mustafa m.

Q: Repartition A Hard Drive

I have a Seagate 5TB external hard drive. I did a partition for it, 3 parts, each 1.66TB. Now, I want to keep the three parts, without losing any data, while one is 3TB and the two others are 1TB each.

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Aug 29, 2016 1:59 PM

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  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Aug 29, 2016 2:53 PM in response to mustafa m.
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    Aug 29, 2016 2:53 PM in response to mustafa m.

    Partitioning a hard drive:

     

    http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html

     

    To resize (or add/delete) an existing partition without losing data, you will need to use, for example, iPartition:

     

    http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iPartition.php

     

    But before you do anything it is important that you first back up all the partitions on a separate volume, in case of data loss.

  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Aug 29, 2016 3:06 PM in response to mustafa m.
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    Aug 29, 2016 3:06 PM in response to mustafa m.

    Be aware of limitations that may go along with partitioning schemes or methods.

    This, from iPartition:

     

    Please note: iPartition does not support Core Storage (Fusion Drive and File Vault 2 both use this volume format).

    You will also need a separate boot device — typically a Flash drive will suffice.


    The iPartition software continues to show they are actively working to support OS X

    and still support several older versions, as indicated below download link, or where

    the say "For older releases, please see here. " Years ago, I tried free demo for 10.5.8.

     

    There are several rules for dealing with File Vault 2 so be sure your backups reflect that

    just in case, should you have any of those in your system.

     

    Good luck in any event!

  • by mustafa m.,

    mustafa m. mustafa m. Sep 6, 2016 8:48 AM in response to Klaus1
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    Sep 6, 2016 8:48 AM in response to Klaus1

    Is this software paid? And if it is paid, is there another way to do if for free? Even if I would lose any data.