mohsin2cool Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Guys today i bought 2tb external wd elements hard drive. its having only one partition of 1.81 tb which is ntfs, please somebody guide me , how much partitions i should make. i primarily use it on windows platform but may use on mac but the problem is tht mac doesnt support ntfs, so please any suggestions what should i do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 It is recommended that at least two, but you can do them as much as you want. Of these, in this case, one is primary and the other is a logical (recommended).Sizes may vary, but it is not recommended for very large Primary partition.You could, after all, less used data store on another partitioning, but in this case your computer is noticeably faster if the primary is not very big.For example: I have a 220 GB Primary. I use Windows Pro 8.1x64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 how much partitions i should make.Use a good Partition manager to create 2 partitions - one NTFS and the other exFAT.the problem is tht mac doesnt support ntfs,Well, Mac can read NTFS - but, cannot write to it (exFAT is fully supported on Mac.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoman Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) how much partitions i should make. i primarily use it on windows platform but may use on mac but the problem is tht mac doesnt support ntfs, so please any suggestions what should i do.It Depends On You r Need I prefer 250 GB aprox =250000 MB Partitionsi'm Not Sure About Your Problem since i don't Own Mac But Here Is A thought Initialize Disk To GPT Format It Using NTFS File Systems >>> Read /Write On Windows >> But Only Read On MAC To Gain Write Access To The NTFS Drive Then You Need To Install NTFS Driver For Mac To Add Support For Witing & Reading From & to NTFS Drives In Mac NTFS for Mac® OS X 11Or Vice Versa if the main Usage Will Often Be On Mac Machine Initialize Disk To GPT Format It Using HFS File Systems >>> Read /Write On Mac >>Not Suppported On Windows To Gain Write Access To The HFS Drive Then You Need To Install HFS Driver For Windows To Add Support For Writing & Reading From & to HFS Drives InWindows HFS+ for Windows® 10Of Course You Can Search & Find Medicine For The Software On The Web Other Choice Mediafour MacDrive Edited June 1, 2014 by nanoman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohsin2cool Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 thanks guys but im unable to format it to exfat from mini tool partition or easeus, any other sw which ll do the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Try the latest Acronis Disk Director. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoman Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 thanks guys but im unable to format it to exfat from mini tool partition or easeus, any other sw which ll do the job Acronis Disk Director 12 Build 3219 Bootable ISO & Installers (Multilingual ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gogu Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 install this http://ntfsmounter.com/ in mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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