Hi there, I just bought the My Book for Mac 2TB thinking that it was just another external hard drive. What I need to do now is to partition the MBfM 2TB to 1TB for Time Machine / Mac OSX and the remaining 1TB for Windows.

I just need the Windows partition so that i can store all my Movies and Series from my Windows PC and be able to extract them to be viewed or shared. Samsung portable ssd for mac. • How do i partition the MBfM? • i have already backed up my iMac and my MB Pro files to it. Will all of it be erased in the process? • Is there a way to create the 1TB partition for Windows without affecting the other half?

• I’ve read that FAT32 has limitations in file size, will the 1TB be formatted as NTFS automatically? Hope someone out there is able to shed light on this as the only solution I can think of right now is to buy another External Hard Drive which I don’t really need at the moment. Hi there, Find the answers to your questions below: • How do i partition the MBfM? A: I’ve included a link with instructions on how to partition the drive: • i have already backed up my iMac and my MB Pro files to it. Will all of it be erased in the process?

If you’re willing to run Windows on your Mac, then this happens to be one of the most simple and powerful ways to partition hard drive on Mac. Mac’s inbuilt Boot Camp assistant eases down all the process and guides you with simple on-screen instructions. Question: Q: Partitioning an external hard drive for Mac and PC. I want to partition an external hard drive (3TB) into 3 even partitions. I want to use one for PC storage, one for Mac storage and the last for Mac backup. These file systems work just fine for storing information from either Windows or OS X.

Outlook for mac on my computer file location. A: All the files will be erased. Therefore, you need to have a backup of the files prior partitioning.

• Is there a way to create the 1TB partition for Windows without affecting the other half? It is possible, but you will need to use a software like ‘‘Partition Manager’’ and I don’t recommend to use those kind of programs. ‘‘You may loose your data’’. • I’ve read that FAT32 has limitations in file size, will the 1TB be formatted as NTFS automatically? You will need to use a Windows computer to format the drive to NTFS and yes Windows will format the unit automatically to NTFS. What I recommend you to use is the Apple’s NTFS-3G software. If you install that app on your Mac computer, you will be able to use the drive on both Windows and Mac without reformatting.

See the link below: Note: And there’s not limitation. Transfer what you want.