1 - can I divide this HD in two, part windows and part Linux?2 - Can I boot my macbook pro through this hd and access the different partitions?
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Not sure about booting to it but I do actually have mine partitioned 70/30 split with Mac journaled and NTFS as I use encryption on both partitions. I don't know on the bootable front as I use mine as a file mule and time machine. As a side not I will say this drive is far far heavier than it needs to be. Writing and read speeds are blazing fast but I feel like it's lined with lead.
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Don't know the answer to the first question but it is bootable, but I was only able to boot via USB, not FireWire.
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It'd probably be best to consult the WD web site. I didn't partition mine, but I did make it bootable.
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I bought this from Amazon but haven't opened the box because the box blurb mentioned Windows and MacOSbut didn't mention Linux? I have a Linux netbook
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It can't be used as internal drive of MacBook Pro. The solution is only Change another brand of harddisk.
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Ok thanks for the mesg. I don't think I will change the partition. It seems partitioning the drive leads into some errors, esp after storing some files.
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Yes. I have it formatted Half for my Mac and half for my PC. The Mac can see both partitions, but the PC can only see the NTFS partition.
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If the Caddy fits into your MBP, you should not have any more problem. Probably, your HD is not initialised. You can create a partition and format it using the Disk Utilily App.
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I think it might be difficult to have two 3.5 drives in this case. I have one 3.5" 3TB Drive and two 2.5" drives. One is the boot SSD and the second is a notebook drive. The 2.5" drives are sitting where the DID would go which I don't have installed.
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Yes. Clear off the WD software, and use Mac Time Machine, if you're using it for backup. Or partition it using any format you like and use it as a storage device.
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Hi, I actually when I bought it I did not check its Mac supported, whereas I wanted to use it on Windows and Linux.So I repartitioned it with NTFS to use on these OSes. But it had HSpace partition, so it is compatible with all Macs
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@TonyI believe you could. You'd have to create two partitions on the drive, one formatted in HFS+ (for Mac) and the other in NTFS (for Windows). I have never done any such thing but it might be worth a try. Of course, as these drives have come so far down in price, why not just buy two, one for Mac and the other for Windows?
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My recommendation would be to get the Windows version and leave it as a single NTFS partition. Just load the included utility on your Mac so that it will read/write to an NTFS disc and use the single large partition for both platforms. Makes it easy to share files cross-platform that way.
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It fits any unibody MacBook Pro, ***With a total enclose height of 9.5 mm. Which is = Most common bare HDD's. I added a 1TB To mine. Be CERTAIN you A . Are very comfortable opening up your MBP, , Follow Directions of Web EXACTLY. B. Format a USB recovery drive, I got the 3Beeps indicating bad RAM. Since I had installed. 8G of RAM only 2 months ago.i knew it want that, but it took all day to find out on certain MBP's if Battery isn't fully charged it won't boot w/ option key down. So remember to disc battery & reconnect b4 closing up, & as soon as you attach power it starts so be prepared w/ option key,(Allowing boot drive selection) at the ready . It fits any unibody MacBook Pro, ***With a total enclose height of 9.5 mm. Which is = Most common bare HDD's. I added a 1TB To mine. Be CERTAIN you A . Are very comfortable opening up your MBP, , Follow Directions of Web EXACTLY. B. Format a USB recovery drive, I got the 3Beeps indicating bad RAM. Since I had installed. 8G of RAM only 2 months ago.i knew it want that, but it took all day to find out on certain MBP's if Battery isn't fully charged it won't boot w/ option key down. So remember to disc battery & reconnect b4 closing up, & as soon as you attach power it starts so be prepared w/... » Read More It fits any unibody MacBook Pro, ***With a total enclose height of 9.5 mm. Which is = Most common bare HDD's. I added a 1TB To mine. Be CERTAIN you A . Are very comfortable opening up your MBP, , Follow Directions of Web EXACTLY. B. Format a USB recovery drive, I got the 3Beeps indicating bad RAM. Since I had installed. 8G of RAM only 2 months ago.i knew it want that, but it took all day to find out on certain MBP's if Battery isn't fully charged it won't boot w/ option key down. So remember to disc battery & reconnect b4 closing up, & as soon as you attach power it starts so be prepared w/ option key,(Allowing boot drive selection) at the ready . « Show Less
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I'm sorry I'm not sure. I only have Windows 7 so I'm unsure how the experience on OS X is...or whether they can both be backed up simultaneously.
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I am also unsure about the bay for a second hard drive, but mine came with 1Tb, which to me is plenty. You will be able to install windows 7 or any OS for that matter. Worst case would be that you may have to download a driver or two, but I highly doubt that.
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Yes, in one of two ways. You can partition the whole drive as ExFAT, or have a Windows partition (FAT32) and a Mac partition (HFS+).
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You can partition a drive into two or more partitions. Each partition can be formatted differently. One of them can be for a Mac and the other can be for a PC.
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Yes you can split the drive and format each half for Mac and the other for windows