fred7
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I need to creat a partition on my external harddrive to connect to a linux tv box but dont want to lose wants on my Harddrive now is this possible?
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John
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It's possible but I wouldn't bother doing it, you'll almost undoubtedly end up losing something. Either back it up or get another drive for the tv box.
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Aaron
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quote:
Originally posted by John
It's possible but I wouldn't bother doing it, you'll almost undoubtedly end up losing something. Either back it up or get another drive for the tv box.
I couldn't have said it better tbh
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fred7
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im just removing everything from my harddrive onto my pc. can i split the 1TB hard drive into 2 then then partition the 1 half. i want to use the harddrive for both things?
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Dom
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Use Computer Management to resize the partition (creating an unpartitioned space on the drive), create a new partition in the free space and then format it EXT3/EXT4/FAT/FAT32 (or what ever the STB supports).
Data should be safe but it's worth taking a backup of the drive prior to doing the above.
[Edited on 10-02-2013 by Dom]
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fred7
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The hard drive dont have any unpartitioned space. So how can i make some spare space. The hdd is now completely empty.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by fred7
im just removing everything from my harddrive onto my pc. can i split the 1TB hard drive into 2 then then partition the 1 half. i want to use the harddrive for both things?
As per what Dom said.
But to answer your question, a partition is a split.
so you can split (partition) your drive as many times as you like.
Think of your drive as a giant piece of cake, you can cut it up and split it into as mention sections as you like, each partition can be given its own file format as well.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by fred7
The hard drive dont have any unpartitioned space. So how can i make some spare space. The hdd is now completely empty.
Either remove all the partitions on the drive and then create two with the sizes you want or as i said, resize the current partition and create a new one in the created space.
You can do all of this from Computer Management (under Administrative Tools within Control Panel).
Edit - Make sure you select the external drive and NOT your internal system drives 
[Edited on 10-02-2013 by Dom]
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fred7
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I tried it in mmc but when i click my hdd it dont let me shrink it? The option is dull
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fred7
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think i know what you mean. delete the whole lot then crete the partitions i get ya. will try that now
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