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Maintenance for Your Drive
Reformat with Partitions
Partitioning a hard drive is the process of dividing a hard drive into separate, discrete
sections called volumes. Each volume works like a separate disk. You can create up to
16 different partitions on a hard drive in Mac OS X, and each partition can be a different
size and format.
With hard drives getting bigger, it is useful to partition your hard drive so you can use
sections of its space for different purposes. For instance, you can segment user data
from backup data, set up a multi-boot environment with different operating systems,
or create a dedicated capture scratch disk for programs such as Final Cut Pro and
Adobe Premiere.
The following steps will guide you through the simple process of partitioning your
drive.
In this example, we will partition an 8TB G-RAID connected via USB 3.0. The steps will
be identical for your drive, although the name may be different.
1. Open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on your hard drive under
Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your G-Technology
drive will be displayed in the left column.