'advanced'...has all the hex offsets in there. If you still cant format it in windows after doing that, I found you CAN reformat to HFS on a mounted disk in OSX by selecting it in disk utility and choosing 'Delete' with HFS+...boom, formatted Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-71880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leg Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 such a question: how to read (at least) data from HFS+ partition in Windows XP? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-81872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripleboot Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I was having the exact same issue. I've been a windows guys for years but learned about computers on a MAC back in the mid 90's. Software issue back then. I'm still working on formatting as well. When installing OSx86 10.4.4 it won't allow me to format to HFS+ to a seperate partitian, however it will allow me to format the entire hard drive which I obviously am not doing. I currently have a dual boot with XP Pro and SuSe 10. I attempted to format through the Suse 10 boot disk. I also have tried using Acronis Disk Director Suite with No luck. I'll try the suggestions listed here and see how it goes. Thanks. Acronis can also make the AF offset...just right-click the partition, go to 'advanced'...has all the hex offsets in there. If you still cant format it in windows after doing that, I found you CAN reformat to HFS on a mounted disk in OSX by selecting it in disk utility and choosing 'Delete' with HFS+...boom, formatted Which partitian type (hex) there are about 40+ listed. A couple look like posibilities. Apple Booter Apple UFS None of the others look compatible. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-91914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 such a question: how to read (at least) data from HFS+ partition in Windows XP? MacDrive allows read and write access to HFS partitions in Windows, but always be sure you get the latest updates from their site. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-92132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripleboot Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Running MacDrive 6 with latest updates and read this in the help section. "You cannot use MacDrive Disk Manager to add a Mac partition to a PC-partitioned disk. Using MacDrive Disk Manager on a PC-partitioned disk will destroy all PC partitions." When I try to partitian using MacDrive it only shows my entire hard drive and thats it. It doesn't show any of the paritians I have. Can I format my other partitian somehow with Acronis DDS so they will show up in MacDrive Disk Manager. I have my primary/active C:/ drive with my XP Pro on and three other NTFS logical drives. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-92281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixding Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I was having the exact same issue. I've been a windows guys for years but learned about computers on a MAC back in the mid 90's. Software issue back then. I'm still working on formatting as well. When installing OSx86 10.4.4 it won't allow me to format to HFS+ to a seperate partitian, however it will allow me to format the entire hard drive which I obviously am not doing. I currently have a dual boot with XP Pro and SuSe 10. I attempted to format through the Suse 10 boot disk. I also have tried using Acronis Disk Director Suite with No luck. I'll try the suggestions listed here and see how it goes. Thanks.Which partitian type (hex) there are about 40+ listed. A couple look like posibilities. Apple Booter Apple UFS None of the others look compatible. Thanks. bump. same issue here. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-126580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 You can use disk utility under the utilities menu from an OS X boot DVD (available after the license agreement). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-126615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheND Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Which partitian type (hex) there are about 40+ listed. A couple look like posibilities.Apple Booter Apple UFS None of the others look compatible. Thanks. In Acronis, choose ShagOS (Swap) type. It will then be listed as type 0xAF, confirm changes, reboot with OS X DVD in. Disk Utils will now be able to 'Erase using hfs+', install! I wasn't sure if the partition had to be at the beginning or end of the drive, but my OS X partition is snug between a 10GB Vista partition and a 90GB FAT32 partition. < --- Will be re-formatting to HFS+ soon, can't stand FAT's limitations. Nd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9260-fat32-nfts-or-linuxswap-to-hfs/#findComment-327393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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