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- rafalski
Got an 200MB drive to use as the main drive. Is there any technical reason to partition it or is it just an old windows habit?
- selfproclaim0
Are you running OS7? How'd you get OSX to fit on a 200mb drive? Assuming you mean 200gigs, no, there is no reason to partition it. Not sure Time Machine would even allow access to it since it's a backup program...
- zod0
I wouldn't partition it. I have a new WD 320gb internal in my macbook. No partitions. Runs great.
Go Apple!
- rafalski0
200GB, thanks guys.
Just wondering - can Time Machine be set up in such way that it only would keep an exact duplicate of the main drive?
- nearestexit0
that's what it does by default. you can change settings so that it backs-up only certain folders. also, apple recommends not creating partitions on a external hard drive that will be used by Time Machine.
- actually, i think i'm wrong on the partition comment. apple recommends just not storing anything else on the external hard drive that TIme Machine uses. I'm not sure if they specify anything about partitioning it....nearestexit
- akrokdesign0
depends of which mac you got. G4 or G5? ex. I got a G4 867 at home, that one only takes 124GB. (HD)
- rafalski0
Wikipedia:
- Time Machine does not support bootable backups.