How to make Partitions
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Same as previous poster. Each virtual drive is saved as a file that can be transferred from one hard drive to another just like an document file or a picture file. You can set the size and resize as needed should your initial virtual drive not be big enough. For instance, I'm running my copy of Win 7 Ultimate (32 bit since I don't have/need more than 3-4GBs of RAM to run everything I need in the virtual machine) as my virtual drive. Parallels allows you to completely customize how integrated your virtual machine is with your main OS (Mac OS X). I have it set so that I can access my Mac's drives (internal and external) and swap files all I want, and I can even directly access a word file on my OSX's desktop directly in my virtual machine which is where I've got MS Word. There shouldn't be any need whatsoever to use multiple partitions in the virtual machine since you can just add another virtual drive or repartition your home machine and access it through Parallel's file sharing options.
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Its really nice to put them in there, you got lots of spaces and sections where to put different file, really goodmbag!
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Go to disk management service (diskmgmt.msc in command prompt window or Start text box) and it will let you format it.
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Partition Wizard is free, and worked fine for me. Once installed it's simply a matter of stretching one partition into the other. Very simple to use.
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Simply format the drive after you connect it to your PC. Right click on computer and select manage. Then click disk management. Right click on drive partition and delete partition, then right click again and make new primary partition. Takes less than 30 second
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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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Mine didn't come with partitions. Just a pack of very sturdy boxes that you'll have to use your own packing material to segment or divide.I recommend grabbing up boxes from a liquor/package store if you're wanting to divide bottles/glasses (certainly), or really anything else. The dividers in a Jack Daniels case can be repurposed.Also, Walmart sells rolls of bubble wrap of all sizes (as do Uhaul and other moving rental stores).
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You need to initialize the disk first. Just search for the topic "initialize new disk" for your OS and you will get instructions. Very simple. Then you can use disk management to set up partitions and format for use.
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It must be formatted and partitioned in Windows. Go to manage your Start, Computer, Then select Computer on left screen, the Right click ; select manage and them select Disk drives ,the HD and select format. That should be close to the exact instructions.
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It depends on your utility. Some will create a partition the size of the smaller drive and leave the rest for you to do as you please. Some will expect you to make a partition the size of the source disk before beginning. Still others will operate differently. You need to look at the details/instructions for the cloning utility. By the way, I recommend Acronis products for this kind of task. (After cloning, it's nice to have the option to resize the partition or make multiples, as you prefer.
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If you want to move from 1-disk redundancy to 2-disk, you will need to reformat. If you want to stick with single-disk fall over, you can add the 4th and 5th drive without any extra work.
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Try formating it in other way than FAT32. I use NTFS, which allowes me to copy larger files etc.
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It would have been helpful if you had described what you intend to do. Clone what, exactly, would be a good start. And do you have any extra hardware available, such as an unused HDD that could be used for temporary storage?
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You can set the disks to be seperate drives if you wish, details on doing this are under the section titled 'using JBOD' in the managing storage section in the manual.
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Yes. See page 13 of the "User's Guide 2 (Additional Functions)" that comes with the calculator. Required inputs are a variable x, values a and b to define the range, and n for the number of partitions. The result is a numerical value.
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I've actually copied a few smaller to larger drives, but I can't remember how it handled the partition on the new drives. If it didn't automatically resize to fill the drive, then it was trivial to do within Windows because I know I didn't spend a lot of time doing it, and I definitely didn't use partitioning software.
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Yes, you could format it as a NTFS or FAT32. Mac (as well as Windows obviously) supports both.